Dr Tim Fishlock
BRC Commercialisation Manager
Tim works with Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH) Department of Research and Development and Cambridge Enterprise to identify and commercialise intellectual property originating from research carried out within the NIHR Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre, a partnership between Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and the University of Cambridge.
He works closely with academics and clinicians to build business opportunities, paving the route to market and securing translational grant funding and other activities to ultimately license or spin-out the technology opportunity.
After an early career in scientific publishing at Cambridge University Press and the Royal Society of Chemistry, Tim joined UCL Business (UCLB), UCL’s technology transfer company. Working primarily with academics from the Physical Science and Engineering faculties and the London Centre for Nanotechnology he led on the protection of new IP, helped secure proof-of-concept funding and managed commercialisation activities. He transacted numerous patent and know-how licences and led on the creation of two spin-outs including a company developing a microencapsulation technology for production of multi-layered drug capsules. Tim also co-led the early development of E-Lucid, an online licensing platform for the management of contracts for low-cost, high-volume IP assets, which is now in use across the sector.
After UCLB, Tim moved into the NHS. As Head of Technology Transfer at Health Enterprise East (now HeathTech Enterprise) he worked closely with clinical innovators from NHS Trusts across the Eastern region and London. He helped secure significant translational grants from funders such as the NIHR and the MedtechAccelerator and licensed a number of novel medical devices on behalf of host NHS Trusts.
More recently Tim was Head of Professional Development and Membership at PraxisAuril, the UK’s professional association for Knowledge Exchange. Here he managed the training portfolio helping to develop, upskill and network the UK’s knowledge exchange and technology transfer community.
Tim has a BA in Chemistry and D.Phil. in Materials Science from Oxford University.
Tim joined Cambridge Enterprise in January 2024