Committee for Pharmaceutical Development (CPD)
Develop and commercialize your human therapeutic technology—such as a small molecule or biologic—with support from the Committee for Pharmaceutical Development (CPD) Program.
How we can help
Funding
Amount varies based on milestones.
Guidance
Access to UMN and industry experts to support project advancement.
Project management
A team dedicated to driving successful outcomes.
Apply
Applications are accepted on a continuous basis.
Grantee spotlight
CTSI helps a potentially life-saving treatment advance closer to clinical trials.
Contact us
Sandra Wells, PhD
Assistant Director
Office of Discovery and Translation
smwells@umn.edu
612-625-3073
Awardees
2020
Li Ou, PhD and Chester Whitley, MD, PhD, Department of Pediatrics
Project title: A novel gene editing platform to treat Tay-Sachs and Sandhoff diseases
2019
James M. Ervasti, PhD, and David D. Thomas, PhD, and Joseph M. Muretta, PhD, Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biophysics, Medical School
Project title: Mini-/Micro-Dystrophin Actin Binding Domain 1 Gain-of-Affinity
Sandra Armstrong, PhD, Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Project title: Developing improved pertussis vaccines
Ronald Siegel, PhD, Department of Pharmaceutics and James Cloyd, PhD, Department of Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology
Project title: Development of a Prodrug/Enzyme Nasal Spray for Rapid Delivery of Diazepam for Treatment of Seizure Emergencies
2018
Jon Hawkinson, PhD, Institute for Therapeutics Discovery & Development
Project title: Critical path studies to nominate BINTA as a preclinical development candidate to treat chronic pain devoid of opioid side effect liability
2016
George Wilcox, Daniel Bruce, Philip Portoghese, and Carolyn Fairbanks
Project title: Peripherally restricted combination therapy for inflammatory or cancer-related chronic pain
2015
Gwenyth Fischer, MD, Medical School, Department of Pediatrics
Project title: Epinephrine Drug-delivery Device for use in Pediatric Cardiac Arrest
Amber Lockridge, Medical School, Department of Neuroscience
Project title: The Use of D-serine as a Novel Insulin Secretagogue and Oral Antidiabetic
2014
Gregory Beilman, MD, Medical School, Department of Surgery
Project title: Beta-hydroxybutyrate/melatonin (BHB/M) for the Treatment of Trauma-induced Acute Blood Loss
Lester Drewes, PhD, Medical School, Department of Biomedical Sciences, and Venkatram Mereddy, PhD, College of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmacy Practice and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Project title: Development of Novel Drugs for High Risk Triple Negative Breast Cancer Treatment
Jayanth Panyam, PhD, College of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmaceutics
Project title: Antibody Targeting Metastases in triple Negative Breast Cancer
2013
Jayanth Panyam, PhD, College of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmaceutics
Project title: Surface Functionalized Nanoparticles for Improved Chemotherapeutic Efficacy
Jayanth Panyam, PhD, College of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmaceutics
Project title: Silicate Prodrug Nanoparticles of Paclitaxel
Chun Wang, PhD, College of Science and Engineering, Department of Biomedical Engineering
Project title: Semi-solid Polymer Delivery Systems for Immunotherapy against Melanoma
2012
Daniel Vallera, PhD, Medical School, Department of Radiation Oncology
Project title: Developing Biological Drugs Targeting Chemo-Refractory Carcinoma
Carston R. Wagner, PhD, College of Pharmacy, Department of Medicinal Chemistry
Project title: In vivo Proof-of-Concept Studies on Chemically Self Assembled Nanostructures (CSANS) as Targeted Diagnostic Imaging and Drug Delivery agents for Brain Cancer
