The aim of this initiative is to develop a world-leading network of clinical and scientific excellence throughout Scotland called the Translational Medicine Research Collaboration. The TMRC is a unique collaboration involving 4 Scottish universities, 4 NHS trusts, Scottish Enterprise and Wyeth, a top ten global pharmaceutical company. The Scottish parties in the TMRC have formed a new company, TMRI with Scottish Enterprise, through which the relationship with Wyeth will be managed.