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commercialization institute industry biotechnology founded 2007 headquarters vancouver british columbia canada key people gord mccauley interim president and ceo kathryn hayashi cfo dr. jason crawford vice president scientific operations doug erfle director project management barry gee director communications jon jafari senior director business development dr. dave rogers director intellectual property number of employees 101 website 1 headquartered in vancouver british columbia the centre for drug research and development cdrd is canada s national drug development and commercialization centre working in partnership with academia industry government and foundations . cdrd provides the specialized expertise and infrastructure to identify validate and advance promising discoveries and transform them into commercially viable investment opportunities for the private sector and ultimately into new therapies for patients . canada s networks of centres of excellence program has recognized cdrd as a centre of excellence for commercialization and research cecr . contents 1 divisions 2 funding 3 participating institutions 4 key achievements 5 references 6 external links divisions edit target validation screening drug delivery medicinal chemistry pharmacology toxicology biologics external platforms funding edit cdrd is supported by both public and private sector organizations looking to advance the successful commercialization of health research . these organizations include the canada foundation for innovation the government of canada s networks of centres of excellence program which recognizes and supports cdrd as a centre of excellence in commercialization in research cecr the province of british columbia michael smith foundation for health research western economic diversification canada canadian institute for health research genome british columbia pfizer inc. johnson & johnson glaxosmithkline gsk participating institutions edit cdrd currently has an existing portfolio of 209 supported research projects generated from its network of 100 affiliated research institutions . these institutions represent canada s top health research universities and research centres as well as select international partner organizations . collectively these affiliated institutions invest several billion dollars in health related research every year and cdrd plays a pivotal role in translating that research into commercial products and economic returns including new jobs for british columbia and canada . key achievements edit 1 052 projects evaluated 828 potential projects technologies reviewed 134 novel technologies 135 research projects supported 125 principal investigators assisted 56 projects advanced towards commercialization and or commercialized 51 ongoing 14 technologies out licensed to the private sector or under current development management 7 spin off companies launched 33 new patent families supported with cdrd data 29 collaborations on scientific publications 98 million in grant funding facilitated for pis and their cdrd related projects 60 million in international pharmaceutical sector investment attracted 220 million in incremental commercially focused health research being conducted as result of cdrd 168 postdoctoral fellows co op students and interns through the cdrd training program over 300 hours in drug development and commercialization training offered references edit external links edit 2 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title centre for drug research and development & oldid 729021115 categories organizations based in vancouverhidden categories articles with a promotional tone from november 2013all articles with a promotional tonearticles with topics of unclear notability from november 2013all articles with topics of unclear notabilitywikipedia articles needing style editing from november 2013all articles needing style editingarticles lacking sources from november 2013all articles lacking sourceswikipedia articles 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