The Appraisal – Can we create a nation of entrepreneurial life scientists? – Cancer Research UK

Most cancers Analysis UK’s newly launched Manifesto for Most cancers Analysis and Care – a imaginative and prescient for the way the following UK Authorities can remodel most cancers analysis and care – has quite a few coverage suggestions, certainly one of which revolves round constructing industrial innovation into reward techniques. As translation of analysis into affected person profit is CRUK’s final goal, it’s clear we now have pores and skin the sport right here, and an actual curiosity in determining the easiest way to do that.

So, what is the issue with the best way researchers are recognised and rewarded now? Is there nonetheless a cultural divide  between tutorial analysis and extra commercially primarily based science? And might we alter this?

Time to get some big-picture considering on all this from Iain Foulkes…