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Main tasks attributed in the A-PATCH project:
As an end-user and potential commercialization partner, the main tasks attributed to BRL in the project include:
- Lead WP1
- Participate and contribute to WP2, WP5, WP6, WP7
- Participate in project definition of requirements, use cases, benchmarks, and architecture
- Participate in validation, dissemination, and exploitation of the project
- BRL will advise the consortium regarding developments which can demonstrate clear compliance with applicable Good Laboratory Practice / Good Clinical Practice / Good Manufacturing Practice and ensure that the products will be consistent with ISO and other regulations (both national and European).
- BRL will direct the exploitation plans and activities
- BRL will conduct a market survey regarding the use of the patches and build a business case and exploitation strategy for the developed product.
- This will link with involvement in WP6, the Validation and Evaluation work package, which includes both health technology assessment and cost-benefit analysis.
Based on the above, BRL will collaborate with the manufacturing and industrial partners to lead the design plans for mass production, which will feed into the exploitation planning.



Patrice holds a Post Doc (1990) in Digestive Physiology, with specialization in Molecular Biology. CRSNG Scholarship (Lauréat au concours du Conseil de Recherche en Sciences Naturelles et en Génie) of Canada. Research Project: Early biomarkers involved in in-vitro and in-vivo tumor proliferation. CHU Rangueil, Unité INSERM 151, Toulouse, FRANCE; Ph.D. (1988) in Biology with specialization in Digestive Physiology – Cell Biology. CRSNG Scholarship (Lauréat au concours du Conseil de Recherche en Sciences Naturelles et en Génie) of Canada. Research Project: Regulation of Pancreatic function. Identification of a new pancreatic enzyme: Somatostatinase. Sherbrooke University, Sherbrooke, CANADA.