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About LifeArc

LifeArc is a not-for-profit medical research organisation that turns promising scientific research into impact for people living with rare diseases and Global Health infections.

We form partnerships and provide scientific expertise and funding to help break down the barriers preventing scientific breakthroughs from becoming life-transforming treatments and cures. We have been doing this for more than 30 years and our work has resulted in five licensed medicines, including cancer drug pembrolizumab and lecanemab for Alzheimer’s disease.

Our goal is a world where no one with a rare disease or a global infectious disease misses out on life-changing innovation because of complexity, cost or risk. 

Find out more about our work on www.lifearc.org or follow us on LinkedIn or X.

Consortium universities

University of Cambridge
University of Dundee
University of Edinburgh
University of Nottingham
University of Southampton
University College London 

Contact us

Institute for Regeneration and Repair (South Building) Ballie Gifford Pandemic Science Hub
4-5 Little France Dr Edinburgh
EH16 4UU.

For general enquiries
RRD-Centre@ed.ac.uk

For patient and patient group enquiries
RRD-PPIETeam@ed.ac.uk

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