C-CAMP & Imperial College London to launch Indo-UK Life Sciences Innovation Corridor

Bengaluru-based Centre for Cellular and Molecular Platforms (C-CAMP) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Imperial College London, to institute a cross-border innovation collaboration between India and the United Kingdom (UK) that will leverage mutual research and entrepreneurial ecosystems and deepen India-UK ties in the life sciences sector.  

The Corridor aims to create and foster a long-term vision for greater bilateral innovation and a shared scope for exchange of talent such as researchers, innovators and startups.

It will also be a medium for a formalised two-way knowledge and evidence sharing system with respect to priority challenge areas, innovation readiness and ecosystem initiatives that enable more problem-solving in mutually beneficial biology questions.  

The partnership between Imperial and C-CAMP was signed by Professor Hugh Brady, President, Imperial College London and Dr Taslimarif Saiyed, Director-CEO, C-CAMP and announced at the C-CAMP premises in Bengaluru.

One of the novel initiatives of the Corridor on the cards is a bi-directional exchange mechanism for UK based teams to assess deployment-readiness in India and India-based teams to seek deployment avenues in UK and potentially Europe, due to contextual similarities.   

The Corridor is also set to explore joint fundraising and partnership pathways to ensure sustainability and scalability of the programme for bringing positive change and lasting impact.