Track Record
Public Sector Agencies
ONE NorthEast
- In early 2008 Ithaka, in collaboration with the Centre for Life Sciences, (‘CELS’), completed a review of significant regional healthcare projects for the North East’s Regional Development Agency, ONE North East, identifying regional strengths, existing and potential projects with clinical or commercial benefit.
- The review focused on projects being undertaken by the North East Stem Cell Institute, including work around cord blood banking, islet and limbal cell transplantation, human embryonic stem cell lines and applications of dermal stem cells in wound healing.
- Recommendations from Ithaka/CELS team are now being implemented by ONE North East.
Scottish Enterprise
- Scottish Enterprise selected Ithaka in late 2006 to work as facilitators within their Proof of Concept Programme to deliver facilitation sessions to all life science projects receiving funding from this programme. Ithaka’s work with Project Teams is directed at facilitating the creation of action plans which accelerate project developments and identify optimal commercialisation strategies.
- In late 2008, Scottish Enterprise renewed Ithaka’s contract for a further two years.