THERAKIND
Description of organization
Therakind is a paediatric healthcare company with strong drug formulation, clinical development and regulatory capabilities. Focusing on paediatric medicine, the company has the expertise to develop a product from idea through to regulatory approval. The company identifies niche areas of unmet medical needs and works with other drug development companies on a collaborative basis. Therakind was created in 2006 in collaboration between IPSO Ventures the School of Pharmacy, University of London, to address the significant unmet need for paediatric drugs.
Previous experience
Therakind’s dedicated team brings a wealth of experience in clinical and regulatory strategy; clinical study design, management, analysis, and reporting; interacting with Health Authorities and obtaining scientific advice and approvals for Paediatric Investigation Plans (PIPs) clinical trials and marketing authorizations. Therakind has secured agreement of a PIP for its first product which is being developed on a collaborative basis with a UK pharma company. It has also secured ‘fast track’ marketing approval status from the MHRA (UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency) for its second product being developed with another UK pharma company.
Profile of staff members
Dr Susan Conroy is the Chief Operating Officer. She is an experienced pharmaceutical manager with a strong scientific background specializing in the identification, evaluation, management and commercialisation of pharmaceutical and biotechnology products.
Jackie Winslade is the Regulatory Affairs Director. She has been involved in various aspects of pharmaceutical regulatory affairs for 25 years and is experienced in defining worldwide regulatory strategy, product development planning, and coordinating and directing the preparation and review of worldwide regulatory submissions. Jackie has considerable knowledge of EU/US licensing procedures
and pharmaceutical regulations, directives and guidelines including those relating to paediatrics.
Dr Helen Buck is a Paediatric Clinical Trial Consultant. She has been involved in various aspects of clinical development and clinical trials for over 13 years. Her experience includes the preparation of clinical research documentation, management of clinical research staff and investigators, site selection, ethics documentation, site management and monitoring, presentation of clinical data and regulatory applications.
Therakind is in the process of recruiting a Research Project Scientist (N.N) who will have particular experience in clinical trials and data management.
Main tasks in this project
Therakind will contribute to the ADDUCE project by being involved particularly in the data management of the prospective study in WP3 for which it will establish the database for the prospective data collection.
News
The fifth ADDUCE Newsletter is now available!
Here, you can read about the finalisation of the project,
the European Medicines Agency and General Assembly meetings
and the dissemination of the results!
Did you participate in the ADDUCE studies and are you curious about the latest news on the project?
Here you can find some information!
News for children, April 2015
News for adolescents, April 2015
News for parents, April 2015
Read more about the ADDUCE studies:
and much more in the ADDUCE Newsletter 3, March 2015
The second ADDUCE Newsletter is available!
Read more about the 2 main ADDUCE studies:
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WP3: prospective open-label methylphenidate
pharmacovigilance study - WP8: long-term cardiovascular effects of methylphenidate use
and much more in the ADDUCE Newsletter 2, February 2013
Events
16 - 19 OCTOBER 2016:
4rd EUNETHYDIS International Conference on ADHD, Berlin - Germany
from basis neuroscience to optimised clinical care
17 & 18 APRIL 2016:
ADDUCE Consortium meeting, London - UK
28 - 31 MAY 2015:
5th World Congress on ADHD: from Child to Adult Disorder, Glasgow - Scotland
20 & 21 APRIL 2015:
ADDUCE Consortium meeting, Salina - Italy
21 - 24 MAY 2014:
3rd EUNETHYDIS International Conference on ADHD, Istanbul - Turkey
ADHD and related disorders
19 & 20 MAY 2014:
ADDUCE Consortium meeting, Istanbul - Turkey
3 - 6 OCTOBER 2013:
23rd EUNETHYDIS Network Meeting, Prague Czech Republic
A meeting of the European Network of Hyperkinetic Disorders
6 - 9 JUNE 2013:
4th World Congress on ADHD: from Childhood to Adult Disease, Milan - Italy
4 & 5 JUNE 2013:
ADDUCE Consortium meeting, Milan - Italy
6 & 7 JUNE 2012:
ADDUCE Consortium meeting, Cagliari - Italy
23 MAY 2012:
2nd EUNETHYDIS International Conference on ADHD, Barcelona - Spain