How Do You Choose Partners to Develop the Product?
Finding partners and access to resources (5 min)
Patient collaborations in all phases of medicines and technology development are becoming more popular; depending on your reason for development, you may already have identified patients who might benefit from your idea. They may be linked to other patient groups and health organisations where you can start conversations.
Local pharmaceutical or technology events, seminars / talks are a good opportunity to meet others and find potential partners or grants (from research charities or others). Crowdfunding has helped technology products into development and potentially could be for pharmaceutical ideas. Local trade associations or local chambers or commerce are good source of into too (e.g. IFPMA, http://www.efpia.eu/, http://www.phrma.org/)
Laboratories and equipment
In addition to open source drug discovery, virtual laboratories are becoming available with open access to help you with your initial investigations including
- Open Source Labs
- Amrita (India)
- Chemistry lab - Oxford University (UK)
- Basic lab familiarisation - New Mexico State University (USA)