U-BIOPRED Alliance

U-BIOPRED (Unbiased Biomarkers in the Prediction of Respiratory Disease) was an Innovative Medicines Initiative funded project. When the funding period ended in September 2015 the partners amended the consortium agreement to allow it to stay in effect as a governance model for handing IP and publications.

In parallel, a core group of partners joined the U-BIOPRED Alliance which is a project development membership community coordinated by BioSci Consulting. Members of the community meet on a regular basis to carry out an ongoing dialogue to identify opportunities for new projects and to co-develop projects. The U-BIOPRED Alliance welcomes members who were not part of the original IMI funded project.

See the U-BIOPRED Alliance members list here

Membership benefits

Benefits:

1. Participation a monthly online dialogue to:

- Identify new opportunities for projects

- Co-develop the concepts for new projects

- Exchange knowledge

- Plan and execute maintenance of the U-BIOPRED infrastructure

- Collaborate on analyses and publications

2. Support for developing proposals and collaborative agreements for new commercial and grant funded projects

3. Facilitation of partner interactions during implementation of Alliance developed projects

4. Access to U-BIOPRED samples and the GMP produced virus at discounted cost recovery rates

5. Participation in the yearly U-BIOPRED conference

Benefits:

1. Participation a monthly online dialogue to:

- Identify new opportunities for projects
- Co-develop the concepts for new projects
- Exchange knowledge
- Plan and execute maintenance of the U-BIOPRED infrastructure
- Collaborate on analyses and publications

2. Support for developing proposals and collaborative agreements for new commercial and grant funded projects

3.Support for developing call topics and funding aligned with your objectives

4. Facilitation of partner interactions during implementation of Alliance developed projects

5. Access to U-BIOPRED samples and the GMP produced virus at discounted cost recovery rates

6. Participation in the yearly U-BIOPRED conference

Basic corporate members receive the following benefits:

1. Participation a monthly online dialogue to:

2. Support for developing proposals and collaborative agreements for new commercial and grant funded projects

3. Facilitation of partner interactions during implementation of Alliance developed projects

4. Development of IMI call topics in sessions apart from the academic members

5. Access to U-BIOPRED samples and the GMP produced virus at discounted cost recovery rates

6. Participation in the yearly U-BIOPRED conference

The dataset generated by the U-BIOPRED partners is a highly valuable asset. Many of the pharmaceutical companies that were partners in U-BIOPRED use the data extensively to answer internal questions such as target validation, asset repurposing, evaluation of new assets for acquisition. This requires them directly accessing the data. Each of the pharmaceutical companies contributed in excess of 1.2 million euros to generate the dataset

Benefits:

1. All the benefits of a basic corporate membership

2. Access to the U-BIOPRED dataset for internal research use

3. Use of the database platform

4. Training on the database platform