The Irish Drug Delivery Network (IDDN) brings together the three Schools of Pharmacy in Ireland and the UCD Conway Institute in a centre of excellence for research into drug delivery. It is led by Professor David Brayden, UCD School of Agriculture, Food Science and Veterinary Medicine and its industry partners include Genzyme Ireland, Sigmoid Biotechnologies and Warwick Effect Polymers.
The Irish Drug Delivery Network has received a major investment of €5.2 million from Science Foundation Ireland as a Strategic Research Cluster. An additional €2.2 million in funding comes from industry partners bringing the overall investment in excess of €7.4 million over the coming five years.
With a critical mass of expertise, scientists in the IDDN hope to create new and better methods of delivering biopharmaceuticals.
IDDN is based on a collaboration between scientists in the UCD Conway Institute and the Schools of Pharmacy in Trinity College Dublin, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, and University College Cork.
