UCB links with Oxford University for research

19 March 2012

The UK subsidiary of Belgian drugmaker UCB (Euronext Brussels: UCB) said yesterday that it has agreed to collaborate on cutting-edge pharmaceutical research projects with Oxford University, enabling scientists from industry and academia to work together to develop innovative medicines to treat serious diseases in immunology and neurology.

These combined resources and expertise will give the best possible chance of turning innovative research into new medicines for patients, an area identified as a priority in the recent government Strategy for UK Life Sciences, said UCB.

Sir John Bell (Regius Professor of Medicine at Oxford University and former president of the Academy of Medical Sciences) and David Willetts (Minister for Universities and Science) joined Roch Doliveux (chief executive of UCB and chairman of the Innovative Medicines Initiative) and Ismail Kola (executive vice president and president of New Medicines at UCB) to sign the agreement.

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