Medicines Discovery Catapult

Medicines Discovery Catapult (MDC) is an independent, commercially active not-for-profit drug discovery innovation center. They support drug discovery innovators by providing world-leading scientific and drug discovery expertise, state-of-the-art laboratory facilities and infrastructure, with advanced technologies and analytics. Their focus is to accelerate innovation, support business growth, and help improve patient outcomes. It is co-funded by industry and government, working with partners in the sector, to de-risk inventive technologies, techniques and companies – making them adoptable and investable. Some of MDC's collaborative and national programs in areas of patient need include the Psychiatry Consortium, the Cystic Fibrosis Syndicate, and the Hearing Therapeutics Initiative.