The Centre for Cancer Medicines fosters multi-disciplinary collaborations between those members of the School involved in various aspects of cancer studies, and enhances links with external organisations and cancer research groups, especially with clinical colleagues. We aim in particular to emphasise the unique role that the pharmaceutical sciences and pharmacy practice at the School can play in discovering and then taking new and established cancer medicines from bench to bedside. The CCM has laboratories in the new Molecular Pharmacy building at the School, for cancer pharmacology and medicinal chemistry. Two CRUK Research Groups are also associated with the Centre.Other work is funded by the Association for International Cancer Research, the EU, EPSRC, BBSRC and industry.