CCRM’s founding industry consortium represents key sectors of the Regenerative Medicine (RM) industry – pharmaceutical, devices, reagents, tools, biomaterials and cell therapies. Despite their differences, they all have the same objective – to utilize the translational platforms developed by CCRM to enable new opportunities and to address real-life bottlenecks in their RM businesses. The industry consortium consists of large multinationals, small-medium enterprises (SME), and emerging biotechnology companies. The industry consortium provides market orientation and a ready supply of global receptors for technologies and products generated by CCRM.  

CCRM's Industry Consortium Members.

Benefits of Industry Consortium Membership

Full Membership

Primary Benefits

1.  First opportunity to review and enter into negotiations for new IP

• IP from institutions representing >94% of Ontario regenerative medicine activity
• Access to state-of the-art research facilities at 6 research institutions and CCRM core platforms
• Represent industry on CCRM’s Commercialization Review Committee

2.  Leverage development support/funding

• Propose and sponsor projects
• Technical expertise
• 90-day option on new IP
• Exchange staff and trainees

3.  Discount on fee-for-service contracts

• iPS & differentiated cell lines
• Contract cell manufacturing, analysis and characterization
• Custom biomaterial synthesis and characterization

4.  Validation of proprietary technologies

Secondary Benefits

• Participation in symposia
• Access to technical training workshops
• Advertising/sponsoring events
• Use, validate and promote products
• Networking and collaboration with other companies and investors
• Access to PIs
• Access to fee for service offerings
• Resource for future employees

Associate Membership

This membership allows access to Secondary Benefits only, with the option to join the consortium after one year.

For more information on Industry Consortium memberships, please contact Rahul Sarugaser, Director of Business Development at 647.919.8820 or rahul.sarugaser@ccrm.ca