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04/12/2017
New Jobs Announced After Precision Medicine Centre Opens In NI
A total of 17 new jobs are to be created after a £10 million Centre of Excellence in Precision Medicine launched in Northern Ireland.
The new centre, launched at Queen's University in Belfast, will allow potentially costly drugs to be used more effectively by being prescribed only to those that can benefit from them.
Invest NI's Chief Executive, Alastair Hamilton, said: "This new Precision Medicine Centre will provide access to R&D facilities for both local and international companies. It has the potential to develop ground breaking treatments for cancer patients and will further enhance the personalised medicine and oncology research sector in Northern Ireland. While initial research will focus on cancer, this could extend into other areas of precision medicine in the future."
The Centre will be located at the Centre of Cancer Research and Cell Biology at Queen's University.
Invest NI has offered £5.8m of support towards the £10m project.
(CD/JP)
The new centre, launched at Queen's University in Belfast, will allow potentially costly drugs to be used more effectively by being prescribed only to those that can benefit from them.
Invest NI's Chief Executive, Alastair Hamilton, said: "This new Precision Medicine Centre will provide access to R&D facilities for both local and international companies. It has the potential to develop ground breaking treatments for cancer patients and will further enhance the personalised medicine and oncology research sector in Northern Ireland. While initial research will focus on cancer, this could extend into other areas of precision medicine in the future."
The Centre will be located at the Centre of Cancer Research and Cell Biology at Queen's University.
Invest NI has offered £5.8m of support towards the £10m project.
(CD/JP)
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