FAQ: Opportunities for Charities and Foundations

What opportunities does the European Lead Factory currently offer to charities and foundations?

At the end of 2021, the European Lead Factory opened up its services to charities and foundations across the world. This means that charities and foundations can gain access to our drug discovery platform, a sub-set (340,000) of our high-quality library of chemical compounds, and our network of experts in the field of drug discovery, against payment. With this step, the European Lead Factory is contributing to making a worldwide impact in various areas of unmet medical need, and across all disease areas.

Which organisations qualify as a charity and/or foundation?

We define a charity as a non-profit charitable organization that relies on periodic donations from the general public to directly support a substantial part of its initiatives. A foundation, on the other hand, is a non-profit charitable organization that does not qualify as a charity and that is established mainly with funds from a single non-public source or certain specific non-public sources, and that further invests its acquired funding to generate income that is then distributed for its charitable purposes. If you have questions on this topic, please contact us.

How can charities and foundations get in touch to explore the screening possibilities at the European Lead Factory?

Interested charities and foundations can contact us at any time. We will set up a call to explain the different options, the process, terms and conditions, and the deliverables of a screening programme.

Can the European Lead Factory tailor screening activities to specific needs?

Yes, the European Lead Factory is open to exploring specific needs for screening programmes.

What are the deliverables of a screening programme?

Key deliverables of a screening programme are a miniaturized assay, a detailed screening report with all the experiments performed, a Qualified Hit List of max. 50 compounds with associated biological data and compound samples, and/or synthetic procedures for a selection of the most promising hits.

Are my programme ideas protected?

Yes. Strict confidentiality applies.

I work for a charity or foundation in a certain disease area and would like to collaborate with the European Lead Factory, but I do not have any concrete screening programmes in mind. Can we team up to identify investigators in my disease area?

Yes, this is possible. We would be happy to discuss the possibilities if you reach out to us via email.

I am an academic investigator with a screening proposal and an associated assay that would like to make use of the European Lead Factory platform. Can we team up to identify and approach charities/foundations that might be interested in a collaboration?

Yes, that is possible. We would be happy to discuss the possibilities if you reach out to us via email.