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21st Feb 2024

BioAscent invests in new state-of-the-art protein production facility

(Newhouse, UK, 21 February 2024) Integrated drug discovery services provider BioAscent has opened its state-of-the-art protein production facility in an event officiated by Professor Michael Barrett OBE.

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29th Jan 2024

US investment set to open doors for leading Dundee biotechnology company

 

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19th Jan 2024

Medannex Nature publication demonstrates anti-cancer effects of MDX-124 in multiple tumour types

Nature publication demonstrates anti-cancer effects of MDX-124 in multiple tumour types

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31st Dec 2023

Tower Mains training dates for GxP training and inspection

Tower Mains provides in-house and online training on an individual or group basis, covering a wide range of topics related to the regulatory industry and self-development. In addition to our ‘standard’ training we can also provide client-specific training and open courses in GCP Inspection Preparation, People Development Training using DISC and Clinical Trial Monitor Training.

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11th Dec 2023

Pioneer Group and Innovate UK Join Forces to Accelerate the Development of Life Sciences Companies

Pioneer Group, a company combining laboratory development and operation with venture building, is continuing its collaboration with Innovate UK, by bringing its venture development ‘Launch Programme’ to the Exploit stage of Innovate UK’s ICURe programme.

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13th Nov 2023

Kelso Pharma initiates European expansion

Kelso Pharma initiates European expansion with acquisition of Italian specialty pharma company, Velit Biopharma

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10th Nov 2023

Valneva Announces US FDA Approval of Chikungunya Vaccine IXCHIQ

Valneva Announces U.S. FDA Approval of World’s First Chikungunya Vaccine, IXCHIQ

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26th Sep 2023

Cellexus: International growth

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20th Sep 2023

FDA Grants US Orphan Designation to Medannex First-in-Class Therapy

FDA Grants US Orphan Designation to Medannex’s First-in-Class Therapy

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14th Sep 2023

Association to Horizon Europe - Information Webinar

Recording and slides now available please click here.

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21st Aug 2023

Medannex Announces First Patient Treated in Phase 1b Clinical Study of Groundbreaking Anti-Annexin-A

Medannex Announces First Patient Treated in Phase 1b Clinical Study of Groundbreaking Anti-Annexin-A1 Therapy

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8th Aug 2023

Archangels: Cytomos secures 4Million Pounds to advance new approach to cell analysis

Archangels, Cytomos, an Edinburgh-based life science company that has developed a proprietary new approach to analysing cells, has secured £4 million to scale up market-testing of its technology platform Cytomos Dielectric Spectroscopy (CDS).

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31st Jul 2023

Archangels secures 12million co-investment agreement with British Business Investments

Archangels, a leading business angel syndicate investing in early-stage Scottish life sciences and technology companies, is bolstering its funding fire power after securing a £12m co-investment agreement with British Business Investments via its Regional Angels Programme.

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16th Jul 2023

TauRx presents significant reduction in neurodegeneration in Alzheimers Disease

TauRx’s hydromethylthionine mesylate (HMTM) demonstrates significant reduction in neurodegeneration in Alzheimer’s Disease (AD)

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3rd Jul 2023

Pioneer Group and King's College London incubator partnership

Pioneer Group's latest partnership with King's College London to develop 95,000 square feet of incubator facilities on London's South Bank and support breakthrough spin-outs developing novel solutions to human health challenges.

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31st May 2023

Merck Increases Global Commitment to Biosafety Testing With 35 Million Euro Investment in Scotland

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24th Apr 2023

Medannex awarded Innovation Passport

Edinburgh, 24 April 2023

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19th Apr 2023

30 Technology Antimicrobial Nitric Oxide Platform Acquired by Convatec Group

30 Technology’s Clinically Validated Antimicrobial Nitric Oxide Platform Acquired by Convatec Group Plc for Several Applications

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3rd Apr 2023

Sistemic Mycoplasma Detections Service

 

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31st Mar 2023

UK Government joined the CPTPP

The UK Government has joined the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP).

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30th Mar 2023

RoslinCT and Lykan Bioscience announce that the MHRA has granted an MIA License

RoslinCT and Lykan Bioscience announce that the MHRA has granted an MIA License for their cGMP Manufacturing facilities in Edinburgh, UK

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10th Mar 2023

Calcivis targets US expansion after securing FDA PMA approval

Calcivis targets US expansion after securing FDA PMA approval

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2nd Mar 2023

Merck Livingston announces 15 new jobs and 2.6 million stg investment

Merck Livingston announces 15 new jobs and £2.6 million investment

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1st Mar 2023

Medannex receives Orphan Designation from the European Medicines Agency for Pancreatic Cancer

 

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1st Feb 2023

Firefinch Software announces partnership with i4 Product Design

Firefinch Software and i4 Product Design (i4PD) have announced that they have entered into a strategic partnership that will bring together the market leading software expertise of Firefinch Software with the hardware product design and development experience of i4PD, creating a one stop shop for start-ups and new businesses looking to bring their ideas quickly to market.

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18th Jan 2023

Blackford announces acquisition by Bayer

Blackford announces acquisition by Bayer, the global life science company.

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14th Nov 2022

TauRx Announces Additional Investment of USD119 million

TauRx Announces Additional Investment of USD119 million following announcement of Phase 3 LUCIDITY Topline Results

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6th Oct 2022

TauRx Announces Results from Phase 3 Alzheimer's Disease Study, LUCIDITY, Assuring Path for Regulato

TauRx Announces Results from Phase 3 Alzheimer’s Disease Study, LUCIDITY, Assuring Path for Regulatory Submissions 

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1st Oct 2022

Cytomos GBP1.6 million additional funding secured

This £1.6m funding – led by Archangels, alongside Scottish Enterprise and Old College Capital – will enable the development and qualification of Cytomos Dielectric Spectroscopy (CDSTM) to move forward at pace and address the biopharma industry’s unmet needs.

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13th Sep 2022

Lykan Bioscience and RoslinCT Announce the Establishment of a Scientific Advisory Board

HOPKINTON, MA and EDINBURGH, UK September 13, 2022 - Lykan Bioscience and RoslinCT, a leader in Contract Development and Manufacturing for cell therapies, announced the formation of its inaugural Scientific Advisory Board (SAB). The newly created SAB is comprised of cell and gene therapy pioneers with extensive domain experience. The SAB will be working closely with members of the Lykan Bioscience and RoslinCT management and scientific teams, providing valuable insight into a range of topics across the development and manufacturing of advanced therapies.

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8th Sep 2022

HM Queen Elizabeth II (1926-2022)

We are saddened by the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.

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30th Aug 2022

aTen Therapeutics to develop new breast cancer treatment

aTen Therapeutics awarded £282k to develop new breast cancer treatment 

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8th Aug 2022

BioIVT Acquires Cypex, a Leading Manufacturer of Drug-metabolizing Enzymes

Cypex’s recombinant xenobiotic metabolizing enzymes complement BioIVT’s extensive portfolio of hepatocytes and related hepatic products for drug research and development

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4th Aug 2022

RoslinCT and Lykan Bioscience Combine to Create Leading Advanced Cell Therapy CDMO

The RoslinCT-Lykan combination creates an innovative advanced therapies contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) with process and analytical development laboratories and cGMP manufacturing facilities located in Hopkinton, Massachusetts and Edinburgh, Scotland. The combined group will offer process development expertise and cGMP manufacturing for a broad range of autologous and allogeneic cell therapies, with unparalleled expertise in gene editing and industry-leading induced Pluripotent Stem Cell (iPSC) capabilities.

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26th Jul 2022

SLA response to the Government consultation on future strategy for testing and release of medicines

For the SLA response to the Government consultation on future strategy for testing and release of imported medicines please click here.

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22nd Jun 2022

Cyclacel Pharmaceuticals Elects Kenneth M. Ferguson, Ph.D. to Its Board of Directors

BERKELEY HEIGHTS, N.J., June 22, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Cyclacel Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: CYCC, NASDAQ: CYCCP; "Cyclacel" or the "Company"), a biopharmaceutical company developing innovative medicines based on cancer cell biology, today announced the election of Kenneth M. Ferguson, Ph.D., to its Board of Directors. Dr. Ferguson was elected by and will represent the 6% Convertible Exchangeable Preferred stockholders.

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8th Jun 2022

RoslinCT continues its growth plans by expanding its operations at Edinburgh Technopole

Edinburgh, UK, 08 June 2022 – RoslinCT - a cell and gene therapy/ATMP CDMO, developing life-changing cell and gene therapies in Edinburgh’s BioQuarter– signs lease for 1,453 sqm additional space at Charles Darwin House at the Edinburgh Technopole.

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8th Jun 2022

Tepnel: Establishment of Employee Ownership Trust

Tepnel, a Scottish Pharma Services Company, based in Livingston, Scotland, announces the completion of the sale of the business to Tepnel Life Sciences Trustees LImited.

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21st Apr 2022

NovaBiotics Announces Presentations of New Data for NM002 and NP339

 

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11th Apr 2022

Life Sciences Start-up Report now available through WAPG

The report, written by Glen Crocker of both We are Pioneer Group and JLL is now available from the link here: https://www.wapg.co/reports/

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8th Apr 2022

Medannex presents data on MDX-124

Medannex’s first-in-class agent shows significant activity against clinically challenging cancers

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17th Mar 2022

Scottish biotech company ILC Therapeutics strengthens team to accelerate development of Covid19 drug

Pioneering biotech company strengthened by senior appointments to bolster capabilities in research, product development and clinical trials. Company ready to accelerate the development of Alfacyte™ – ILC’s lead hybrid interferon designed to combat viral infections including Covid-19. ILC Therapeutics (ILC), a pioneer in the discovery and development of a ground-breaking class of interferon medicines designed to combat viral infections such as Covid-19, has announced that it has made two senior appointments.

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8th Feb 2022

Scots pair partner on device to develop medicines and reduce antibiotic resistance

Two independent Scottish companies have come together to speed up the development of medicines, vaccines, and key ingredients for reducing antibiotic resistance.

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21st Jan 2022

Medannex: monoclonal antibody MDX 124 highly active in pancreatic cancer models

Medannex’s monoclonal antibody MDX-124 highly active in pancreatic cancer models

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12th Jan 2022

Apposite Capital-backed Kelso Pharma acquires Stirling Anglian Pharmaceuticals

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11th Jan 2022

GHO Capital invests in RoslinCT, a leading cell therapy CDMO

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10th Dec 2021

Medannex presents data on new therapy showing powerful synergy with common cancer treatments

Medannex’s new therapy shows powerful synergy with common cancer treatments

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9th Dec 2021

103.5 million pounds raised by Ideagen Plc to bolster international growth plans

Leading global provider of information management software, Ideagen Plc, has today announced that it has raised £103.5 million to accelerate product investment and scale global operations through further acquisitions.

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8th Dec 2021

NovaBiotics Announces First Patient Enrollment into the Cysteamine Domain of REMAP-CAP

NovaBiotics Announces First Patient Enrollment into the Cysteamine Domain of REMAP-CAP

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17th Nov 2021

ResMed Invests in Lenus Health, Recent Winner of NHSX AI Health and Care Award

ResMed Invests in Lenus Health, Recent Winner of NHSX AI Health and Care Award

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6th Sep 2021

ILC Therapeutics announces successful completion of 3.5M funding round

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17th Aug 2021

Alba Science joins Eurofins Scientific

Alba Science is pleased to announce that it has joined the Eurofins Scientific Group.

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11th Aug 2021

Q2 Solutions Announces Significant Expansion of Laboratory Operations in Scotland, UK

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10th Aug 2021

Valid Insight is joining the Bioscript group.

Valid Insight are delighted to announce that we are joining the Bioscript group.

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19th Jul 2021

Tissue Solutions has been Acquired by BioIVT

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29th Jun 2021

Cell and Gene Therapy Catapult to expand to Edinburgh BioQuarter

The Cell and Gene Therapy Catapult (CGT Catapult) today announces that it will establish offices and laboratories in Edinburgh, Scotland. With this expansion CGT Catapult aims to provide additional, regionally focused support to the cell and gene therapy sector to accelerate product development, clinical trials and adoption.

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21st Jun 2021

NovaBiotics Announces Cysteamine Bitartrate (NM002) Included in REMAP-CAP Phase 3 Clinical Trial

NovaBiotics Announces Cysteamine Bitartrate (NM002) Included in REMAP-CAP Phase 3 Clinical Trial for Community Acquired Pneumonia

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16th Jun 2021

Storm ID awarded Artificial Intelligence in Health and Care Award by UK Government for innovative CO

Scottish digital transformation consultancy Storm ID has been successful in the latest round of the ‘Artificial Intelligence in Health and Care Award’, for a service which uses artificial intelligence to help patients with COPD (Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease).

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3rd Jun 2021

Cellexus receive grant to expand product range

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1st Jun 2021

Novabiotics announces publication of NP339's Broad Antifungal Activity

NovaBiotics Announces Publication of Data Elucidating NP339’s Broad Antifungal Activity in Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

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24th May 2021

Quotient Limited Announces New $95 Million Financing Led by Highbridge

Quotient Limited Announces New $95 Million Financing Led by Highbridge

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27th Apr 2021

BioCity Group has been acquired Trinity Investment Management and Harrison Street Real Estate Capita

 

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16th Apr 2021

Altair Breakthrough Respiratory Health Platform

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10th Apr 2021

Medannex unveils the multiple anti-cancer effects of MDX-124

Medannex unveils the multiple anti-cancer effects of MDX-124 at AACR Annual Meeting 2021.

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26th Mar 2021

Medannex Life Sciences Annual Awards Scotland

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15th Mar 2021

New backing accelerates Fixed Phage's fight against harmful bacteria

Pioneering UK biotechnology business, Fixed Phage, has secured additional investment to scale up its fight against new microbial threats that pose risks to human health and agricultural production.

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15th Mar 2021

UK Government announces partnership with Omega Diagnostics

 UK GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCES PARTNERSHIP WITH CLACKMANNANSHIRE RAPID TEST MANUFACTURER

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5th Mar 2021

Medical Incubator Japan through Bamburgh Capital target further UK Healthcare investments in 2021

 

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2nd Mar 2021

EY invests in growth of Life Sciences business

EY today announces that it has expanded its Life Sciences practice with the appointment of two new Partners, four Associate Partners and three Directors in the UK and globally. Over the last few months, EY has hired an additional 37 people, ranging from Consultant level to Senior Manager level, making it a leading commercial team in Europe.

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26th Feb 2021

Licensing Deal for NP213 Nail Fungus Treatment is Another Key Milestone for NovaBiotics

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23rd Feb 2021

Storm ID makes inroads into NHS Scotland

 For the latest press releases from stormid please click the links below:

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8th Feb 2021

Pandemic Response - Entrust Resource Solutions

 

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19th Jan 2021

NextPharma Set to Acquire the Lonza Livingston facility, Specialized in Lipid Oral Dosage Forms

NextPharma Set to Acquire Two Lonza Sites Specialized in Lipid Oral Dosage Forms

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11th Jan 2021

Intuitive Investment Group Investment in Light Science Technologies

 Intuitive Investment Group(IIG) makes it first investment into Light Science Technologies. More info click here

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31st Dec 2020

UK-EU TRADE AND COOPERATION AGREEMENT - Summary

For a summary of the BREXIT deal, please click here

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14th Dec 2020

Intuitive Investments Group admitted onto AIM

David Evans' Intuitive Investments Group (IIG) has today been Admitted onto London’s AIM.

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1st Dec 2020

ILC Therapeutics announces first international investment

UK biotech company ILC Therapeutics announces first international investment

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19th Nov 2020

KKR to acquire animal health firm Argenta for about $100 million

KKR & Co Inc will buy a majority stake in animal health firm Argenta Limited, as the pet and animal care industry continues to draw private sector interest.

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16th Nov 2020

Intelligent Tissue Group launches Clinical Trials Facility to Boost Global Operations

 

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21st Oct 2020

Regulating Medical Devices from 1 January 2021

New Guidance, should the UK fail to achive a trade deal with the EU, has now been made available here.

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16th Oct 2020

NovaBiotics Innovate UK COVID-19 grant award for Nylexa

NovaBiotics receives £1m Innovate UK grant to fund its COVID-19 Nylexa therapy programme.

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13th Oct 2020

Nucana raises $80Million in follow on funding

NuCana Expands its Board of Directors with the Appointment of Bali Muralidhar

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12th Oct 2020

ILC Therapeutics COVID-19 Drug Breakthrough

ILC Therapeutics Announces ‘Significant’ COVID-19 Drug Breakthrough

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18th Sep 2020

Safety-critical alerts are changing at the MHRA

Changes are being made to the way the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) issues safety-critical alerts to healthcare providers.

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1st Sep 2020

TUV SUD Measurement for Recovery Programme

TÜV SÜD National Engineering Laboratory (NEL), in collaboration with its partner UK measurement laboratories, is helping companies recover from COVID-19. The Measurement for Recovery (M4R) Programme, which is now open for applications, provides companies support to overcome measurement issues relating to their processes and/or products, etc. The scheme is aimed at non-off-the-shelf services and could cover up to a maximum of 20 days fully funded support from NEL. The £3m programme being led by NPL (National Physical Laboratory) will run until the end of March 2021. The process for applying is straightforward, requiring only the submission of two brief paragraphs explaining the problem, its impact and how the project will help the business recover from Covid-19. The project/product does not have to have any direct relationship to Covid-19, all that needs to be shown in the application is that due to the impact the pandemic has had on their business, the organisation has been unable to take it forward without the support of this Programme. The turnaround for decisions is only 3 working days. The scheme is intended to provide short, sharp interventions as opposed to funding longer-term R&D based projects. Therefore, the maximum project duration is expected to be around 2 months. Multiple applications are permitted providing these address different issues.

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1st Sep 2020

Biotechnology sector expert bolsters Entrust growth

Executive search consultancy, Entrust, has announced the appointment of Mark Johnson as Senior Partner of its Oxford-based Global Healthcare arm.

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1st Sep 2020

MHRA Update on MDR and IVDR

 The MHRA has confirmed that, in a departure from the EU Withdrawal Agreement, the UK will now not be implementing the MDR and IVDR post the transition period. For further details please see here.

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17th Aug 2020

MIJ Launches a New Biotech Fund in Partnership with Nippon Shinyaku and Torii Pharmaceutical

Bamburgh Capital Limited is pleased to announce that MIJ has secured commitments from two prestigious Japanese Pharmaceutical companies totalling 20 billion Yen, approximately 20 million dollars. Over the next twelve months, they intend to target a total fund of 50-60 million dollars. • Nippon Shinyaku is a prominent Japanese pharmaceutical company listed on the Tokyo stock exchange with a market capitalisation of $5.7 billion. They have both a pharmaceutical and nutraceutical division. • Torii Pharmaceutical is a prominent Japanese pharmaceutical company also listed on the Tokyo stock exchange with a market capitalisation just below $1 billion. It is a subsidiary of Japan Tobacco Inc which has a market capitalisation of approximately $40 billion. MIJ will provide support to accelerate commercialisation in Japanese markets including marketability evaluations, developing regulatory strategies, promoting clinical trials and introductions to experts and partners companies. In addition and if appropriate, MIJ will also be able to help companies explore licensing and other commercial agreements with Nippon Shinyaku and Torii Pharmaceuticals. Investment activity is expected to commence in early September 2020 and will broadly be focused on the areas of Pharmaceutical, Medical Devices and Digital Health. Further details of the fund can be found in the official press release.

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17th Aug 2020

Cellexus begin growth drive

Dundee biotech, Cellexus, started on a growth drive this quarter with the addition of two new team members.

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26th Jun 2020

RoslinCT announces the construction of a new Cell & Gene therapy manufacturing facility.

RoslinCT announces the construction of a new Cell & Gene therapy manufacturing facility.

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23rd Jun 2020

Appointment Reflects Entrust Resource Solutions Growth Aim

Executive search consultancy, Horton International UK, has announced the appointment of scientific recruitment heavyweight, Dafydd Wright, as Managing Partner. The move comes as the company continues to implement the ambitious growth plans of parent group, Entrust Resource Solutions.

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22nd Jun 2020

Medannex presents data on its immunomodulatory anticancer agent MDX-124 at AACR Annual Meeting

Medannex presents data on its immunomodulatory anticancer agent MDX-124 at AACR Annual Meeting

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7th Jun 2020

Morningside Ventures to fund COVID19 Vaccine development

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19th May 2020

SLA Digital Health Message

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19th May 2020

MGB Biopharma Announces Successful Outcome from Phase II Clinical Study

MGB Biopharma Announces Successful Outcome from Phase II Clinical Study with MGB-BP-3 – a Potential New Gold Standard, First-Line Treatment for Clostridium difficile Infection (CDI) Glasgow, Scotland, May 19th, 2020 – MGB Biopharma, a biopharmaceutical company developing a novel class of anti-infectives, today announces that its Phase II clinical study has met its endpoints of safety, efficacy, and dose selection. The study confirms that MGB-BP-3, an antibacterial, has the potential to become the new gold standard, first-line treatment for CDI. The Phase II dose ranging study in patients with CDI showed that the 250mg of MGB-BP-3, given twice daily for 10 days, achieved an initial cure and sustained cure of 100%. This dosage regimen has now been confirmed for the next phase of clinical trials. Three dose levels were evaluated in the study, which was conducted at sites in the United States (US) and Canada. As reported previously, the drug showed better-than-expected efficacy at its lowest dose level (125mg given twice daily) and that trend was further improved, with maximum efficacy demonstrated at the second dose level (250mg given twice daily). The most important goal in developing a new medicine for the treatment of CDI is to prevent recurrent disease to provide a sustained cure. MGB-BP-3 achieves this goal by its unique rapid bactericidal activity, a feature shared by no other treatment available. At the 250mg dosed twice daily for 10 days, MGB-BP-3 recorded no disease recurrence measured at four weeks post-therapy. Recurrence is unacceptably high with current bacteriostatic treatments, occurring in up to one third of patients treated by current mainstay therapies. As in its Phase I study, MGB-BP-3 showed an excellent safety and tolerability profile with no serious adverse events (SAEs) reported in either study. Dr Thomas Louie, clinical professor at the Cumming School of Medicine at the University of Alberta, Calgary (Canada) and Principal Investigator of the trial, said: “C. difficile infection represents a major burden to the Canadian and US healthcare systems. A novel antibiotic that is able to kill this deadly pathogen before it is able to sporulate offers hope to patients and their families who suffer the pain and misery caused by this disease.” CDI is a serious and often life-threatening infection of the large intestine and is the most frequent cause of diarrhoea in hospitals and care homes. In the US alone, there are almost half a million cases every year associated with around 30,000 deaths; three people die of uncontrolled CDI each hour. CDI has been recognised as an urgent threat pathogen by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the US and is a common consequence of antibiotic treatment in hospitalised patients. MGB-BP-3 has received Qualified Infectious Disease Product (QIDP) status from the FDA, enabling Fast Track submission and 5 years of extended marketing exclusivity. MGB-BP-3 will also be eligible to participate in the DISARM programme of prescribing incentives being considered in the US which will increase patient access to new and innovative treatments.

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1st May 2020

Valneva and Pfizer Announce Collaboration to Co-Develop and Commercialize Lyme Disease Vaccine, VLA1

 Valneva and Pfizer Announce Collaboration to Co-Develop and Commercialize Lyme Disease Vaccine, VLA15

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22nd Apr 2020

R&D tax credits health check and cash grants information for members

During these times we understand cash flow is more critical to businesses right now than ever before. One area you may wish to consider is whether your current R&D tax credit claims are optimised and you are taking full advantage of the full benefit available to you. HMRC have recognised R&D tax credit claims may be critical to businesses cash flows during these times and they are putting in place plans to ensure the swift processing of payments.

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25th Mar 2020

Coronavirus Fund Application Form now available in the members area

 Please visit the members area for this and other forms related to COVID19

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11th Mar 2020

RUA Medical has been acquired by AorTech International PLC,

RUA Medical is delighted to announce that it’s Founder, David Richmond has agreed to sell the company to AorTech International PLC, a company listed on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange. As part of the deal, AorTech will change its name to RUA Life Sciences plc and David will become Chief Executive Officer of the enlarged group. RUA Medical will remain a full-service medical device subcontract manufacturer and will continue to serve its existing customers with the same people and facilities, and provide the quality of products and service previously enjoyed.

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9th Mar 2020

Medannex announces new immunomodulatory approach to cancer treatment at Nature conference

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5th Mar 2020

Calcivis PMA Approvable Letter

CALCIVIS receives Approvable Letter for its unique CALCIVIS® Imaging System from US FDA

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5th Feb 2020

Cellexus launch new Dual Controller system

 

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30th Jan 2020

SLA members Green Cross Medico and GCU collaborate to boost clinical skills for nursing students

Veteran entrepreneur Gio Benedetti has kindly donated award-winning medical equipment to help boost the clinical skills of nursing students at Glasgow Caledonian University (GCU).

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28th Jan 2020

EY Firepower Report 2020

The 2020 EY Firepower report is out now. 4 megadeals, worth a combined US$231b, shaped life sciences in 2019. Will the trend continue in 2020? Find out at: www.ey.com/firepower

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16th Jan 2020

SLA members Charles River Laboratories and Fios Genomics form a Strategic Alliance

 

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1st Nov 2019

Dr Stefan Symeonides to guide MedAnnex Phase I trial preparation

 Dr Stefan Symeonides to guide MedAnnex’s Phase I trial preparation

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8th Oct 2019

Cellexus go global with new distribution network

Biotech company, Cellexus International Ltd, have increased their distributor network to bring their CellMaker bioreactor range to a global market. The CellMaker range is now available from our distributor network: Lab Sweden and Lab Denmark, Nerliens Meszansky in Norway, MTB in Spain, Szabo Scandic in Austria and ProBio in Israel. We are also in discussions with a new distributor to cover Holland, Belgium and Luxemburg.

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7th Oct 2019

MedAnnex begins cell line development at FUJIFILM Diosynth

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25th Sep 2019

EY Pulse of the Industry 2019 Medtech report

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12th Sep 2019

Sitekit launches new brand in digital identity

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29th Aug 2019

11 million GBP boost for leading Scottish antibody company

 MedAnnex press release

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3rd Jul 2019

Leith Agency produces insightful videos for Pharma industry

IPHA Press Release

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25th Jun 2019

Cellexus launch new website

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24th Jun 2019

Entrust Resource Solutions to grow their team

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10th Jun 2019

Collagen Solutions - Appointment of Non-Executive Director

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9th May 2019

Valid Insight Wins the Queen's Most Coveted Award for Enterprise

LONDON, April 22, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- The Queen's Awards for Enterprise are the UK's most esteemed business awards, presented only to the most eminent of companies or individuals, demonstrating outstanding results in their field.

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9th May 2019

Culzean to RUA name change

Information about Culzean to RUA name change can be found here

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25th Apr 2019

Entrust Resource Solutions acquire second company

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23rd Apr 2019

Tissue Solutions Ltd wins Queen's Award for Enterprise... Again!

Tissue Solutions Ltd, an award winning virtual biobank and tissue acquisition company that helps researchers ethically source biological materials, has won the prestigious Queen's Award for Enterprise in the International Trade category.  Now in its 53rd year, these awards are announced on the Queen’s birthday and are one of the UK’s highest accolades recognising business achievement.  It is the second time Tissue Solutions has been recognised for its excellence in International Trade, having also collected the award in 2014.  

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2nd Apr 2019

Canon Medical Celebrates Ten-Year Milestone of Cutting-Edge Research in Edinburgh

Canon Medical Research Europe Ltd. celebrates this month the ten-year anniversary of the acquisition of their company by its Japanese parent company in 2009. In that time, the organization has grown in scope from advanced imaging to include research in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and non-imaging healthcare data analysis and visualization, and integrated information management system development.

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22nd Mar 2019

New EU Exit Publications

 The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy has this week released guidance for businesses on placing manufactured goods on both the EU internal market and the UK market if the UK leaves the EU without a deal. This includes guidance covering the status of conformity assessment bodies, as well as promotional material to help businesses prepare. Other UK Government publications this week are as follows:

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22nd Mar 2019

RoslinCT appoints David Bowie to Board of Directors

RoslinCT appoints David Bowie to Board of Directors

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19th Mar 2019

Supplementary registrations guidance how to register your medical devices in a no deal scenario

 The following additional guidance has been published as an updated, supplementary section to the Devices no deal guidance page.

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13th Mar 2019

Reprocell join Medicines Discovery Catapult virtual R&D network

REPROCELL join Medicines Discovery Catapult’s Virtual R&D network to accelerate drug development

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25th Feb 2019

US Trade Representative Signs Mutual Recognition Agreements with the United Kingdom

Some good news on pharmaceutical testing here.

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22nd Feb 2019

How to prepare if the UK leaves the EU with no deal - more information

Recent UK Government publications are as follows:

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21st Feb 2019

Data Protection if there is a no EU Exit deal

 Please click here for the documentation.

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18th Feb 2019

NovaBiotics Awarded 1.8m in Small Business Research Innovation-Innovate UK grant funding

NovaBiotics Awarded 1.8m in Small Business Research Innovation-Innovate UK grant funding to Advance its Antifungal Drug Candidate, Novamycin

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12th Feb 2019

Home office - EU Settlement scheme

 Information on the EU Settlement Scheme can be found here.

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1st Feb 2019

How World Courier is preparing for Brexit

If you ship product into the EU then World Courier has provided a handy insight on how this could happen under differring scenarios. For more information please click here.

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25th Jan 2019

Information on leaving the EU

Please find below links to recently published UK Government information to ensure businesses and citizens have the necessary information about how EU Exit will affect them and the practical steps they will need to take to be ready. The Home Office is using pilot phases to test the EU Settlement Scheme system and processes ahead of the public launch, due by 30 March 2019, and has published an employer toolkit this week. Other recent UKG publications are as follows: Geographical Indications (GI): creating UK schemes after EU exit Public-sector procurement under the EU Withdrawal Agreement

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14th Jan 2019

Entrust Resource Solutions Embark on a Growth & Acquisition Strategy

Entrust Resource Solutions has launched an aggressive 5-year growth and acquisition strategy that will benefit our global customer base by enabling them to hire top talent while achieving the business growth necessary to reach our targeted £10 million turnover.

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4th Jan 2019

Guidance note on the regulation of medicines,medical devices and clinical trials if there is no deal

Following the consultation on how medicines, medical devices and clinical trials would be regulated in a no-deal scenario, The UK Government has issued updated guidance setting out the UK’s proposed arrangements for regulation if we leave the EU on 29 March 2019 with no deal.

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19th Dec 2018

The UK's future skills-based immigration system - consultation opens

 The full paper and an excellent executive summary can be found here.

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5th Dec 2018

uniQure incorporates novel synthetic promoter developed by Synpromics in new preclinical target

 

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3rd Dec 2018

No-Deal Brexit could pose potential significant risk to Scottish NHS medicines budget

 NEWS RELEASE

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20th Nov 2018

New Branding Unveiled for Cellexus International

 For full press release click here

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20th Nov 2018

Fearsome Expansion

Media release: Leading product design consultancy, Fearsome, announces appointment

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15th Nov 2018

Synpromics named among the top 50 fastest growing technology companies in the UK

Synpromics named among the top 50 fastest growing technology companies in the UK

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15th Nov 2018

Update on Progress on the UKs exit from the European Union

The Prime Minister has confirmed that the Cabinet has agreed to support the draft text of the Withdrawal Agreement and outline of the political declaration on the future framework. This marks a decisive step forward, as the Cabinet has agreed in principle the terms of the UK’s smooth and orderly exit from the European Union and also the broad terms of our future relationship.

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29th Oct 2018

Lamellar introduces its LAMELLASOME technology for the safe and effective delivery of nucleic acids

Glasgow, UK – 29 October 2018 - Lamellar Biomedical Limited (Lamellar), an innovative biotechnology company, pioneering new approaches for the safe and effective transfer of functional nucleic acids, announces that Dr Alec McLean ,CEO, Dr Lynsey Howard (Head of Preclinical) and Steven Porteous (Head of Clinical and Regulatory) will be attending BIO-Europe 2018 in Copenhagen to introduce potential partners and investors to its cutting-edge LAMELLASOME™ technology.

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22nd Oct 2018

Sistemic Ltd. announce a milestone Global Service and License Agreement with Cynata Therapeutics Ltd

Glasgow, United Kingdom; 22nd October 2018:

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18th Oct 2018

RoslinCT appoint Ian McCubbin OBE to Board of Directors

Full Press release here

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17th Oct 2018

Synpromics Unveils Next Generation Liver Selective and Tunable Promoter Platform

 

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10th Oct 2018

ROSLINCT and REPROCELL awarded 1.2 million stg project from Innovate UK for clinical-grade stem cell

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4th Oct 2018

Cyclacel Pharmaceuticals and MD Anderson Cancer Center Announce Strategic Alliance to Study Novel Cy

 BERKELEY HEIGHTS, N.J. and HOUSTON, Oct. 04, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Cyclacel Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: CYCC, Nasdaq: CYCCP) ("Cyclacel" or the "Company"), a biopharmaceutical company developing innovative medicines based on cancer cell biology, and The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center today announced a three-year strategic alliance agreement that will enable clinical evaluation for safety and efficacy of three Cyclacel medicines in patients with hematological malignancies, including chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), acute myeloid leukemia (AML), myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) and other advanced leukemias.

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19th Sep 2018

Tissue Solutions Ltd expands service offering with HistologiX Ltd. acquisition

Tissue Solutions Ltd expands service offering with HistologiX Ltd. acquisition

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13th Sep 2018

How to prepare if the UK leaves the EU with no deal

 For the latest no-deal papers on Brexit click here 

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10th Sep 2018

RGU launches new biomedical technology degree.

The rapidly developing and rewarding field of biomedical technology involves engineering, constructing and operating medical devices. Graduates can go on to work as engineers in the medical device industry, producing the next generation of devices such as prosthetics, through to specialists working in healthcare operating and maintaining equipment for diagnosis and treatment.

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23rd Aug 2018

How to prepare if the UK leaves the EU with no deal

For the latest information click here

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6th Aug 2018

Brexit Update - What the implementation period means for the life science sector

Some useful advice published today:

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29th Jul 2018

Next in the LifeScience Effect interviews with Hugh Devine of Compliance Path now available

Go to www.thelifescienceeffect.com for ways to listen and subscribe.

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9th Jul 2018

Dysis secures 17M stg to accelerate growth

Edinburgh – July 9th, 2018 – DYSIS Medical Ltd, the developer of the innovative DYSIS Ultra colposcope used in cervical cancer screening, announces today the completion of an £18 million ($25 million) investment.

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26th Jun 2018

David Venables wins the Disruptor category of EY Entrepreneur Of The Year 2018, Scotland

Edinburgh, UK, 22nd June 2018 / Sciad Newswire / Synpromics, the leader in gene control, is delighted to announce that David Venables, CEO of the Company, has won the ‘Disruptor’ category of Scotland’s EY Entrepreneur Of The Year 2018.

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12th Jun 2018

MedAnnex receives SMART funding

 For full press release click here.

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12th Jun 2018

Euan Cameron of Cohesion Medical interviewed as part of the recent Indiana mission.

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3rd May 2018

Synpromics Awarded 1.9m Grant from Scottish Enterprise

Edinburgh, UK, 3rd May 2018 / Sciad Newswire / Synpromics Ltd, the leader in gene control, today announced it has been awarded a £1.9m research and development grant from Scottish Enterprise. The funds will expand Synpromics’ world leading R&D programmes in gene regulation for cell and gene medicines.

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25th Apr 2018

R&D funding for Canon Medical

£1.9m funding to Canon Medical for Research & Development Project.

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24th Apr 2018

Sympromics awarded Innovate UK grant

Synpromics awarded Innovate UK grant to evaluate its inducible promoter platform in collaboration with Lonza Pharma & Biotech

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16th Apr 2018

Cyclacel Announces Presentation of Phase 1 Clinical Data for CDK Inhibitor CYC065

Cyclacel Announces Presentation of Phase 1 Clinical Data for CDK Inhibitor CYC065 at AACR 2018 Annual Meeting Durable Mcl-1 suppression of at least 24 hours after a single dose of CYC065 BERKELEY HEIGHTS, N.J., April 16, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Cyclacel Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:CYCC) (NASDAQ:CYCCP) ("Cyclacel" or the "Company"), a biopharmaceutical company developing oral therapies that target the various phases of cell cycle control for the treatment of cancer and other serious disorders, today announced results from a Phase 1 safety, pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic study of CYC065, the Company’s novel cyclin dependent kinase, or CDK2/9 inhibitor, in patients with advanced cancers. Data were reported at an oral presentation on Sunday, April 15, at 3:35 PM CT at the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting held in Chicago, IL.

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11th Apr 2018

Quotient inaugurates new campus outside Edinburgh

 Link to Press Release here

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10th Apr 2018

Jack Flanagan joins Rooney Nimmo

Jack Flanagan Joins Rooney Nimmo as Partner Adding Substantial Firepower to the Firm's Commercial Real Estate Practice

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10th Apr 2018

Fixed Phage wins top award in Norway

Great news and well done to Jason Clark and team at Fixed Phage.

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9th Apr 2018

NuCana announces new board appointment

 Full press release click here.

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15th Mar 2018

MHRA's Data Integrity Guide published

The MHRA’s GXP data integrity guide has been published today.

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14th Mar 2018

COHESION Medical Ltd wins FSB Employer of the Year Award

COHESION is thrilled to have won the Scotland Employer of the Year Award at the Federation of Small Business Award ceremony in Edinburgh. Euan Cameron (CEO), Sophie Hamilton (Product Design Engineer) and Rachel Garvey (Marketing Executive) represented the team at the FSB (Federation for Small Business) Celebrating Small Business Awards, held at the Playfair Library in Edinburgh.

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12th Mar 2018

NovaBiotics' Lynovex receives Fast Track Designation for Cystic Fibrosis Exacerbations

Aberdeen, UK, 12 March 2018 - NovaBiotics Ltd (NovaBiotics), a clinical-stage anti-infectives biotechnology company, announces receipt of Fast Track Designation (FTD) for its cystic fibrosis (CF) therapy, Lynovex®, from the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

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21st Feb 2018

Positive Eight-Year Results of ChondroMimetic

21 February 2018 Collagen Solutions Plc (the "Company")

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18th Dec 2017

Collagen Solutions Strengthens Board with Non-Executive Appointment

Collagen Solutions plc (AIM: COS), the developer and manufacturer of medical grade collagen and tissue components for use in regenerative medicine applications including orthopaedics, dental, wounds, and cardiovascular is pleased to announce the appointment of Chris Brinsmead CBE to the Non-Executive Board.

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12th Dec 2017

Special SLA member training opportunity

The June HR SIG discussed training and leadership in particular. A point was made that while many individual members may not have enough people to fill a leadership programme, there was interest in members taking one or two places. Doreen Davidson spoke highly of their programme delivered by SLA member, Robertson Training. In particular, she highlighted the characteristics profiling aspects to better know yourself on the way to gaining more productive relationships with the people around you.

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28th Nov 2017

NovaBiotics Receives Most Innovative EU Biotech SME 2017 Award

 NovaBiotics Receives Most Innovative EU Biotech SME 2017 Award

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11th Nov 2017

Successful year of growth for Sitekit

by Madelon Kortenaar

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31st Oct 2017

Capsugel Announces Expanded Capabilities for Clinical Trial Services at Edinburgh Facility

 

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4th Oct 2017

Sistemic announce significant progress of pluripotent stem cell contamination in derived CT products

 Sistemic announce significant progress of pluripotent stem cell contamination technology in derived cell therapy products

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28th Sep 2017

Eurofins Increases Capacity and Strengthens Capability at New Facility

                                                 

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27th Sep 2017

NuCana plc Announces Pricing of Initial Public Offering

NuCana plc Announces Pricing of Initial Public Offering.

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25th Sep 2017

Life Sciences Scotland Strategy: Conference, 21st November - SPECIAL RATE FOR SLA MEMBERS

 

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15th Sep 2017

TGaS Advisors Teams with Mirador Analytics to Improve Forecasting to Biopharmaceutical Environment

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10th Sep 2017

Contacts In Science - Women Returning to Life Sciences

  

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29th Aug 2017

Aridhia and Great Ormond Street Hospital Sign Ten-Year Research and Innovation Platform Deal

 Aridhia, the cloud-based data analysis platform provider, has agreed a new ten-year deal with Great Ormond Street Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (GOSH) which will see it deliver the research and innovation component of the Trust’s multi-year digital transformation programme.

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21st Jul 2017

Cyclacel Announces Closing of $15.2 Million

Cyclacel Announces Closing of $15.2 Million Underwritten Public Offering and Full Exercise of Over-Allotment Option BERKELEY HEIGHTS, N.J., July 21, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --

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7th Jul 2017

Collagen Solutions Announces First Patient Enrolment in ChondroMimetic Clinical Study

Collagen Solutions plc (AIM: COS), the developer and manufacturer of medical grade collagen components for use in regenerative medicine, medical devices and in-vitro diagnostics, announces the commencement of patient enrolment into an open label extension study as part of the clinical development programme for ChondroMimetic®, an osteochondral scaffold for the repair of cartilage defects in the knee. CE-marking for ChondroMimetic® was previously achieved prior to the Company’s acquisition of the product and related IP, and this follow-up clinical study is a step towards reestablishing that CE-mark certification.

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3rd Jul 2017

Ryboquin Secures 1.8m Equity Funding

Ryboquin Secures £1.8m Equity Funding

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22nd Jun 2017

Sistemic Ltd Announce Innovate UK Grant to Develop Grounbreaking miRNA-based Assay

Sistemic awarded an Innovate UK grant to develop a groundbreaking, novel miRNA-based assay for accurate assessment of pluripotent stem cell contamination in derived cell therapy products Glasgow, Scotland, 22th June 2017 Sistemic Ltd announced today the award of an Innovate UK grant to further develop, to a market-ready stage, its groundbreaking prototype microRNA-based assay for accurate assessment of pluripotent stem cell contamination in derived cell therapy products. Sistemic will be partnered in this project by LGC, the UK National Measurement Laboratory and Designated Institute for chemical and bio-measurement. Cell therapies are seen as the future of treatment in a number of therapeutic areas including diabetes and cardiovascular disease and are expected to revolutionise medical care for a range of currently untreatable diseases. Cell therapies are increasingly using pluripotent stem cells (PSCs) to generate derived cell therapy products. However, PSCs, by their nature, have the potential to form tumours which raises concerns around PSC-derived cell product safety. Therefore, there is a need to demonstrate, sensitively, quickly and accurately, the level of contaminating pluripotent stem cells in a derived cell therapy product. Sistemic has developed a prototype product based around miRNA biomarkers to detect contaminating pluripotent stem cells in a derived cell therapy product in a simple, highly sensitive and rapid test format. This partnership will support Sistemic in order to further develop their prototype product and make it ready for the rapidly developing market in PSC-derived cell therapy products Sistemic will be supported by the UK’s innovation agency, Innovate UK, under “The Analysis for Innovators” grant.

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13th Jun 2017

Collagen Solutions - Provisional Patent for Bone Graft Substitute Formulation Submitted

 

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8th May 2017

Lamellar Biomedical Raises 5.75m in Series C Fund Raising Led by Invesco

Lamellar Biomedical Raises £5.75 million in Series C Fund Raising Led by Invesco

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4th May 2017

Sartorius Stedim Biotech Launches Chemistry Testing Services

 

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28th Apr 2017

SBRI Funding Competition: Clinical Decision Support In Emergency Care

SBRI funding competition: clinical decision support in emergency care From:Innovate UKPart of:Innovation grants for business: apply for funding, Business enterprise, and Research and innovation in health and social careFirst published:3 April 2017Last updated:10 April 2017, see all updates  

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27th Apr 2017

Dundee Cell Products Ltd. Rebrands as DC BIOSCIENCES Ltd

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25th Apr 2017

Medical Research Scotland PhD Studentships - Call Open

MEDICAL RESEARCH SCOTLAND

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19th Apr 2017

Synpromics Raises 5.2m of New Investment

Edinburgh, UK, 19th April 2017 / Synpromics Ltd, the leading synthetic promoter and gene control company, is pleased to announce that it has completed a financing round of £5.2M.

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6th Apr 2017

MGB Biopharma Closes $1 million Financing Round to Finance Manufacturing of MGB-BP-3

 MGB Biopharma Closes $1 million Financing Round to Finance Manufacturing of MGB-BP-3 for Phase II Study in Clostridium difficile-Associated Disease (CDAD)

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23rd Mar 2017

Opportunity to Hear David Evans Present 'A Chairman's Story' at UK Investor Show

 23 March 2017

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14th Mar 2017

Mirador Analytics Launches Online Version of Asset Evaluation Tool

Revolutionizing Asset Evaluation for Drug Development and Commercialization

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22nd Feb 2017

Aridhia Wins 10-Year Deal with Great Ormond Street Hospital

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15th Feb 2017

Collagen Solutions to Raise 12 million

SLA Member Collagen Solutions in £12m growth plan, see the press releases below for details:

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1st Feb 2017

OncoBioPharm rebrands as 'aTen Therapeutics'

1 February 2017   OncoBioPharm Ltd is rebranded as aTen Therapeutics Ltd   Scottish biotechnology company OncoBioPharm has announced that from today it will operate as aTen Therapeutics Ltd. aTen (pronounced ‘atten’) refers to the angiotensin pathway, which plays a key role in several major diseases, and is the target of the company’s lead antibody candidate, Tensinomab. The new name reflects the company’s commitment to exploring the full potential of its innovative technology platform, not only within oncology but across other major disease areas.   Click here to read more

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16th Jan 2017

NovaBiotics Announces First Patients Dosed in Lynovex Clinical Study

 NovaBiotics announces first patients dosed in Lynovex clinical study

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19th Dec 2016

SLA welcomes the 30% increase in revenues at Collagen Solutions

Collagen Solutions Plc - (the "Company" or the “Group”). Half Year Report : Interim Results for the six months ended 30 September 2016

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6th Dec 2016

Lamellar Biomedical Completes Patient Recruitment for Clinical Study Assessing Visco-ease

Lamellar Biomedical Announces Completion of Patient Recruitment in the Pivotal Registration Clinical Study Assessing Visco-ease for the Treatment of Radiotherapy-Induced Xerostomia (RIX)

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16th Nov 2016

DataVita Announces GxP Compliant Datacentre Hosting for Lifescience & Healthcare Sectors

DataVita, Scotland’s premier datacentre provider, has announced this week that the Fortis datacentre is now GxP compliant, creating a specialist offering for Life Science, Biotech and Healthcare organisations. It has selected CompliancePath, a specialist GxP consultancy, to deliver the compliance and validation services.

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1st Nov 2016

Scottish biotechnology companies to chair expert panel session at Pharma Integrates

Dr Tina Flatau, Managing Director of innovative Edinburgh-based biotechnology companies OncoBioPharm Ltd and MedAnnex Ltd, has been invited to chair a panel session of experts at the 2016 Pharma Integrates conference at London’s Grange City Hotel later this month.  Please click this link for the full press release.   

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8th Sep 2016

Arrayjet Secures £650k Funding to Accelerate Innovation

Click here to read articles regarding SLA member Arrayjet's record fumding round:

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31st Aug 2016

SLA Response to Scottish Government Enterprise & Skills Review

Please click here to read the response from SLA to the SG Enterprise and Skills Review

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22nd Aug 2016

Matthew Speers new CEO of the Life Sciences Organisation (LSO)

The Department for International Trade’s (DIT) Life Sciences Organisation (LSO) is pleased to confirm Matthew Speers as our new CEO, effective 22nd August 2016.  Matthew will take over from Dr Mark Treherne who has led the organisation since 2012 helping, along with others, to attract more than 6 billion pounds in new investment and create more than 17,000 new jobs in the sector.

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22nd Aug 2016

Aridhia's Data & Analytics Service Selected For Use In Landmark £6.9M Alzheimer's Study

Scottish informatics company Aridhia will be among a cohort of research organisations undertaking the world’s most in-depth study to better detect Alzheimer’s Dementia, aiming to identify early signs of the disease and improve our understanding of its progression.

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18th Aug 2016

Edinburgh Napier Applied Science Graduate Careers Festival

Calling all Life, Sport and Social Science employers!

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15th Aug 2016

NSF Medical Devices Training Courses - Discount for SLA Members

www.nsf.org/training-education/all-courses/category/training-medical-devices   NSF Health Sciences would like to offer SLA members a 40% discount for each delegate reserving a place on any of their courses. The offer is limited to the first 10 places on a first come, first served basis and will only be valid until 26 August 2016.   If you or any of your members wish to learn more about the content of the courses, please speak directly to the tutor, James Pink. James may be contacted on +44 (0) 7850 900679 or by email at  jamespink@nsf.org    

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5th Aug 2016

NovaBiotics Commercial Collaboration Deal for (Oral) Lynovex®

NovaBiotics Ltd, the UK-based clinical-stage anti-infectives biotechnology company, today announced that it has entered into an agreement with an undisclosed global partner to commercialise Lynovex®, the Company’s first-in-class oral intervention for acute infectious exacerbations associated with cystic fibrosis (“CF”).  

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2nd Aug 2016

Omega Diagnostics Secures £1.8m R&D Grant

Omega Diagnostics has secured a Scottish Enterprise research and development grant of £1.8m. This represented a significant contribution towards the total R&D project costs to fund the planned expansion of the Company's Allersys range of reagents for use in allergy in vitro diagnostics. The project funding will be used to accelerate a growth in menu from 41 allergens to 120 allergens over the next three years to cope with anticipated increasing demand.

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28th Jul 2016

Epidarex Capital Creates Nodthera Limited

Epidarex Capital Creates Nodthera Limited

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27th Jul 2016

GSK Announces Significant New Investment in UK Manufacturing Network

 

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20th Jun 2016

NovaBiotics Announces New Data on Cysteamine (Nylexa™)

 

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16th Jun 2016

Cyclacel Regains Compliance With Nasdaq Continued Listing Requirements

BERKELEY HEIGHTS, N.J., June 16, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Cyclacel Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:CYCC) (NASDAQ:CYCCP) (Cyclacel or the Company), a biopharmaceutical company developing oral therapies that target the various phases of cell cycle control for the treatment of cancer and other serious disorders, announced today that it received notification from the Listing Qualifications Staff of NASDAQ that it has regained compliance with the minimum bid price rule for continued listing on The NASDAQ Capital Market. The notification stated that as of June 14, 2016, the Company has evidenced a closing per share bid price of its common stock in excess of NASDAQ's $1.00 minimum closing bid price requirement for at least ten consecutive trading days. Accordingly, the Company has regained compliance with NASDAQ Listing Rule 5550(a)(2) and will continue to trade on The NASDAQ Capital Market.

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14th Jun 2016

SLA Response to SFC Innovation Centre Consultation

The SLA exists to represent and promote the interests of the life sciences sector in Scotland. Scottish Government / SFC policies aimed at encouraging the sector’s competitiveness by enabling universities to help drive economic growth, and through better access to university research by businesses are issues of very great interest to our member companies, and so we are glad to have this opportunity to state our views on the important questions raised by this SFC consultation exercise. Click here to read in full the SLA response to the SFC Consultation on Innovation Centres

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7th Jun 2016

NovaBiotics Highlights Importance of Co-ordinated Approach to Antimicrobial Resistance

NovaBiotics Highlights Importance of Co-ordinated Approach to Antimicrobial Resistance

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31st May 2016

Ryboquin raises £1.3m for cancer drug development

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27th May 2016

Aridhia Announces Expansion Following Six-Sigure Netherlands Contract

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19th May 2016

ProStrakan rebrands as Kyowa Kirin

ProStrakan, the Scotland-based specialty pharmaceutical company, has rebranded as Kyowa Kirin as from the 18th April 2016.

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10th May 2016

New Funding Opportunity from Innovate UK

Businesses can apply for funding to support a range of innovation projects that tackle commercial challenges in manufacturing and materials.

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10th May 2016

Roslin Stem Cell Companies Combine to Create Censo Biotechnologies Group.

Roslin stem cell companies combine to create Censo Biotechnologies group.

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6th May 2016

Sistemic & Cynata announce cooperation on in-process purity assay development for CT product

Sistemic and Cynata announce cooperation on in-process purity assay development for Cell Therapy (CT) product. Sistemic Ltd. and Cynata Therapeutics Limited (ASX:CYP) announced today that they have entered into an agreement which will see Sistemic use its novel SistemQC™ miRNA technology platforms, together with its extensive internal databases of cellular products, to develop an in-process assessment assay for Cynata’s unique Cymerus™ Cell Therapy (CT) products. This follows an extensive period of feasibility assessment where Cynata evaluated the Sistemic technology portfolio and approach. The development of CT products represents a major breakthrough in the potential to treat a wide range of diseases which are currently untreatable. Nevertheless, the sector has many challenges, not least in terms of standardisation and scale-up. The combination of Sistemic’s predictive miRNA technology, with the standardised and highly scalable technology from Cynata, presents a potential winning combination and paves the way for rapid industrialisation of a wide range of CT products which could revolutionise the way a wide range of diseases are treated. Jim Reid, Chairman and CEO of Sistemic said “The CT industry holds much promise in so many ways for patients who have untreatable conditions, but the need for standardisation and industrialisation are big challenges the industry has not yet overcome. The combination of the technologies from two of the industry’s leading companies in trying to solve these scalability and reproducibility problems will undoubtedly enhance the speed of clinical development and subsequent uptake into clinical practice. By combining the strength of Sistemic’s technologies and understanding of the biology of cells together with the wide range of attributes of Cynata’s Cymerus technologies we see this collaboration as potentially transformational for the industry as a whole, and would represent a step change in the industrialisation of the sector.” Kilian Kelly, Vice President, Product Development at Cynata said “Cynata’s unique Cymerus technology delivers a process to manufacture a consistent therapeutic CT product. The development of robust, efficient and sensitive assays is a cornerstone of the development of such a therapeutic product, especially in view of its complex biological nature. Sistemic’s innovative SistemQC™ miRNA has a number of valuable attributes, and we expect this cooperation to help smooth the path forward for our Cymerus clinical development programs.”

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21st Apr 2016

Quotient Awarded UK’s Highest Accolade for Business Success

Leader in the development and manufacture of transfusion diagnostic products awarded prestigious Queen's Award for outstanding achievement in international trade 

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19th Apr 2016

Collagen Solutions Secures Merck Supply Agreement

 

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19th Apr 2016

Tissue Solutions Ltd Among the First to Transition to the New ISO 9001:2015 Standard

Tissue Solutions, a global provider of human biomaterials for research, are proud to be one of the first companies in the UK to achieve certification to the 2015 version of the ISO 9001 Management standard.  Tissue Solutions was independently assessed in January 2016, and achieved certification with no major non-conformances.  

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13th Apr 2016

Quotient Announces Achievement of Major MosaiQ™ Milestones & Preliminary Financial Results

• Initial Manufacturing System for MosaiQ™ Consumables Successfully Commissioned • First MosaiQ™ Field Trial Instruments Built and Received for Internal Evaluation Click here for full press release

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13th Apr 2016

Quotient Announces Positive MosaiQ™ Serological Disease Screening Results

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11th Apr 2016

Össur acquires Touch Bionics

Össur acquires Touch Bionics Apr 11th, 2016 Össur has today signed an agreement to acquire Touch Bionics Limited, a leading global provider of innovative upper limb prostheses and supporting services. Touch Bionics has over 120 employees with operations in Scotland, Germany, and the United States. In 2015, total sales amounted to GBP 15 million (USD 21 million) with an adjusted EBITDA of GBP 0.9 million (USD 1.3 million).

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24th Mar 2016

Life Sciences Skills Update

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24th Mar 2016

Launch of New European Stem Cell Bank

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10th Mar 2016

Scotland Launches World Class Entrepreneurship Programme - Scotland Can Do SCALE

 SCOTLAND LAUNCHES WORLD CLASS ENTREPRENEURSHIP PROGRAMME

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22nd Feb 2016

GlaxoSmithKline Irvine Penicillin Plant Creates 55 Jobs

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2nd Feb 2016

Lamellar Biomedical - Visco-ease Paper Published in Supportive Care Journal

Visco-ease Paper Published in Supportive Care Journal

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2nd Feb 2016

Cyclacel Pharmaceuticals to Present at the 18th Annual BIO CEO & Investor Conference

 

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1st Feb 2016

Aridhia data platform used in major £64m European research collaboration to tackle Alzheimer's

Aridhia’s data platform used in major £64m European research collaboration to tackle Alzheimer’s dementia

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29th Jan 2016

My World of Work: careers web service launch

My World of Work: careers web service launch

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28th Jan 2016

Roslin Cell Sciences relocates to larger premises at Roslin BioCentre

 Roslin Cell Sciences relocates to larger premises at Roslin BioCentre

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28th Jan 2016

Vascular Flow Technologies closes £10M financing round for strategic realignment

 

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11th Jan 2016

Roslin Cells creates two commercially focused subsidiaries: Roslin Cell Therapies & Roslin

Roslin Cells Ltd., the Edinburgh and Cambridge based spin out from the world renowned Roslin Institute, announced today that it has established two subsidiary companies to accelerate the expansion of its commercial operations. Roslin Cell Therapies will carry forward its process development and manufacture of cell therapies for clinical trial. Roslin Cell Sciences will focus on the production and use of human induced Pluripotent Stem Cells (iPSCs) for drug discovery.

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11th Jan 2016

Cyclacel Reviews 2015 Achievements and Announces Key Business Objectives for 2016

 

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11th Jan 2016

Synpromics & CT Catapult announce joint project aimed at helping to commercialise gene therapy

  

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11th Dec 2015

SLA Welcomes News that Quotient is to Develop New Manufacturing Facility Near Edinburgh

Quotient Limited Announces Plans for New Product Development and Manufacturing Facility Near Edinburgh, Scotland   JERSEY, Channel Islands, December 9, 2015 -- Quotient Limited (NASDAQ:QTNT), a commercial-stage diagnostics company, today announced that it has entered into a construction contract with MW High Tech Projects UK Limited for a new product development and manufacturing facility at the Midlothian Biocampus (the “Biocampus Site”) near Edinburgh, Scotland. The Contract provides for the first phase of the project, encompassing product manufacturing, which is expected to be completed by August 2017. The estimated cost of the first phase is approximately £15 million, or $23 million at current exchange rates, with funding expected to be provided primarily from the proceeds of a sale and leaseback transaction.   Click here for the full Press Release   

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9th Dec 2015

AGTC and Synpromics Limited Announce R&D Collaboration

AGTC and Synpromics Ltd Announce R&D Collaboration to Develop Synthetic Promoters for Enhanced Gene Therapy Candidates

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1st Dec 2015

Biopta to be acquired by Japanese stem cell company ReproCELL

The Japanese regenerative medicine company ReproCELL Inc., has announced the acquisition of the Scottish life sciences company, Biopta. The acquisition of Biopta and its US subsidiary, Biopta Inc. is expected to complete on the 10th of December and is aimed at strengthening ReproCELL’s pharmaceutical industry-targeted drug discovery services. The acquisition will also see an immediate investment to expand Biopta’s range of contract research services. Biopta, which will continue to operate from its headquarters in Glasgow, aims to grow its workforce to 30 over the next three years and Biopta’s management views the synergies within the ReproCELL Group of companies as key to its growth ambitions. Dr David Bunton, Biopta’s co-founder and CEO said, “The acquisition by ReproCELL is a great opportunity to build on the solid platform we have in outsourced drug discovery services. Scotland is known for the quality of its scientists and customer service and ReproCELL’s investment recognizes these strengths. We have had a close partnership with BioServe, another ReproCELL Group company, for the past five years, which has helped us establish a very successful US subsidiary. We see the acquisition as the natural next step in the growth of the UK and US businesses.” ReproCELL, a leader in the field of stem cells and regenerative medicine, was established in 2003 with the goal of contributing to people’s health and welfare through the development of stem cell technologies. Many of ReproCELL’s technologies were developed by the stem cell pioneers, Prof. Norio Nakatsuji from the Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences, Kyoto University, and Prof. Hiromitsu Nakauchi from The Institute of Medical Sciences, The University of Tokyo. ReproCELL’s CEO, Dr Chikafumi Yokoyama said of the acquisition, “This will allow our company to increase our market share by expanding our lineup of drug discovery support products aimed at the pharmaceutical industry and accelerate the development of ReproCELL’s new products and services.”      

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19th Nov 2015

New Website for SLA Member PACLA MEDICAL

Currently, PACLA MEDICAL is working on development of an automated physiotherapy device which will be used to improve the symptoms of walking difficulty, neck and back pain, in Multiple Sclerosis (MS) and chronic back pain conditions. Click the link below to access the new company website:

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18th Nov 2015

Collagen Solutions - Appointment of Chief Business Officer

The Board of Collagen Solutions plc (AIM: COS), the developer and manufacturer of medical grade collagen components for use in regenerative medicine, medical devices and in-vitro diagnostics, announces the appointment of Jamal Rushdy as Chief Business Officer with immediate effect.

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16th Nov 2015

Interview with Alec McLean, Lamellar Biomedical Ltd

Mike Ward, global director of content for Informa Pharma Insights, chats with Lamellar Biomedical Ltd's CEO Dr. Alec McLean at the recent BIO-Europe partnering meeting in Munich, Germany, about the firm's R&D plans for recently raised funds and progress of Lamellar's cystic fibrosis program. Interview available at link below:

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22nd Oct 2015

Vascular Flow Technologies launches Spiral Flow™ PV Bypass Graft registry in Germany

 

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12th Oct 2015

Edgar Stewart launches dedicated recruitment service for high-growth start-ups and SMEs - Talented

 Edgar Stewart launches Scotland’s first and only dedicated recruitment service for high-growth start-ups and SMEs – Talented.

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9th Oct 2015

Roslin Cells' Retinal Pigment Epithelial (RPE) Cells Used in Clinical Trial

The First Patient In A Clinical Trial Receives Investigational Treatment For 'Wet' Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD) Using Retinal Pigment Epithelial (RPE) Cells Manufactured By Roslin Cells Edinburgh, Scotland, 09th October 2015

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18th Sep 2015

Latest News From Collagen Solutions

 

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30th Aug 2015

Renishaw Diagnostics' new assay could revolutionise treatment of life-threatening disease

August 2015 – for immediate release    Further information: Jim Greaves, +44 1415 577933

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29th Aug 2015

Collagen Solutions To Work On Parkinson's Disease Research Project

 Click for more information in The Scotsman article and LSE - Alliance News

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25th Aug 2015

Edgar Stewart pledges investment in Scottish recruitment start-ups

Click the link to read the Edgar Stewart Press Release

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5th Aug 2015

Point One Clinic to Open Weekly Clinic in Keith for MS Sufferers

Click on the link for the article in Banffshire Herald

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30th Jul 2015

Capusugel expands in Livingston

Capsugel is expanding the Pharmaceutical Product Development and Manufacturing Capabilities at its Edinburgh Facility.

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27th Jul 2015

Proposed acquisition of Select Pharma Laboratories by Source BioScience

Source BioScience plc (‘Source BioScience’, the ‘Company’) PROPOSED ACQUISITION OF SELECT PHARMA LABORATORIES LTD

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24th Jul 2015

Lamellar Biomedical Closes £2.3 million Investment Round

Lamellar Biomedical Closes £2.3 million Investment Round

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21st Jul 2015

MGB Biopharma commences Phase I clinical trial

MGB Biopharma commences Phase I clinical trial with oral formulation of MGB-BP-3 for the treatment of multi-resistant Clostridium Difficile infections. For press release please click here.

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20th Jul 2015

2015 MRS Sponsored Daphne Jackson Fellowships - Call Open

Daphne Jackson Fellowships - Call Open Up to three of these unique awards are again being offered by Medical Research Scotland.

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13th Jul 2015

Collagen Results Chart Year of Significant Progress

 

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7th Jul 2015

Vascular Flow expands global patent landscape with three new patents in Japan, China and Europe

 

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24th Jun 2015

Calcivis Raises £4.5m to Drive Development of the Calcivis® Caries Activity Imaging System

 Calcivis Raises £4.5m to Drive Development of the Calcivis® Caries Activity Imaging System Through to Commercialisation

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17th Jun 2015

Vascular Flow announces collaboration with Society for Vascular Surgery® PSO

 

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12th Jun 2015

NovaBiotics' Cystic Fibrosis Treatment Lynovex - Clinical Trial Data Presented

 

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9th Jun 2015

SLA Members NovaBiotics, MGB Biopharma and Lamellar join in BEAM Alliance Launch

LAUNCH OF THE BEAM ALLIANCE – EUROPES’ COMBINED ACTION AGAINST ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE

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19th May 2015

Innovate UK Life Sciences Competitions - Register & Apply now

Click on the links for further information and registration details regarding the two Innovate UK competitions which have just opened:

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19th May 2015

Sistemic announces expansion of patent portfolio covering stem cell characterisation technologies

 Glasgow, UK, Sistemic Limited (Sistemic), the miRNA profiling company with headquarters in Glasgow, Scotland, announced today the expansion of its granted patent portfolio in both the European Union and in the USA.

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15th May 2015

MGB welcomes O'Neill Report findings on antibiotics

Glasgow, Scotland, 15th May 2015 – MGB Biopharma, a biopharmaceutical company developing a truly novel class of  anti-infectives, endorses the latest report from Jim O’Neill’s Review on Antimicrobial Resistance and welcomes the idea of a global AMR Innovation fund.

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13th May 2015

Medical Research Scotland STV News Bulletin

 news.stv.tv/video/4234003001001/

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5th May 2015

HRA announces 11 May as start date for phased roll out of HRA Approval

HRA announces 11 May as start date for phased roll out of HRA Approval

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16th Apr 2015

Vascular Flow Technologies Spiral Flow™ AV Graft Improvement in Patency

 

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16th Apr 2015

Clyde Biosciences Announces £2m 'Series A' Investment

A UNIVERSITY of Glasgow spin-out behind pioneering technology to evaluate drug toxicity and improve patient safety has been boosted by a £2 million investment.

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7th Apr 2015

BioDundee Conference Speakers Announced

Speakers Announced 

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16th Mar 2015

Sistemic announce the initiation of ground breaking exosome research in Cell Therapy

Sistemic announce the initiation of ground breaking exosome research in Cell Therapy following grant award by Scottish Enterprise

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10th Mar 2015

Craneware Partnership with Aridhia Informatics is Announced

Click on the link for Scotsman Article - Craneware inks Aridhia tie-up as profits rise 10%

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4th Mar 2015

Vascular Flow Technologies signs deal with Vascutek to strengthen presence in Europe

 

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4th Feb 2015

Vascular Flow Technologies announces appointment of Dr Barbara Bunger as Chief Clinical Officer

 

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29th Jan 2015

MRS Funding for MS Study into Physiotherapy Technique

SCIENTISTS have been granted funding to evaluate the the benefits of an innovative physiotherapy technique for treating multiple sclerosis sufferers.

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20th Jan 2015

Vascular Flow Technologies announces new Haemodialysis Access study funded by SE Grant

 

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19th Jan 2015

NovaBiotics Raises £5.0 million in a Private Placement from Woodford Investment Management

 

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14th Jan 2015

Life Sciences Scotsman Conference Discount for SLA Members

 Life Sciences in Scotland: Realising the Manufacturing Potential

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8th Jan 2015

New Board at Edgar Stewart Selection Aiming to Support Growth in Technology SMEs

 Click on the link to read full Press Release - Edgar Stewart New Board Appointments January 2015

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6th Jan 2015

Collagen Solutions to supply collagen powder to Globus Medical Inc

Collagen Solutions to supply collagen powder to Globus Medical Inc

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24th Dec 2014

Collagen Solutions Signs Soluble Collagen Deal with Desu Medical

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16th Dec 2014

Collagen Solutions Signs Wound Management Deal With Kyeron Medical

Collagen Solutions Press Release -  Link to Herald Article

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1st Dec 2014

NuCana appoints Dr. Paolo Paoletti to its Board of Directors

 Link to Press Release  - NuCana Board Appointment of Paolo Paoletti

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24th Nov 2014

Vascular Flow Technologies data presented at VEITH Symposium

Data presented by Vascular Flow Technologies at VEITH Symposium shows 30% increase in one-year success rates for vascular bypass surgery, and dramatic reduction in amputations. Link to full press release here

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21st Nov 2014

Collagen Solutions plc to acquire Southern Lights Biomaterials

Liink to Collagen Solutions announcement regarding intended Acquistion of Southern Lights

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17th Nov 2014

SLA Welcomes Daily Record Article on MS Sufferer's Positive Experience of Point One Clinic

Link to Daily Record Article describing Aileen McAusland's experience of Point One Clinic

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13th Nov 2014

Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health endorses Sitekit eRedbook

Great news from SLA member Sitekit Solutions - after three years of intense development and testing, its eRedbook has this week received the clinical endorsement required for it to be offered to the NHS market in England. 

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11th Nov 2014

SLA Evidence to Scottish Government on Uni/Business Issues

 SLA evidence to LiSAB hearing on university/ndustry issues 

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29th Oct 2014

ARIDHIA JOINS THE GLOBAL ALLIANCE FOR GENOMICS AND HEALTH

Link to Aridhia Press Release

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16th Oct 2014

Carnegie Trust: Collaborative Research Grants Call for Proposals

The Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland invites applications for innovative research projects under its Collaborative Research Grants scheme. Proposed projects must:

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8th Oct 2014

Sistemic & TC BioPharm Announce Collaboration to Develop Cancer-Specific Theranostic Products

Link to press release: TC BioPharm & Sistemic cancer biomarkers

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7th Oct 2014

NovaBiotics’ Dr Deborah O’Neil Named EY UK Health Products & Services Entrepreneur of 2014

 Link to NovaBiotics Press Release

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7th Oct 2014

Company Placements Wanted for Star Students

What is the Life Science Employability Programme? Further information available here

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30th Sep 2014

Optos in £1.1 million collaboration with NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde

Major funding announced to develop new technology to detect sight threatening disease

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26th Sep 2014

Tissue Solutions Receives Queen’s Award for Enterprise

Link to Press Release - Tissue Solutions Receives Queen's Award for Enterprise 

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22nd Sep 2014

Merck KGaA to Acquire Sigma-Aldrich to Enhance Position in Attractive Life Science Industry

Link to Merck and Sigma-Aldrich press release

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17th Sep 2014

MGB Biopharma Secures £4m to Advance Novel Lead Antibacterial into Clinical Development

Link to MGB Biopharma Press Release

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16th Sep 2014

NovaBiotics Receives Orphan Drug Status from FDA for Lynovex® for Treatment of Cystic Fibrosis

 Link to NovaBiotics Press Release

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8th Sep 2014

Harvard University Receives Transformational Gift From Chan Family

Harvard University Receives Transformational Gift for the School of Public Health

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28th Aug 2014

Patheon Parent Company, DPx Holdings, Acquires Gallus BioPharmaceuticals

Link to News Article

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27th Aug 2014

Sunday Herald - Is there life in our science industry?

Link to Sunday Hearld Article on Life Sciences in Scotland

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28th Jul 2014

Gael team up with Compliance Path to offer complete validation service

Compliance Path partnership - press release 

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28th Jul 2014

Axis-Shield announces launch of new HbA1c assay

Link to Axis-Shield E-Newsletter

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22nd Jul 2014

SLA welcomes the UK Government investment in Scottish life sciences

Scott Johnstone, Chief Executive of the Scottish Lifesciences Association, welcomed the announcement made by the Chancellor today of UK Government investment in Scottish life sciences. He said:-

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11th Jul 2014

Prostrakan Announces Acquisition of Archimedes

Scott Johnstone, Chief Executive of the Scvottish Lifesciences Association, said "We welcome today's news that Borders-based ProStrakan has agreed to acquire Archimedes Pharma.  This is further evidence of Scotland's ability to develop globally successful life sciences businesses, and of the growing importance of this vibrant sector to the Scottish economy.  The track record of Scottish life sciences companies developing and offering innovative products and therapies speaks for itself, and we congratulate ProStrakan – and Archimedes – on this deal." 

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25th Jun 2014

BioOutsource Plans to open a US Lab Facility in Massachusetts in 2015

Business growth - US expansion Press release

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23rd Jun 2014

NovaBiotics’ Dr Deborah O’Neil Named EY Scotland Entrepreneur of 2014

NovaBiotics’ and SLA Board Member Dr Deborah O’Neil has been named EY Scotland Entrepreneur of 2014. Click here for the press release

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9th Jun 2014

Congratulation to MGB Pharma on TSB Success

SLA welcomes MGB Pharma's recent TSB award.

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5th Jun 2014

NHS Launches Health & Social Care Innovation Fund

Click here for the NHS Press Release

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2nd Jun 2014

NuCana's Acelarin Achieves High Disease Control Rate in Patients with Advanced Cancer

www.nucanabiomed.com/downloads/NuCanaASCO2014.pdf 

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29th May 2014

Epidarex Capital Raises Fund to Make Significant Investments in Early-stage UK Life Sciences

Follow the link to the Epidarex website Epidarex Capital, a leading international venture capital firm, has raised over £47.5 million to lead investments in early-stage life science and health technology companies, including spin-outs from leading research universities.

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26th May 2014

3 Places Left on Records Management Training Programme. 10% Discount!

Russell Joyce & Eldin Rammell have created a records management training programme designed specifically for records managers, archivists, document administrators and related roles in the Life Sciences sector aimed at those who have limited experience in the field, for example new staff working in a GLP archive or as a TMF administrator. We shall be delivering the first module in that programme “Introduction to Records Management and Archiving” on Thursday 12th June 2014.

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19th May 2014

Professor Robert Brown joins Collagen Solutions as Scientific Adviser

Click on the link for the full press release on Collagen Solutions website: www.collagensolutions.com/content/investors/2014/190514.asp

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19th May 2014

Intention to Float BBI Diagnostics Group

Link to Press Release

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15th May 2014

Collagen Solutions - Excellagen® Enters New Clinical Trial

 

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1st May 2014

Quotient Prices Initial Public Offering

Link to Press Release www.quotientbd.com/news/quotient-limited-prices-initial-public-offering 

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1st May 2014

Global Exposure for Touch Bionics

userfiles/140501 - UKTI Touch Bionics OMIS case study.pdf

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21st Apr 2014

Tissue Solutions Wins Queen's Award for International Trade

Tissue Solutions press release

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10th Apr 2014

SLA Welcomes Scotland's largest private investment into Nucana

The SLA is delighted to see this, the largest single private investment in a Lifesciences company in Scotland ever. It is a testament to Hugh and his team at Nucana and proves that a Scottish based company can raise substantial funds, internationally, in a key sector of the Scottish economy.

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7th Apr 2014

SDS Funded Lab Skills Course to be Delivered by Edinburgh Napier

 Life Science Opportunities 

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27th Mar 2014

Tissue Solutions Announces Appointment of Morag McFarlane as CEO

Click here for Tissue Solutions press release

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24th Mar 2014

Introducing DPx Holdings B.V.

SLA member, Patheon, is one of three business units to make up DPx Holdings B.V. which was formed as part of a $2.6 billion transaction between JLL Partners and Royal DSM in March 2014. Click below for more information, and a video link:

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24th Mar 2014

BioOutsource Launches Flagship Reverse Signalling Apoptosis Bioassay

BioOutsource - Reverse Apoptosis Bioassay Press Release and Webinar

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21st Mar 2014

2014 Regenerative Medicine + Cell Therapy competition

The Technology Strategy Board Regenerative Medicines and Cell Therapies competition went live last week.

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17th Mar 2014

Biomedical Catalyst Competition - Registration closes: 28 May 2014

 Register and apply for Biomedical Catalyst Competition

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17th Mar 2014

Competition for Single-Company and Collaborative R&D Funding June 2014

The call document for "Advancing Regenerative Medicines and Cell Therapies COMPETITION FOR SINGLE-COMPANY AND COLLABORATIVE R&D FUNDING JUNE 2014" is now available for download here

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13th Mar 2014

Growth and Investment for Leading Entrust Clinical Team

Entrust Clinical Press Release

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13th Mar 2014

New Improved TalentScotland website now live

The new, improved TalentScotland is now live, see www.talentscotland.com and the life sciences proposition is at http://www.talentscotland.com/science

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13th Mar 2014

Scottish Patent Court under planned Unified Patent Court System

Litigation actions under the forthcoming Unitary EU Patent could be raised before the Scottish Courts following an amendment to the Intellectual Property Bill as it underwent its third reading before the Westminster Parliament.  The changes to the Bill serve to include The Court of Session in Edinburgh as one of 4 possible UK Divisional Courts in which the forthcoming Unitary EU Patents could be litigated.  The changes to the Bill will be enacted provided that suitable demand for such a forum can be shown.  The inclusion of the Court of Session resulted from lobbying led by the Law Society for Scotland and Scottish MPs, both of which welcomed the amendment on the grounds that it provides greater choice to Scottish businesses.

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10th Mar 2014

Derwentside Environmental take lab space at BioCity Scotland

BioCity Press Release

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18th Feb 2014

A Global Leader in ADC Characterisation, BioOutsource, Partners With Glythera

 BioOutsource - Glythera Partnership press release

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7th Feb 2014

Epidarex Capital Leads New Investment in Edinburgh Molecular Imaging, a Pioneering Imaging Start-Up

Epidarex Capital press release 

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6th Feb 2014

MODE receives CE mark for home bowel-screening test and completes significant financing round

MODE Diagnostics Ltd Receives approval to commence sales of its digital home-use bowel-screening test; successfully completes significant financing round

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5th Feb 2014

Roslin Cells launches the first Research Grade iPS cell bank

SLA welcomes the launch of the EBiSC project which will establish a central repository for research grade iPS cells in Europe. This is a collaboration of 26 partners with a headline value of €35 million and has been a major focus for Roslin Cells since late 2012.

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5th Feb 2014

BioOutsource To Open New Biosimilar Centre of Excellence in Glasgow as Global Demand Surges

Link to BioOutsource press release 

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3rd Feb 2014

Rock Spring Is Now Epidarex Capital

                                                       ROCK SPRING VENTURES,

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21st Jan 2014

Touch Bionics Reports Surge In Sales

Link to BBC News Article on 23% revenue growth achieved by Touch Bionics

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17th Dec 2013

Encap Drug Delivery Announces Collaboration With Lipocine Inc.

Encap Lipocine Press Release

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17th Dec 2013

Angel’s fall fuels biotech’s return to market

Scotsman Article on Collbio and the takeover of Collagen Solutions

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11th Dec 2013

£3m Dementia Consortium unites MRC Technology with Alzheimer's Research UK

 £3m Dementia Consortium launched to boost dementia drug discovery

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10th Dec 2013

Healthcare Investment Opportunities acquisition of Collbio, Change of name to Collagen Solutions

Proposed Acquisition of Collbio Limited 

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9th Dec 2013

Tissue Solutions Pass Assessment Audit For ISO 9001 With BSI

 Tissue Solutions is pleased to have passed their annual continual assessment audit for ISO 9001 with BSI on the 5th December 2013, demonstrating a commitment to continually improving our quality and management systems.

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27th Nov 2013

UWI named Most Innovative Business at WeDO awards

 WeDO Awards Celebrate Scotland's Entrepreneurs

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5th Nov 2013

Irvine an opportunity as Scotland bids to grow life sciences

Irvine an opportunity as Scotland bids to grow life sciences

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23rd Oct 2013

European Approval of Ferring’s Removable Misoprostol Vaginal Delivery System, MISODEL

 European Approval of  Ferring's Removable Mioprostol Vaginal Delivery Syste - MISODEL

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21st Oct 2013

Scotland demonstrates its collaborative approach to cell therapy development

Collaborations with Roslin Cells and QCMD set to give Sistemic lead in cell characterisation standardisation and make Scotland key destination for cell therapy clinical trials

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21st Oct 2013

Sistemic and QCMD announce innovative collaboration in cell therapy field

Sistemic Ltd and QCMD Ltd (Quality Control for Molecular Diagnostics) announced today that the companies had entered into a cross-licensing agreement. The arrangement centres on Sistemic’s SistemQC™ technology which is widely used by companies developing cell-based therapies allowing characterisation of the cell products and development of potency assays for product release and QCMD’s proprietary informatics platform and characterised quality assurance materials.

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9th Oct 2013

Swinney Welcomes Life Sciences Growth and Praises New Business/NHS Partnership

Health Innovation Partnership News Release - 9 October 2013

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3rd Oct 2013

Dow AgroSciences and Synpromics Announce R&D Collaboration

Synpromics Agreement News Release

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25th Sep 2013

Onorach Unveils China Plans

Click on the link to find out more:  us2.campaign-archive2.com/ 

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19th Sep 2013

Cell Therapy Catapult & Roslin Cells to create clinical grade stem cells to accelerate research

 Cell Therapy Catapult and Roslin Cells Press Release

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28th Aug 2013

Onorach Introduce Clinical Trial Supplies

Onorach Introduce Clinical Trial Supplies

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28th Aug 2013

NovaBiotics Enters into Agreement with Taro

NovaBiotics Taro License Agreement

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27th Aug 2013

Aridhia and Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre collaborating on patient monitoring solution

Cancer Patient Monitoring -AridhiaPressRelease

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25th Jul 2013

SLA Welcomes News Of £600k Further Funding Round For MGB Biopharma

Click on the link to read more about the £600,000 investment round completed by MGB Biopharma Ltd, the Glasgow based biotechnology company working on a new class of antibacterials: http://www.mgb-biopharma.com/news.html

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18th Jul 2013

Lamellar Biomedical gains ISO 13485:2003 certification

Lamellar Biomedical was pleased to achieve ISO 13485:2003 accreditation. Great news to secure this in such a short time.

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17th Jul 2013

Tissue Solutions New Client Services Team

Tissue Solutions New Client Services Team

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4th Jul 2013

Smart Idea Store Launches Business Networking website for Innovation

A Scottish start-up company are looking for innovative lifesciences companies, investors ( business angels and VC firms) and project partners to participate in a free 3 month pilot of their website Smart Idea Store.

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24th Jun 2013

SLA welcomes greater certainty provided by US Supreme Court decision

Gordon Stark, Chair of the SLA's Innovation SIG and COO with Murgitroyd and Co, said that the long awaited decision on the patentability of gene sequencing has now been taken. Click on the link to read more: http://bit.ly/141AKcN

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17th Jun 2013

Tissue Solutions appoint new Business Development Director

Tissue Solutions Strengthen their Business Development Team

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11th Jun 2013

Moredun Makes Major Breakthrough in the War Against Worms

Scientists at the world renowned Moredun Research Institute in Scotland, have made a major breakthrough in the battle to prevent and control parasitic worm infections by successfully protecting sheep using vaccination. The team at Moredun have recently had their results published in the leading scientific journal Vaccine1 and the paper reports the most successful attempt yet to protect animals against worms, using a laboratory produced vaccine, giving hope for a sustainable control strategy that does not rely on drugs.

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10th Jun 2013

The SLA welcomes the news that Collbio Ltd has raised £250K to further develop collagen sales

Collbio, a new company set up in March this year by leading life science financiers Diagnostic Capital Ltd, together with former senior management team members Stewart White and Ross Andrews is pleased to announce the completion of an initial fundraising in excess of £250,000 from a number of private investors.  The new funds will primarily be used for working capital to enable the business to generate revenue via the provision of collagen raw materials and contract manufacturing services.

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6th Jun 2013

Fios Genomics Secures Second Funding Round

Fios Genomics Investment_Press Release

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4th Jun 2013

Encouraging results from the ProGem1 study of NUC-1031 presented at ASCO 2013

http://www.nucanabiomed.com/downloads/ASCO2013.pdf

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3rd Jun 2013

Deadline for Medical Research Scotland PhDs Announced

The closing date of Monday 15th July 2013 at 12 noon has been announced for all applications for up to 10 Medical Research Scotland PhD Studentship Awards. Click on the following link for more information, and to download all the documents needed to make an application:  http://www.medicalresearchscotland.org.uk/apply.htm

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7th May 2013

Aridhia and Life Technologies announced as lead commercial partners in SMS-IC

PressRelease_Stratified Medicine Scotland Innovation Centre

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6th May 2013

Moredun and Fish Vet Group working together to develop novel vaccines for Aquaculture

 Moredun and Fish Vet Group working together to develop novel vaccines for Aquaculture

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6th May 2013

Aridhia - Strategic partnership signals new age of stratified medicine

AridhiaPressRelease

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26th Apr 2013

BioCity CEO to deliver key address at BioScotland on 30th April

  

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23rd Apr 2013

BioOutsource opens new facility in Cambridge, Massachusetts

 Link to the press release

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17th Apr 2013

Moredun Collaborate on EU Project to Improve Safety of Drinking Water

Moredun Press Release

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15th Apr 2013

Touch Bionics i-limb controlled by new mobile app

 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-business-22116083

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18th Mar 2013

Colbio purchases assets of Angel Biomedical and secures major contract

 Collbio Limited purchases assets of Angel Biomedical and secures major contract

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14th Mar 2013

Sistemic and Progenitor Cell Therapy initiate study on stem cell characterisation technology

Sistemic and PCT press release

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4th Mar 2013

SLA welcomes the acquisition of Encap Drug Delivery by Capsugel

Capsugel Announces Acquisition of Encap Drug Delivery 

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28th Feb 2013

Alba Bioscience Raises $5 Million of Growth Finance

Additional Quotient Biodiagnostics/Alba Bioscience Fundraising

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11th Feb 2013

Anacail bringing to market new product which taps plasma power to protect products & people

Anacail news release

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7th Feb 2013

BioCity Scotland set to be the UK centre for major new drug discovery initiative

 IMI Announcement

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6th Feb 2013

SLA welcomes Government data showing strong growth in Scottish life sciences employment

 SLA News Release welcoming Scottish Government data on life sciences employment growth 

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28th Jan 2013

Win tickets and assistance to attend BIO 2013

 Please click on the link to find out about UKTI's offer of a Partnering Pass to the 2013 Bio International Convention (22nd - 25th April, Chicago)  and assistance with accomodation and flight costs: UKTI BIO Innovation Flyer

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24th Jan 2013

Achieving compliance to ISO 13485 - Barriers to success & overcoming them

 Achieving compliance to ISO 13485 - Barriers to success & overcoming them

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22nd Jan 2013

SLA welcomes Rock Spring Ventures £50m venture capital fund

RSV press release

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10th Jan 2013

Cutting-edge technologies now searchable via _connect

Pipeline announcement

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8th Jan 2013

Scottish company Lamellar Biomedical raises £3.3 million from Institutional investors

  Edinburgh, 7 January 2013:  Lamellar Biomedical is pleased to announce that it has raised £3.3  million in equity financing from existing and new shareholders including Barwell, Scottish Enterprise  and TRI Cap angel investors. Funds managed by Invesco Perpetual form the core of the new  shareholding.  The proceeds of the offering will be used to further develop the Company’s lead product, LMS-611.  The company has been advised by a Notified Body that LMS-611 will be regulated as a class 2b  medical device for the treatment of dry eye disease (DED) and Radiotherapy Induced Xerostomia  (RIX), commonly known as dry mouth. Lamellar Biomedical has been successful in forging strong  links with the Scottish clinical community and is pleased to be working with the Vision Sciences Unit  at Glasgow Caledonian University and the Beatson West of Scotland Cancer Centre respectively in  these development programs.  Additionally Lamellar Biomedical is progressing with a clinical program to investigate the role of  LMS-611 as a medicinal product in cystic fibrosis. This program is being led by the West of Scotland  Cystic Fibrosis unit led by Dr Steve Bicknell and Dr Gordon MacGregor.  On the research front Lamellar has been successful in applying for three PhD studentships which will  be held at the Roslin Institute and the Universities of Glasgow and Strathclyde.  Following the completion of the financing Dr Duncan Moore has been elected as Chairman of the  Company. Duncan Moore is a Partner at East West Capital Partners and was previously Global Head  of healthcare equity research at Morgan Stanley. About Lamellar Lamellar Biomedical Ltd was established in June 2007 when the founding Directors of the Company,  recognising the considerable therapeutic potential of Lamellasomes™, acquired the intellectual  property rights to the technology. The Company benefits from an entrepreneurial Board of Directors and Management Team, a Scientific  Advisory Board of eminent scientists and a Research Team with intimate knowledge of lamellar body  physiology and pathology.   Contacts: Dr Alec McLean CEO Tel:   +441698748832 Dr Duncan Moore Chairman Tel; +447785971715

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8th Jan 2013

Proposed Merger of Equals between Vivalis and Intercell

 

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20th Dec 2012

Alba Bioscience streamlines and improves their compliance processes with Gael

Alba Bioscience announcement

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20th Dec 2012

Quantics and YHEC team up to offer Indirect and Mixed Treatment Comparisons

YHEC and Quantics

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18th Dec 2012

FUNDING FOR COLLABORATIVE R&D – GO FOR IT! Aquapharm’s success in getting funding for collaborat

 Aquapharm is a small but innovative Scottish life sciences discovery company pioneering the development of breakthrough products founded on the vast, untapped chemical diversity of marine micro-organisms.  The company's goal is to harness this novel resource to rapidly discover and develop novel pharmaceuticals able to target unmet clinical needs in oncology and multi-drug resistant bacterial infections. 

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30th Nov 2012

Omega Diagnostics Group PLC - Regional Selective Assistance - Grant funding

Omega, the AIM listed medical diagnostics company focussed on allergy, food intolerance and infectious disease, announces that it has been awarded a Regional Selective Assistance ("RSA") grant of up to £150,000 from Scottish Enterprise.

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20th Nov 2012

National Blood Centre

 

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13th Nov 2012

EMD Millipore and Sistemic Collaborate to Identify Control Markers for Stem Cell Production.

EMD Millipore and Sistemic partnership

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6th Nov 2012

Ferring’s European Marketing Authorisation Application accepted for review.

Saint Prex, Switzerland - November 5, 2012 – Ferring Pharmaceuticals announced today that it has received confirmation from European health authorities that the Marketing Authorisation Application (MAA) for its controlled release, removable misoprostol vaginal delivery system (MVDS) has been accepted for review under the decentralised procedure. Ferring is seeking approval for the MVDS for induction of labour in women with an unfavourable cervix, from 36 weeks gestation, in whom induction is clinically indicated.

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6th Nov 2012

Premier Research International will manage their compliance activities using Gael's quality manageme

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5th Nov 2012

CYCLACEL RECEIVES $1.9 MILLION BIOMEDICAL CATALYST MEDICINE GRANT

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5th Nov 2012

TPP Global Development Ltd enters into a collaboration agreement with Sprint Biosciences AB

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17th Oct 2012

Charles River Laboratories Enters Strategic Partnership with AstraZeneca

Charles River Laboratories International, Inc. (NYSE: CRL) today announced that it has been selected by AstraZeneca (NYSE: AZN) as its preferred strategic partner for outsourced regulated safety assessment and development DMPK (drug metabolism and pharmacokinetics).

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10th Oct 2012

IMSL to Build Production Facility Thanks to Regional Selective Assistance (RSA)

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10th Oct 2012

Encap Drug Delivery establishes Hot Melt Extrusion (HME) capability

 Livingston, United Kingdom, 8th October 2012

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9th Oct 2012

UWI Label - Scots Entrepreneur Celebrates New Investments

 Scots Entrepreneur Celebrates New Investments

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13th Sep 2012

MGB PRESENTED POSTER AT 52nd ICAAC, SAN FRANCISCO, September 11th 2012

 "Disposition of MGB-BP-3, a New Class of Antibacterial Agent, After Oral Administration in a Hamster Model of Severe Clostridium difficile Associated Diarrhoea (CDAD)"

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12th Sep 2012

SLA welcomes appointment of Chairman of UK Cell Therapy catapult

The Scottish Lifesciences Association (SLA) welcomes today's appointment of its Chairman, Dr John Brown CBE FRSE to the role of Chairman at the UK Cell Therapy Catapult. The appointment has been made by the Technology Strategy Board, which is setting up a series of Catapults across the UK for advanced technology sectors.

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4th Sep 2012

Tissue Solutions Moves to the West of Scotland Science Park

 Tissue Solutions Ltd has moved to a new suite of offices at the West of Scotland Science Park having outgrown its current premises in Clydebank.   Founded in 2007 as a provider of ethically acquired human tissue for preclinical drug research, Tissue Solutions has grown steadily year on year gaining a strong international reputation. The company has a client profile that includes all the major pharmaceutical companies world-wide, and has distributors in Japan and Israel.

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23rd Aug 2012

SLA Member Aquapharm stars on BBC

 Talking to the BBC this morning, Aquapharm directors outlined the fascinating search for new pharmaceutical products from microorganisms in the sludge of Scotland's seabed. The company, an SLA founder member, operates out of Oban and Edinburgh and has been highly succesful over many years in securing large amounts of funding to support its world class research.

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23rd Aug 2012

SLA congratulates Roslin Cells on their recent success with TSB funding

 SLA is delighted to see Roslin Cells secure over £125 K in funding from the Biocatalyst Feasibility Competition. Roslin Cells will use this to  

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9th Aug 2012

Antibacterial Research: Aquapharm announces discovery of novel antibiotic compound

 

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1st Aug 2012

Gael webinar

 Just to let you know that SLA member Gael Ltd will be hosting a free webinar on Wed 29th August – ‘Implementing an effective electronic CAPA Management System’. 

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31st Jul 2012

Encap Announces $2M Capital Expenditure Programme

Livingston, United Kingdom, 3rd July 2012

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27th Jul 2012

Gael Ltd announced as exclusive sponsor of Edinburgh BioQuarter’s 2012 Regenerative Medicine Confere

Gael Ltd has been unveiled as exclusive sponsors of the Edinburgh BioQuarter Regenerative Medicine Conference 2012.

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11th Jul 2012

Work starts on £12.5m life sciences research hub in Dundee

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6th Jul 2012

BioCity Scotland appoints new Managing Director

Former Global Services Solutions director with GE Life Sciences, Fraser Black, has been appointed as managing director of BioCity Scotland, the centre for life science businesses. Black takes over from Ian Webster, acting managing director since the organisation’s launch in January. He brings extensive experience in the life sciences sector to his new role; he joined GE Life Sciences UK in 2005 having previously held VP positions with Amersham Bioscience in both bioscience services and sales and marketing. As president of Hoefer Pharmacia Biotech, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Amersham Biosciences, he re-engineered the company to achieve significant growth and profitability. Between 2005 - 2011 Black held positions in the Life Science Services Division as global director of Business Development, general manager Scientific Asset Services and Global Services Solutions director. At BioCity Scotland Black will oversee the population of the 23-acre site with new and fast-growing bioscience and life sciences companies. He will continue the relationship-building with corporate partners and embed further links with the North Lanarkshire community. Dr Louis Nisbet, BioCity Scotland chairman said, “We are delighted that Fraser Black will lead the next stage of development at BioCity Scotland. In Fraser we have a truly committed individual whose enthusiasm for our work is already infectious. He brings business development experience honed in the international life sciences arena, as well as world-class team-building skills so we are in very good hands.”  

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2nd Jul 2012

MODE Diagnostics attracts over £1,100,000 funding

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22nd Jun 2012

Scottish Lifesciences Association welcomes Scottish Government announcement on Innovation in Health

Scottish Lifesciences Association welcomes Scottish Government announcement on Innovation in Health

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21st Jun 2012

Launch of Scottish-Californian stem cell research

Scottish and Californian research scientists are to work together on new medical research that could lead to major breakthroughs for people living with life-threatening conditions.

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20th Jun 2012

Sistemic Announces Customer Agreement with Cytori Therapeutics

Cytori to Utilize Sistemic’s SistemQC™ to Strengthen Understanding of Mechanisms & Support Design of Next-Generation Cell Therapies Boston, Mass., USA, June 20, 2012 / B3C newswire / – Sistemic Ltd. (“Sistemic”), a leading provider of microRNA-based problem-solving services and kit-based products, has formed a customer relationship with Cytori Therapeutics (“Cytori”). Cytori will utilize Sistemic’s proprietarySistemQC™ technology platform in its U.S. cardiac cell therapy clinical trial to molecularly characterize adipose-derived stem and regenerative cells (ADRCs). “Research has shown that within adipose tissue, as well as other cell sources like bone marrow, there are multiple distinct cell types that can contribute to efficacy,” commented Sistemic chairman and CEO Jim Reid. “Cytori selecting our SistemQC serves as another validation of our technology, particularly its flexibility to characterize a wide variety of cells for identity and potency, on a molecular level. We could not be more pleased to have reached this agreement with Cytori.” The announcement was made at the 2012 Bio International Convention in Boston, where Mr. Reid is moderating a panel on stem cell therapeutics featuring leaders from the industry, on Wednesday, June 20, at the Boston Convention Center. “SistemQC will be incorporated into our clinical development to understand which cell types within our Celution® System’s autologous heterogeneous population of ADRCs are the greatest contributors to efficacy,” said Douglas Arm, Ph.D., Senior Vice President Operations at Cytori. “With Sistemic’s novel technology, we can strengthen the mechanistic understanding of our cell output and at the same time support the design of next-generation cell therapies.”

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20th Jun 2012

$15M investment for new Inverness global R&D base

Inverness is to be the new home for all diabetes research and development into blood glucose monitoring carried out worldwide by international company LifeScan.

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24th May 2012

Roslin Institute benefits from the £250M BBSRC UK funding package

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16th May 2012

Angel signs new contract with ReNeuron

Angel Biotechnology Holdings plc, (AIM:ABH), the biopharmaceutical contract manufacturer, has signed a new contract with ReNeuron Group plc (AIM:RENE) to perform GMP manufacturing services in support of the final part of the PISCES Phase 1 clinical trial of its ReN001 stem cell therapy for stroke; the value of the contract was not disclosed.

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10th May 2012

Angel Biomedical acquires the assets of a biomaterial and collagen manufacturing business

The Scottish Lifesciences Association wecolmes the recent acquistion by Angel Biomedical Ltd of the assets of an established biomaterial and collagen manufacturing business. Press release below:

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7th May 2012

Intercell announces EUR 25.0 million financing

Intercell announces EUR 25.0 million financing from BB Biotech and proposed private placement with selected institutional investors

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1st May 2012

McGrigors and Pinsent Masons merge

McGrigors and Pinsent Masons merge

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30th Apr 2012

The BioMedical Catalyst – Competition Open

The BioMedical Catalyst – Save the Date: Tuesday 15th May for the Scottish Information Day

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26th Apr 2012

ProStrakan’s Sancuso Approved in Europe

ProStrakan’s Sancuso Approved in Europe

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17th Apr 2012

Angel Biotechnology Holdings and TransGenRx Inc. sign £800K contract

Angel Biotechnology Holdings and TransGenRx Inc. sign contract for development of a recombinant interferon product.

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16th Apr 2012

Omega Diagnostics predicts revenue rise

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12th Apr 2012

Life sciences set to cash in on £180m funding boost

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11th Apr 2012

Board changes at Optos

LONDON, UK, 11 April 2012 – Optos plc (LSE: OPTS), a leading medical retinal imaging company, announces that Louisa Burdett will succeed Christine Soden as Chief Financial Officer when she steps down from this role on 31 May 2012.

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3rd Apr 2012

Innovation Centres to support business and university collaboration

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2nd Apr 2012

MGB BioPharma ECCMID Poster Abstract Presented

Glasgow based MGB Biopharma which is developing a new class of antibiotic called DNA Minor Groove Binders, announced today that it has published the results of activity of its most advanced drug MGB-BP3 against Gram positive bacteria, including MRSA and vancomycin resistant enterococci. The company presented data at the 22nd European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID) in London on April 2nd.

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2nd Apr 2012

Eden Scott partners with BioCity Scotland

Leading Scottish recruitment consultancy Eden Scott has signed a corporate partnership agreement with BioCity Scotland, the life sciences cluster in Newhouse, Lanarkshire.

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22nd Mar 2012

SLA welcomes the £100m GSK investment in Scotland

More than £100m investment confirmed for GSK manufacturing in Scotland

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15th Mar 2012

MGB Biopharma awarded TSB Proof of Concept grant

TECHNOLOGY STRATEGY BOARD GRANT AWARDED FOR PARENTERAL PROJECT

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14th Mar 2012

TSB Funding call for Stratified Medicine – Diagnostics for Adverse or Non-Response

The government is inviting UK companies to apply for funding to develop tests that will identify patients at risk of either suffering an adverse response or not responding to specific therapies.

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13th Mar 2012

SLA Chairman joins BioCity Nottingham board

Life Sciences Industry Leader, Dr John Brown, Joins BioCity Nottingham Board

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12th Mar 2012

SLA welcomes Welsh Assembly largesse

The Scottish Lifesciences Association is pleased to see the Welsh Assembly Government putting more resources into life sciences. Such bold initiatives are to be applauded and the SLA is working ever more closely with the Scottish Government and its agencies to ensure that the level of resources being allocated to life sciences in Scotland continues to increase. In such a globally competitive industry it is important that Scotland continually reviews its offering to ensure we remain an attractive destination for the life sciences sector

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12th Mar 2012

Tissue Solutions Achieve Certification to ISO 9001

We are pleased to announce that Tissue Solutions has been awarded ISO 9001:2008 Accreditation. The award was made through BSI Management Systems (BSI), a world leader in assessing business processes against internationally recognised standards. We are delighted to achieve this accreditation as formal recognition for our commitment to quality and continuous improvement. Customer care has always been at the forefront of our business and ISO certification provides our customers with further reassurance that we always provides a quality service.

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6th Mar 2012

Alba Bioscience Parent Company, Quotient Biodiagnostics, Raises $11.2 Million of Growth Finance

Quotient Biodiagnostics Raises $11.2 Million of Growth Finance Led by Galen Partners  

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5th Mar 2012

Angel Biotechnology appoints Dr. Stewart White as Acting CEO

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5th Mar 2012

Roslin Cells To Manufacture iPS Cells For Bipolar Disorder Research

Roslin Cells Ltd, announced today that it will be participating in a consortium to generate human induced pluripotent stem cells (iPS cells) to study bipolar affective disorder. The consortium led by Professor Andrew McIntosh from the University of Edinburgh is the winner of a 2011 CRACK-IT Challenge organised by the National Centre for the Replacement, Refinement and Reduction of Animals in Research (NC3Rs).

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29th Feb 2012

Integrated Magnetic Systems Ltd awarded a SMART R&D grant for “Magnetic Antibodies”

Integrated Magnetic Systems Ltd (IMSL), a bio-nanotechnology company based in Dundee Scotland, announces that it has won a Scottish Enterprise SMART:Scotland R&D award to further develop their proprietary magnetic protein technology.

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29th Feb 2012

BioCity Scotland joins forces with Harrison Goddard Foote

BioCity Scotland, the newly-opened life sciences cluster in Newhouse, Lanarkshire, has signed a three-year agreement with leading patent attorneys HGF making them the first corporate partner.

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26th Feb 2012

Warning Label Wins Backing from US Business High Flier

An ingenious invention that warns when food or other products are about to expire has won backing from an influential figure in the American aviation industry.

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23rd Feb 2012

Boards 'hampered by non-executives'

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22nd Feb 2012

SLA members successful in Medical Research Scotland PhD programme

The SLA is delighted with recent success with the Medical Research Scotland PhD Studentship Programme. For further information please click here

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9th Feb 2012

No Expiry Date on Ingenuity As UWI Technology Claims Major Award

An ingenious Scot’s invention that warns when food or other products are about to expire has claimed one of the biggest accolades in the scientific sector.

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9th Feb 2012

SLA welcomes the increased investment in life sciences by the Scottish Government

Health Secretary Nicola Sturgeon announces the launch of a £600K Innovation Fund, much wecolmed by the SLA.

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8th Feb 2012

Sistemic to work with TiGenix on landmark rheumatoid arthritis cell therapy product

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6th Feb 2012

McGrigors and Pinsent Masons to Merge

McGrigors and Pinsent Masons to Merge

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20th Jan 2012

Roslin Cellab’s Study Determines BioCision’s CoolCell® Technology to be superior

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19th Jan 2012

Alba Bioscience receives FDA license to sell additional products in the USA

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11th Jan 2012

BioCity Scotland Ltd secures former MSD research site

BioCity Scotland Ltd secures former MSD research site

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19th Dec 2011

Plant closure led to birth of firm with global ambitions - Gael Limited

Plant closure led to birth of firm with global ambitions

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18th Dec 2011

Reid plans expansion at Sistemic

www.scotsman.com/scotland-on-sunday/business/reid_plans_expansion_for_sistemic_1_2014758

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1st Dec 2011

Drs Russell Greig and Alex Chanas join BigDNA Advisory Board

Edinburgh based vaccine development company BigDNA has expanded its Advisory Board with the appointments of Dr Russell Greig and Dr Alex Chanas. Both executives each have over 30 years top-level experience in the pharmaceutical industry - Dr Greig having held senior positions at Glaxosmithkline/SR One and Dr Chanas at Pfizer Ltd.

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29th Nov 2011

NuCana BioMed Secures $10.4 Million Series A Financing

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17th Nov 2011

Mather appointed Chairman of Gael Ltd

Mather appointed Chairman of Gael

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3rd Nov 2011

Michael Moore - Secretary of State for Scotland Visits Quintiles in Livingston

Michael Moore visited Quintiles as part of the SLA's engagement week. Issues discussed included how the Scotland Office can help in regulatory issues that apply to SLA member companies.

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25th Oct 2011

The SLA welcomes the New NRS Career Researcher Scheme

The Scottish Lifesciences Association has welcomed the Scottish Government's support of the NRS Career Researcher Fellowship to support the next generation of researchers in NHSScotland. Scott Johnstone, CEO of the SLA said: "This investment will enable SLA member companies to engage with the brightest new researchers in NHSScotland and we are committed to working with the R&D Directors to facilitate this"

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24th Oct 2011

The University of Edinburgh agrees a collaboration agreement with GSK

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23rd Oct 2011

Gael uses iPads to keep aircraft safe

Gael uses iPads to keep aircraft safe

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20th Oct 2011

Ferring Pharmaceuticals Acquires Controlled Therapeutics

Ferring Pharmaceuticals has acquired Controlled Therapeutics in East Kilbide as part of the Group acquisition.

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18th Oct 2011

TPP Global Development enters into a collaboration agreement with the University of Dundee

TPP collaboration with the University of Dundee.

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11th Oct 2011

Omega Diagnostics in India move

Omega Diagnostics in India move Alva-based medical testing company Omega Diagnostics has set up a subsidiary in India as it looks to tap into the country's major growth potential for allergy products.

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21st Sep 2011

Sistemic supports Talent Scotland

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9th Sep 2011

Axis-Shield receives FDA clearance for new anti-CCP assay

Dundee, Scotland, 26 August 2011. Axis-Shield plc (LSE: ASD, OSE: ASD) ("Axis-Shield", the "Company" or the "Group"), the international and innovative in vitro diagnostics company, today announces that a new version of the Company's anti-CCP ELISA kit for the diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis has been cleared for use by the US Food and Drug Administration ("FDA") under the 510(k) procedure. The new kit increases the assay range and contains changed components for reduced manufacturing costs and improved margins.

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8th Sep 2011

Cell characterisation experts Sistemic join the Alliance for Regenerative Medicine

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29th Aug 2011

Eden Scott injects fresh expertise into Life Sciences team

Leading Scottish recruitment consultancy Eden Scott has recruited Lynsay Nixon to its fast-growing Life Sciences team. She brings to the firm a wealth of industry experience and expertise gained from working with several innovative and entrepreneurial life sciences businesses, including ImmunoSolv, Quotient Bioresearch and Aptuit. 

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25th Jul 2011

SLA Scottish Life Sciences Engagement week

The SLA is mounting the first Scottish Life Sciences Engagement Week this autumn,  from 19 – 27 October.

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14th Jun 2011

Scottish healthcare technology collaboration to support personalised treatment of cancer

 

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13th Jun 2011

Dr John Brown receives CBE and Kevin Moore an OBE in Queen’s Birthday honours

Edinburgh, 13th June 2011. The Scottish Lifesciences Association is delighted to announce that its Chairman, Dr John Brown, has received a CBE. In the same honours list Kevin Moore, SLA’s newest Board member, has received an OBE.

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12th Jun 2011

BIOMEDICAL COMPANIES SET FOR CHARITY BOOST IN SCOTLAND

An innovative new funding initiative developed by Scotland’s most comprehensive medical research charity will provide a significant boost for businesses in the key life-sciences sector.

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24th May 2011

Medical testing firm Omega Diagnostics signs US deal

Alva-based medical testing company Omega Diagnostics has signed a deal covering the sale and distribution of its Food Detective kit in the US.

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20th May 2011

SLA writes to new Ministers

Edinburgh, 20th May 2011.  John Brown, as Chairman of the SLA, has written to Nicola Sturgeon congratulating her on her re-appointment as Cabinet Secretary for Health, and highlighting the SLA’s mission to sustain and grow life sciences in Scotland.  John has also written in similar terms to John Swinney as Cabinet Secretary for Finance and to the new Enterprise Minister, Fergus Ewing.   In these letters, John identified the following priorities for the SLA:-

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13th Apr 2011

SLA appoints David Harrison to the Advisory Board

Edinburgh, 13th April 2011. The Scottish Lifesciences Association has recruited a wide cross section of companies from the medical devices, diagnostics, biopharmaceutical and contract research organisations across Scotland. It is continuing to strengthen the board to enhance the Association’s support for the Scottish economy.

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6th Apr 2011

Medical Research Scotland announces an innovative change in funding stream

Following a strategic review of Medical Research Scotland's activities, including a detailed consideration of how our funds are best used to support young people in biomedical research in Scotland, the Trustees have decided to introduce an innovative new funding stream which will replace the traditional Project Grants. The very firm intention is to continue to support the careers of such young people, albeit by a different route.

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6th Apr 2011

Sistemic's, SistemRNA platform selected by Redx Pharma for drug development screening

Glasgow, Scotland 6th April 2011; Fast growing Sistemic has signed a master service agreement with Redx Pharma, to provide its SistemRNA™ suite of drug development tools, to accelerate Redx Pharma’s preclinical development pipeline, of over 250new drug candidates.This comes on the back of the successful completion of a project which added significant value to one of Redx Pharma’s lead programmes whilst providing a significant cost saving. The news follows Sistemic’s announcement in February of an 82% increase in sales from the same period a year ago.

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28th Mar 2011

SLA appoints John A Brown as Director of Policy

Edinburgh, 28th  March 2011. The Scottish Lifesciences Association is delighted to announce the appointment of John A Brown as it Director of Policy.   The Scottish Lifesciences Association has made a solid start to it operations in Scotland. Following the announcement to set up a Scottish body in November 2010, the Association has successfully recruited a cross section of companies from the medical devices, diagnostics, biopharmaceutical and contract research organisations across Scotland.

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17th Mar 2011

Grant Thornton calls upon the Government to protect R&D tax incentive schemes for all businesses

The Government must protect the incentive schemes that encourage investment in research and development “across the board”, says leading business and financial advisers Grant Thornton, and not be tempted by the findings of the Dyson report to restrict tax benefits to a specific sector or type of technology in this month’s Budget.   Grant Thornton says that R&D tax credit provides a clear and demonstrable incentive to invest in innovation, which is vital to the UK and Scottish economy. Suggestions that the Government might scale down this benefit by restricting its availability to ‘high-tech’ organisations, as put forward by Sir James Dyson, is causing concern.   Neil McInnes for Grant Thornton in Scotland goes on to say that while finance remains one of the biggest challenges for Scottish companies, R&D tax credits enable many SMEs and start-ups to maintain a sustained R&D programme.   He says:

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15th Mar 2011

AXIS-SHIELD 2010 PRELIMINARY RESULTS

REVENUES EXCEED £100 MILLION & MAIDEN DIVIDEND ANNOUNCED

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15th Mar 2011

New funding for telehealthcare

 

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3rd Feb 2011

Sistemic Sales Gain Pace in 2011

Glasgow, Scotland, February 2, 2011 / b3c newswire / - Sistemic, focussed on providing microRNA-based problem solving services and kit based products to the life sciences research and development markets, is certainly living up to its high growth expectations and award winning tag as Nexxus, Most Promising Company of the Year and has now started 2011 with a bang. This month the company has signed Master Service Agreements with RedX Pharma based in Liverpool, a subsidiary of a large pharmaceutical company in Cambridge, Massachusetts and not forgetting about their home ground, Glasgow University. The gain in the market has been driven by their solid science aligned with their focused commercial strategy which in turn has driven an 82 % increase in sales from the same month a year ago. This places Sistemic on a very firm footing from which it will further expand its efforts globally over the coming year as well as marks a significant milestone in its growth. Sistemic’s Chief Executive, Jim Reid commented that “….It has been a great start to the year and really confirms the strength and broad applicability of our technologies. Sistemic is about giving our clients more instructive information on their system from microRNA profiling, be it in drug discovery or cell QC. The Sistemic approach gives the knowledge to our clients to guide their future development or business decisions and this unique position is resulting in significant commercial interest. 2011 has started well and we expect this to continue with the company continuing to expand its patent protected portfolio of products and services, increasing its Glasgow & Boston facilities as well as expanding internationally to service its increasing global customer base”. Dr. Neil Murray of RedX Pharma commented “We have found the Sistemic approach unique and compelling and we look forward to developing a long and mutually beneficial relationship with them where they will help us with our drug discovery programmes, to bring new treatments faster, cheaper and with more chance of success to the market”. Sistemic’s primary business is focussed on providing innovative microRNA-based problem-solving services and kit-based products to areas of unmet need within Pharmaceutical, Biotechnology markets and the Cell Therapy community. MicroRNAs are seen as the master controllers of a cell and as such Sistemic believe that they are providing instructive information on effects on a whole cell or organism rather than an isolated pathway. This system approach means that the data produced is more indicative of the biology and more diagnostic of actual effect. Their extensive suite of tools for the Cell Therapy community includes SistemQC™ which is used to characterise cells including stem cells, as well as monitoring the QC of production. In addition, the drug development markets are served through a range of products which include SistemTOX™, SistemKB™ and SistemRNA™.

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27th Jan 2011

SLA Launches

The SLA is now up and running. From the 1st January 2011 the Scottish Lifesciences Industry has a new association. This group has been formed from the BIA (Scotland) but now covers medical devices and diagnostics. This new association has been welcomed by the Scottish government and industry.

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Collagen Solutions To Work On Parkinson's Disease Research Project

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Gerald Chan's Morningside Ventures to fund COVID19 Vaccine development

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