Professor Ciaran Regan presented with Enterprise Ireland Commercialisation Award
Professor Ciaran Regan has won the inaugural Enterprise Ireland Lifescience and Food Commercialisation Award. The Minister for Innovation and Policy, Michael Ahern TD presented the award at the Enterprise Ireland Next Wave Technology Showcase Event held in University College Dublin on 13 December 2007.
Minister Michael Ahern TD, Professor Ciaran Regan and Dr Paul Roben, Enterprise Ireland
Professor Regan, Professor of Neuropharmacology at UCD School of Biomolecular & Biomedical Science, and Co-ordinator of the Applied Neurotherapeutics Research Group, is a named inventor on 6 UCD patents. Professor Regan was also the winner of the NovaUCD 2007 Innovation Award.
In 2004, he co-founded a successful UCD spin-out company called Berand Neuropharmacology which develops novel therapeutics for the treatment of autism and obesity. Berand is located in NovaUCD with research facilities based in the UCD Conway Institute.
His outstanding achievements also include securing €10 million in funding from Wyeth Discovery and Science Foundation Ireland to establish the Applied Neurotherapeutics Research Group at UCD. The group, which aims to identify novel neurotherapeutic targets, has already generated 8 invention disclosures. This link was of critical importance in Wyeth’s later decision to establish a €13 million bio-therapeutic drug discovery research facility at UCD.
“Professor Regan is to be congratulated on this success. He is a pioneer and a visionary in the field of commercialisation in Ireland and he continues to give his time, his energy and his expertise to further the goal of Ireland becoming a leading knowledge economy,” said Minister Ahern presenting the award.
“He is an excellent role model and an inspiration for researchers all over Ireland who wish to see their intellectual property being developed for the benefit of the economy and society.”
14 December 2007
For further information contact Micéal Whelan, NovaUCD, e-mail: miceal.whelan@ucd.ie, tel: (01) 716 3712.
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