About the centre

The Centre of Excellence for Long-acting Therapeutics (CELT) is a cross-faculty research initiative combining our world leading expertise in pharmacology and materials chemistry and working with international partners to disseminate research findings in long-acting medicine and change the global landscape of drug administration.

1 st research centre of its kind in the world with scientists from pharmacology and materials chemistry working side by side across two faculties

£ 40 m ongoing research funding dedicated to our diverse project portfolio

50 + staff members in the centre, committed to long-acting therapeutics research

The Centre of Excellence for Long-acting Therapeutics was established with funding from Unitaid.

Broadening our understanding of long-acting medicines

Find out more about us with CELT Co-director, Professor Andrew Owen as he introduces the Centre of Excellence for Long-acting Therapeutics at the University of Liverpool.

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About us

Learn about CELT's long acting-therapeutics work, our team, partners and how to work with us.

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Our research

Find out about our different active and finished long-acting therapeutics research projects and our publications.

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Global Long-acting therapeutics news stories

CELT are not the only team working in long-acting therapeutics. Find global news from industry you may have missed.

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Events and conferences

Discover where CELT will be presenting our work, and other events CELT are happy to endorse.

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