Grant Funding

LyoDEA (grant ref. 100527)

£217 160 Collaborative R&D

November 1 2008 to October 31  2012

Funding body : Technology Strategy Board

Partners: GEA, AstraZeneca, Ametek,

 De Montfort University

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BioStaRT (grant ref. 101711)

£367 567 Collaborative R&D

August 1 2014 to Jan 31 2018

Funding body : Innovate UK

Partners: GEA, BlueFrog, Sanofi (Ireland)

National Institute for Biological Standards and Control,

De Montfort University

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AtlasBio (grant ref. 102610)

£803 846 Collaborative R&D

February 1 2017 to  January 31 2020

Funding body : Innovate UK

Partners: GEA, BlueFrog, CPI, 

OnkoLytika, IS Instruments, Ocean Optics,

National Institute for Biological Standards and Control,

Nottingham University, De Montfort University

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FastLyo (grant ref. 133425)

£99,849 Feasibility Study

February 1 2018 to  January 31 2019

Funding body : Innovate UK

Partners: Biopharma Process Solutions,

OnkoLytika, De Montfort University

 FastLyo

Geoff Smith (School of Pharmacy) has been collaborating with various industrial partners on Innovate UK-funded collaborative R&D projects since 2008. These projects (LyoDEA, 2008-2012 and BioStart, 2014-2018) have led to the development of a novel instrumentation technology (Through Vial Impedance Spectroscopy, TVIS) for the optimization of production-cycles for freeze-dried, injectable medicines (proteins, antibiotics, vaccines etc.). Our next project grant, AtlasBio, will enable De Montfort University to develop a non-contact version of the TVIS technology (NC-TVIS). In parallel with TVIS, we are developing other instrumentation technology for formulation screening, including a novel freeze-drying microscope, via our FastLyo programme with Biopharma Process Solutions.