Medicines Manufacturing Challenge Community

For our current work in Medicines Manufacturing, and support for companies working in the area, visit the new Medicines Manufacturing programme page.

The information below refers to a now-completed programme and is no longer kept updated.

The core goal of the Medicines Manufacturing Challenge Community was to accelerate the outcomes from the medicines manufacturing  ISCF Challenge which saw £146m invested in different projects, including the Medicines Manufacturing Innovation Centre and Advanced Therapy Treatment Centres. We connected and grew the sector, facilitating collaboration across industry, realising this ambition through working with established groups and networking, as well as running workshops, generating white papers and case studies with a defined identity visible online.

KTN is a partner in the Medicines Manufacturing Industry Partnership (MMIP), alongside The Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI) and the BioIndustry Association (BIA). MMIP represents the voice of medicines manufacturers in the UK. It was established jointly by the Government and the biopharmaceutical industry in 2014 to ensure that the UK is recognised by the global medicines industry as a world-class advanced centre for medicines manufacturing.

The UK’s medicine industry is one of the country’s leading manufacturing sectors, with exports worth over £20bn. The Partnership wants to ensure that the UK continues to be an attractive place for this high-value industry to secure exports, provide high skilled job opportunities and contribute to solving the country’s productivity puzzle.

MMIP has several aims, which includes increasing the relative global proportion of medicines manufacturing investment in the UK and acting as a strong coordinated voice for the medicines manufacturing sector. It also aims to identify measures to improve the global competitiveness of UK medicines manufacturing and promote the benefits of the UK as a location of choice for medicines manufacturing.

Events and recordings

Medicines Manufacturing Challenge Celebration Event – 2022, Tue 12th July

Innovate UK KTN were delighted to host an in-person event in Manchester on July 12th to celebrate the achievements and impact gained through the ISCF Medicines Manufacturing Challenge. 100 attendees battled the heatwave to network at this event which showcased the projects and the research and infrastructure developments that were supported under the challenge to accelerate the development and manufacture of vital advanced therapies, medicines and vaccines in the UK.

The event included facilitated panel discussions on the impact from and the future of sector-focused Innovation Centres, use cases from companies who have achieved growth through collaborative innovation, featuring Phico, Quotient and Oxford Biomedica, and a robotics showcase.

Click here to download the slides from the event.

Medicines Manufacturing Challenge Community Event, Wed 31st March

This event, which was originally due to take place in April at the Technology Innovation Centre in Glasgow, was held digitally on 31st March 2021. Hosted by KTN and the Medicines Manufacturing Innovation Centre partners, it was an opportunity to learn about the UK’s infrastructure to accelerate the development and manufacture of vital advanced therapies, medicines and vaccines, and to hear about the results and innovations arising from ISCF and UKRI-funded projects in Medicines Manufacturing. View the recording here.

Contacts

KTN’s Health team members in this area can help you or your business with funding, expertise and connecting with innovators from other sectors:

Karen Wilkinson – Knowledge Transfer Manager

Owen Burbidge – Knowledge Transfer Manager

or follow us on Twitter @KTNUK_Health

For our current work in Medicines Manufacturing, and support for companies working in the area, visit the new Medicines Manufacturing programme page.