An Incubator for Collaboration & Discovery

The scientific community has long recognised that discovery occurs where there is collaboration and interaction between specialist disciplines. It is also achieved through strong academic partnerships supported by a robust commercial understanding.

PACE offers a unique collaborative model:

Combining research, education, clinical practice and industry.
Australian-first embracing the traditional and developing pharmacy industries, encompassing pharmacology and pharmaceutical sciences, nutraceuticals (healthy foods), biotechnology and pharmacy practice.
Practical co-location via high level site connectivity, not only between facilities within the PACE campus, but via innovative design-led connectivity between PACE and the neighbouring Translational Research Institute and the Princess Alexandra Hospital.

Special features…

Unique shared spaces and infrastructure – lecture rooms, meeting rooms and eating spaces, enabling industry partners to have unparalleled access to researchers at the cutting edge of pharmaceutical innovations

Industry partners as active participants in seminars and workshops
UQ-led high-level discussions across the site with leading researchers and educationalists
On-site, real-time access to expertise in crucial areas for drug development, such as dosage form design and basic drug discovery, through to pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics, pre-clinical studies, modelling and simulation for clinical studies, pharmacoeconomics, pharmacoepidemiology and clinical trial design, through to health service evaluation and post-marketing surveillance.

PACE signifies a new era for the pharmacy profession’s outstanding contribution to a positive future for human health. This world class facility paves the way for the pioneering of new drug discoveries and treatments and valuable research into the optimal use of medicines - work that can saves lives and ease the global health burden.