Collaborating with industry
Patients’ organisations can have beneficial collaborations with a variety of industry partners.
These include:
- pharmaceutical companies
- medical device companies
- industry in related areas (e.g. food companies)
- industry in non-related areas (e.g. banks) as part of their corporate social responsibility.
You may collaborate with more than one type of industry partner.
The general benefits of working with industry include:
- securing funding
- access to other resources, e.g. IT equipment, literature, fundraising events, printing services
- skills sharing.