Description
Finding efficient cancer therapies is an urgent and still unresolved problem and, in the fight against this disease, scientists are devoting tremendous efforts towards the utilization of nanomedicines. Nanotherapeutics exhibit major benefits with respect to unmodified drugs, including improved half-life, more efficient tumour targeting, and reduced side effects. However, only a few nanotherapeutics have reached the commercial level, most still being in the investigational phase. Accordingly, this Action aims at developing and strengthening industry-academia relations with an ultimate goal: fostering the clinical translation of nanomedicine from bench to bedside. This will be achieved by creating the first, pan-European interdisciplinary network of representatives from academic institutions and small and medium enterprises including clinical research organizations (CROs) devoted to the development of nanosystems carrying anticancer drugs from their initial design, pre-clinical testing of efficacy, pharmacokinetics and toxicity to the preparation of detailed protocols needed for the first phase of their clinical studies. By promoting scientific exchanges, technological implementation and innovative solutions, the Action will provide a timely instrument to rationalize and focus research efforts at the EU level in dealing with the grand challenge of nanomedicine translation in cancer, one of the major and societal-burdening human pathologies. By virtue of its quality, the Action network will also generate research core teams of excellence for funding applications, patent filling and discovery of major scientific impact. The network will also be actively devoted to raising awareness on the high potential on nanomedicine through publications in international peer-reviewed journals, and presentations at open events.
Action keywords
nanomedicine - cancer - drug carrier - translational research - targeted therapy
Management Committee
Country | MC Member |
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Albania | |
Austria | |
Austria | |
Belgium | |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | |
Bulgaria | |
Bulgaria | |
Croatia | |
Croatia | |
Cyprus | |
Cyprus | |
Czech Republic | |
Czech Republic | |
Denmark | |
Estonia | |
Finland | |
Finland | |
France | |
France | |
Germany | |
Germany | |
Greece | |
Greece | |
Hungary | |
Hungary | |
Ireland | |
Ireland | |
Israel | |
Israel | |
Italy | |
Latvia | |
Latvia | |
Luxembourg | |
Netherlands | |
Netherlands | |
North Macedonia | |
North Macedonia | |
Norway | |
Norway | |
Poland | |
Poland | |
Portugal | |
Portugal | |
Romania | |
Romania | |
Serbia | |
Serbia | |
Slovakia | |
Slovakia | |
Slovenia | |
Slovenia | |
Spain | |
Spain | |
Sweden | |
Sweden | |
Switzerland | |
Switzerland | |
Türkiye | |
Türkiye | |
United Kingdom | |
United Kingdom |
Main Contacts
Action Contacts
COST Staff
Leadership
Role | Leader |
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Action Chair | |
Action Vice-Chair | |
Grant Holder Scientific Representative | |
Science Communication Coordinator | |
Grant Awarding Coordinator | |
WG1 Leader | |
WG2 Leader | |
WG3 Leader | |
WG4 Leader |
Additional roles
Role | Leader |
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WG vice-leader position | |
WG vice-leader position | |
WG vice-leader position | |
WG vice-leader position | |
STSM Coordinator |
Working Groups
Number | Title | Leader |
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1 | Manufacturing Nanodrugs | |
2 | Physico-Chemical Characterization of Nanodrugs | |
3 | Preclinical Studies of Nanodrugs | |
4 | Guidelines for Clinical Trials and Regulatory Aspects of Nanomedicine |
Membership
Name | Working Group | Country |
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WG 1, WG 2, WG 3, WG 4 | ||
WG 1, WG 2, WG 3, WG 4 | Luxembourg | |
WG 1, WG 2, WG 3, WG 4 | France | |
WG 1, WG 2, WG 3, WG 4 | Italy | |
WG 1, WG 2, WG 3, WG 4 | Estonia | |
WG 1, WG 3, WG 4 | ||
WG 1, WG 3, WG 4 | Poland | |
WG 1, WG 2, WG 3, WG 4 | United Kingdom | |
WG 1, WG 4 | Germany | |
WG 1, WG 2, WG 3 | Denmark | |
WG 1, WG 2, WG 3 | Greece | |
WG 1, WG 3 | Sweden | |
WG 1, WG 3 | Bosnia & Herzegovina | |
WG 1, WG 3 | Netherlands | |
WG 1, WG 3 | Portugal | |
WG 1, WG 2, WG 3, WG 4 | Portugal | |
WG 1, WG 2 | Latvia | |
WG 1 | Italy | |
WG 1, WG 4 | Poland | |
WG 1, WG 2 | Spain | |
WG 1, WG 2, WG 3 | Spain | |
WG 1 | Germany | |
WG 1, WG 2 | ||
WG 1 | ||
WG 1, WG 2 | Slovakia | |
WG 1, WG 2 | North Macedonia | |
WG 1, WG 3 | United Kingdom | |
WG 1, WG 2 | United Kingdom | |
WG 1 | Greece | |
WG 1, WG 2 | Italy | |
WG 1, WG 2, WG 3 | Croatia | |
WG 1, WG 2 | Germany | |
WG 1, WG 2, WG 4 | ||
WG 1, WG 2 | Czechia | |
WG 1, WG 2 | ||
WG 1 | Czechia | |
WG 1, WG 2 | Norway | |
WG 1, WG 2 | North Macedonia | |
WG 1, WG 2 | Germany | |
WG 1, WG 2 | Greece | |
WG 1, WG 2 | Romania | |
WG 1, WG 2 | Czechia | |
WG 1 | North Macedonia | |
WG 1, WG 2 | Bulgaria | |
WG 1, WG 2 | Albania | |
WG 1, WG 2 | Slovenia | |
WG 1, WG 2 | Sweden | |
WG 1, WG 2 | Serbia | |
WG 1, WG 2 | ||
WG 1, WG 2 | Bulgaria | |
WG 1 | Türkiye | |
WG 1 | Finland | |
WG 1 | Netherlands | |
WG 1, WG 2, WG 3 | ||
WG 1, WG 2, WG 3, WG 4 | Germany | |
WG 1, WG 2, WG 3 | Greece | |
WG 1, WG 2, WG 3 | Italy | |
WG 1, WG 2 | Azerbaijan | |
WG 1, WG 2, WG 3 | United Kingdom | |
WG 1, WG 3 | ||
WG 1, WG 2, WG 3, WG 4 | ||
WG 1, WG 2, WG 3 | Italy | |
WG 1, WG 2 | Albania | |
WG 2, WG 4 | Austria | |
WG 2, WG 4 | Croatia | |
WG 2, WG 3 | ||
WG 2, WG 3 | Israel | |
WG 2, WG 3 | Poland | |
WG 2, WG 3 | Austria | |
WG 2, WG 3 | Ireland | |
WG 2, WG 3 | Czechia | |
WG 2, WG 3 | ||
WG 2 | ||
WG 2, WG 3, WG 4 | Italy | |
WG 2 | Slovenia | |
WG 2, WG 3 | Portugal | |
WG 2, WG 4 | Austria | |
WG 2 | ||
WG 2, WG 3 | ||
WG 2 | Serbia | |
WG 2, WG 3 | Ireland | |
WG 2 | Romania | |
WG 2 | Romania | |
WG 2 | Switzerland | |
WG 2 | Netherlands | |
WG 2 | Portugal | |
WG 2 | Italy | |
WG 2, WG 3 | Poland | |
WG 2 | Türkiye | |
WG 2 | Türkiye | |
WG 2, WG 3 | North Macedonia | |
WG 2, WG 3 | Italy | |
WG 3, WG 4 | ||
WG 3, WG 4 | Türkiye | |
WG 3, WG 4 | France | |
WG 3, WG 4 | Switzerland | |
WG 3, WG 4 | Cyprus | |
WG 3, WG 4 | United Kingdom | |
WG 3, WG 4 | Spain | |
WG 3, WG 4 | Bosnia & Herzegovina | |
WG 3, WG 4 | Cyprus | |
WG 3 | ||
WG 3, WG 4 | ||
WG 3 | Greece | |
WG 3 | ||
WG 3, WG 4 | Austria | |
WG 3 | ||
WG 3, WG 4 | ||
WG 3 | ||
WG 3, WG 4 | Greece | |
WG 3 | Italy | |
WG 3, WG 4 | Norway | |
WG 3, WG 4 | Cyprus | |
WG 3 | ||
WG 3, WG 4 | Spain | |
WG 3 | Latvia | |
WG 3 | Spain | |
WG 3 | Ireland | |
WG 3 | Latvia | |
WG 3 | ||
WG 3 | Serbia | |
WG 3 | Norway | |
WG 3 | Slovakia | |
WG 3 | Slovenia | |
WG 3 | ||
WG 3 | Türkiye | |
WG 3, WG 4 | Türkiye | |
WG 3, WG 4 | Türkiye | |
WG 3 | Spain | |
WG 4 | Croatia | |