With Innovation Day upcoming on February 17, we’re highlighting our approach to innovation, what we call at UCB the “patient-science-solution” model. Everything we do starts and ends with what patients value, but it is a continuous journey. Starting with the patient – we listen to their experiences, what they value, their needs, and keep them at the heart of everything we do.

With an estimated 75,000 people coming to Atlanta for the Big Game and over 100 million tuning in to watch it, Duane Barnes, former college football player and UCB’s President, Head of U.S. Operations talks about how having the game in our backyard helps us to reflect on our game plan to deliver wins for patients. Read the full article on LinkedIn.

Patients are at the heart of everything we do, inspiring us, driving our scientific discovery, and focusing us on what patients value. At UCB, we want to help people live their best lives, whatever that means for them. So, every day, we come together to work, laser-focused, on a simple question: How will this create value for people living with severe diseases?

In 2019, we look forward to continuing our journey to grow our impact. Our future has never been brighter and the opportunities to provide patients with solutions they value has never been more urgent. By fulfilling our commitment, driving innovation, and providing patients a meaningful experience, solutions are on the horizon to help more patients managing severe diseases live their best lives.

In September, our Raleigh-Durham office hosted their first Art of Advocacy event, which explored how art can be used as a platform for advocacy. The event showcased three artists, from across the U.S., living with a chronic illness, who use art as a medium to cope, spread awareness, and encourage others. We invite you to meet them and learn more about their stories below.

(Left to Right) Dr. Michael Markowitz (UCB), Dr. Shruti Raja, and Dr. Robert Dupuis (UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy)

An important part of the drug development continuum is ensuring trained specialists are engaged through discovery, development, and delivery. Neurotherapeutics, or treatment of disorders of the nervous system, is a research area with a limited number of highly trained neurologists working in drug development. To help fill this gap, the UCB-UNC-Duke Neurology Clinical Development Fellowship program was developed for board certified neurologists seeking further training in neurology drug development.

Edward (Eddy) Han-Burgess, UCB’s Epilepsy Prediction and Integrated Analytics Lead, is featured in a researcher profile on Innovation.org talking about his work leveraging data and mathematics to improve the lives of those living with epilepsy.

Throughout November, Epilepsy Awareness Month, we’re shining a spotlight on epilepsy, a severe neurological disease that 1 in 26 people will develop in their lifetime. 

Fellowship Preceptors (L to R): Oana Pop, Iram Hasan, Alexis Harper, Wanja Muthoga, Kate Kocik, Jennifer King, and Tanyja Porcha

Applications for our 2019-2021 Global Regulatory Affairs PharmD Fellowship Program are now closed.