Links

Section 1 : Due Diligence

• Entrez PubMed (science pubs searching)
  www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez
• Medline
  http://medline.cos.com/cgi-bin/search
• Thomson Pharma (pay for search engine)
  www.thomson-pharma.com
• Wikipedia (use at your peril!)
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

Section 2 : Patents

• Patents news and Blog for Bio industry
  www.patentbaristas.com
• US Patent & Trademark Office search
  www.uspto.gov
• FDA Orange Book drug patent search
  www.fda.gov/cder/ob/default.htm
• EPO patent search
  www.epoline.org/portal/public/registerplus
• EPO general
  www.epoline.org/portal/public
• Delphion (pay for search engine)
  www.delphion.com
• List of European patent renewal fees
  www.filemot.com/patfee.htm

Section 3 : Technology Transfer Associations
and Medical industry Associations

• AUTM (Ass of University Technology Managers USA/Canada)
  www.autm.net
• ASTP (Ass of European Science & Technology Transfer Professionals)
  www.astp.net
• London Biotechnology Network
  www.londonbiotechnology.co.uk
• PRAXIS Technology Transfer Training
  www.praxiscourses.org.uk
• The Pharmaceutical Research & Manufacturers of America
  www.phrma.org/about_phrma/
• BIA UK Bio Industry Assoc
  www.bioindustry.org
• BIO US Bio Industry Organisation
  www.bio.org
• NCRI National (UK) Cancer Research Institute
  www.ncri.org.uk
• National (UK Cancer Research Network)
  www.ncrn.org.uk
• EORTC European Organisation for Research & Treatment of Cancer
  www.eortc.be
• Cancer Research UK
  www.cancerresearchuk.org

Section 5 : Clinical and Biological Technology and Statistics

• NCCN (National (USA) Comprehensive Cancer Network)
  www.nccn.org/about
• NCI (Nat Cancer Inst USA) Cancer Therapy Evaluation Programme
  http://ctep.cancer.gov
• US Clinical Trials
  http://clinicaltrials.gov
• iHOP protein interaction database
  www.ihop-net.org/UniPub/iHOP/
• Clinical Trial listings USA
  www.centerwatch.com/clinical-trials/listings/
• Nature Drug Discovery Articles
  www.nature.com/nrd/series/drugdiscovery/index_mf.html
• National Cancer Institute Statistics SEER
  http://seer.cancer.gov/statistics/
• List of drugs
  www.rxlist.com/script/main/hp.asp
• CRUK Cancer Stats
  http://info.cancerresearchuk.org/cancerstats/?a=5441
• Dept of Health (UK) Statistics
  www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Statistics/index.htm
• Expert Reviews
  www.expert-reviews.com
• Confederation of Cancer Biobanks
  www.ncri.org.uk/ccb/search/aboutSearch.html

Section 5 : Funding

• Northwest Cancer Research Fund
  www.cancerresearchnorthwest.co.uk
• EC Framework networking for ‘Health’ funding
  www.smesgolifesciences.be/common/home.asp
• CORDIS EC Awards and News page
  http://cordis.europa.eu/home_en.html
• Scottish Enterprise
  www.scottish-enterprise.com
• EC Innovative Medicines Initiative
  http://imi.europa.eu/index_en.html
• CRT/CRUK Drug Discovery Awards
  http://science.cancerresearchuk.org/gapp/bbctrfunding/
  developmentcomm_grants/
• Wellcome Trust Translational Awards
  www.wellcome.ac.uk/Funding/Technology-transfer/Awards/
  Translation-Awards/index.htm
• MRC Development Funding Pathway Scheme
  www.mrc.ac.uk/consumption/groups/public/
  documents/content/mrc004553.pdf

Section 6: Start-ups

• Govnt BERR (Dept of Business Enterprise & Regulatory Reform)
  www.berr.gov.uk/whatwedo/enterprise/index.html
• VentureBlog
  www.ventureblog.com
• CA2006 implementation
  www.berr.gov.uk/whatwedo/businesslaw/co-act-2006/index.html
• CDER new drug application process
  www.fda.gov/cder/regulatory/applications/ind_page_1.htm
• NESTA investments (UK)
  www.nesta.org.uk
• Writing Business Plans
  http://biotech.about.com/od/businessplan/ht/busplanoutline.htm
• Start-ups live conference
  www.startupslive.co.uk/sponsors.htm
• BioVC Blog
  http://onbiovc.com/e

Section 7: News

• The Pink Sheets Biocentury
  www.biocentury.com/BCApp/
• Drugwonks
  www.drugwonks.com
• BIO-IT world
  www.bio-itworld.com
• CEOexpress business portal
  www.ceoexpress.com/default.asp
• Icademic Blog
  www.icademic.org

Section 8 : Consultants

• Linked-in Network
  https://www.linkedin.com/secure/settings
• Epernicus scientists network
  www.epernicus.com