THE Northern Health Science Alliance (NHSA), the organisation leading the North’s health science development across the Northern Powerhouse, has appointed a leading North medic to its board of directors.
Professor Paul Stewart is the Executive Dean of the Faculty of Medicine & Health and Dean of the Medical School at the University of Leeds. He is also a Non-Executive Director and an Honorary Consultant Endocrinologist at the Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. He will take a leading role in helping to develop the Northern Health Science Alliance’s role in advocating for, and attracting...
Deutsche Post DHL Group, the leading global mail and logistics company, and Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, today announced a global partnership to help improve vaccine supply chains in Gavi-supported countries.
As immunization programs expand to include new, life-saving vaccines and strive to reach more people, often in remote areas, they are increasingly constrained by outdated supply chains. With vaccine volumes continuing to increase and the persistence of often weak or broken health systems, there is a critical need for improvements in immunization supply chain infrastructure.
BMG LABTECH unveils new visual brand identity and showcases the streamlined readers at SLAS 2017
BMG LABTECH’s visual appearance is heading into a new direction. The microplate reader company launched a new corporate colour identity that will be rolled out across all products as well as external and internal communication channels in the coming weeks. “As the company grows and develops, it is important that our brand continues to reflect the high quality, reliability and innovation of our products....
Imaging technology company FluxData Inc. has joined Halma, a UK-based safety, health and environmental technology group.
The advanced multispectral and digital imaging designer and manufacturer will become the newest member of Halma’s Environmental and Analysis sector. Founded in 2006, FluxData provides multi-spectral and polarimetric imaging systems for a wide range of applications, including high volume production quality control, medical imaging, food and...
International medical imaging IT and cybersecurity company Sectra (STO: SECT B) announces a new distribution agreement with Opta-Tech.
Under the agreement, Opta-Tech will provide Sectra’s digital pathology solution to the Polish market. Digitizing pathology images increases reviewing efficiency due to fast image access and digital measurement tools. Since Sectra’s solutions for handling medical images are built on the same technical platform, medical images can easily be shared across disciplines. This enhanced ability of collaboration allows clinicians to benefit from integrated diagnostics...
ChargePoint Technology, the high growth manufacturer and innovator of specialist high containment and sterile transfer valves, has secured multi-million pound investment to meet global demand for its ground-breaking devices.
The Liverpool-based company struck a deal with private equity investor LDC, part of Lloyds Banking Group, to capitalise on the strong and increasing demand for its solutions internationally, particularly in North America, Europe and Asia, whilst accelerating sales of its innovative AseptiSafe® Bio product and investment in the development of new products in the aftercare market....
Investment will fund commercial launch of breath biomarker R&D services and clinical trials in lung and colon cancer screening
Owlstone Medical Ltd, a diagnostics company developing a breathalyzer for disease, today announced that it has successfully raised $11.55 million USD (£9.3 million GBP) financing. The investment round was led by existing investors, and will be used to commercially launch the company’s breath biomarker R&D services, including the opening of a new high volume clinical facility, and to fund ongoing clinical trials in lung and colon cancer screening. The funding follows...
The Royal Microscopical Society have announced Allison Winton as their new Chief Executive.
Since 1839, the RMS has been championing microscopy, supporting scientists at all stages of their career and promoting the science to a wider audience. But behind the scenes, a dedicated team of office staff ensure the Society is serving its members and hosting high quality events to scientists all over the world....
Read MoreNorthern Health Science Alliance CEO Recognised in New Year Honours ListJan 26, 2017
DR Hakim Yadi, chief executive of the Northern Health Science Alliance, has been recognised for his services to healthcare technology and the economy with an Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the New Year’s Honours List.
Dr Yadi is the founding CEO of the Northern Health Science Alliance Ltd (NHSA). Hakim led the formation of the NHSA, which links eight universities, eight NHS Teaching Trusts and four Academic Health Science Networks (AHSNs). Together the Alliance covers a population of over 15 million people. The NHSA acts as a single portal bringing together research, health science innovation and commercialisation to benefit researchers, universities, hospitals, patients as well as commercial partners...
Technology provides access to a new set of sensitive biosensors that will facilitate drug discovery
Domain Therapeutics, a France- and Quebec-based biopharmaceutical company that specializes in the research and development of new drug candidates that target G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs), announces the signing of a licensing agreement for its GPCR BioSens-All™ technology with Alkermes, a biopharmaceutical company that focuses on developing medicines for the treatment of central nervous system diseases....
Gates Foundation Grant to address market need for high volume, affordable and rapid cycle time pharmaceutical proteins.
DuPont Industrial Biosciences have announced receipt of a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to support a new area of research. The research project, which commences immediately, aims to create new production systems to enable affordable, protein-based biologic medications, such as antibodies....
The Festival of Genomics London brings together academia, biopharma and healthcare to explore the power of the genome in driving R&D and the diagnosis and treatment of disease into the future.
Stop by booth #29 to see the CLARIOstar®, the microplate reader that provides advanced flexibility and sensitivity for drug discovery, genomics, cancer studies and synthetic biology. The festival takes place from the 31st ofJanuary - the 1st of February and is thought for anyone generating, using, or studying genomic information....
The investors AURELIA, High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF), KfW, ILB, the - venture capital fund of the Sparkassen of Brandenburg and Business Angels sell their GILUPI shares to the strategic partner VIROAD.
GILUPI is a company developing and manufacturing personalized cancer diagnostics in Potsdam. Due to the takeover, GILUPI gets the opportunity to continue the development of its medical products and to diversify their range of products through in-vitro diagnostics. At the same time, the transaction allows the young biotechnology company the access to the attractive Chinese market...
Univercells and consortium partners Batavia Biosciences and Natrix Separations selected by Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to radically reduce vaccine costs for developing countries
Univercells announces today that it has been awarded a $12 million grant by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for the development of a breakthrough vaccine manufacturing platform, with the objective of radically lowering costs and increasing vaccine availability and affordability in developing countries....
Rena Robinson, University of Pittsburgh, recipient of the Pittsburgh Conference Achievement Award
The Pittcon Program Committee is pleased to announce this years recipients of 15 prestigious awards honoring scientists who have made outstanding contributions to analytical chemistry and applied spectroscopy. Each award will be presented in a scheduled symposium during Pittcon, the worlds leading conference and exposition for laboratory science, March 5-9, Chicago, Illinois....
Government must attract leaders to pursue career in the UK
Bold steps are needed to ensure UK science has a prominent place in the global economy after Brexit, says a Lords report out. The UK needs to retain current scientific talent and attract even more of the world’s leading scientists according to the Science and Technology Committee’s report A time for boldness: EU membership and UK science after the referendum...
Ziath to offer an exclusive single tube scanner promotion and showcase the latest developments of their popular handheld scanner at SLAS2017
Ziath, the specialists in sample tracking solutions for academia, biotech and pharma, announced today that they will be handing out special promotional codes for an offer exclusively for delegates attending SLAS2017 (4-8 February 2017, Washington DC). These codes will entitle each lucky customer to a free DataPaqTMSingle Tube Scanner with every rack scanner purchase....
Abacus will distribute Gyrolab™ immunoassay products in Australia and New Zealand
Gyros Protein Technologies AB, a pioneer in automated nanoliter-scale immunoassays and leading provider of peptide synthesizers and reagents, announced today that it has appointed Abacus ALS as exclusive distributor of its immunoassay products in Australia and New Zealand....
Astell Scientific, leaders in sterilization since 1884, are pleased to announce the launch of their new website.
Following recent corporate branding changes and the release of a new-look autoclave range, the new website combines these elements into a dynamic online platform suitable for browsing on modern digital devices. The website employs a bold and simple site structure designed to enhance navigation and showcase the full range of sterilization products available to customers....
A £1.4million investment will provide more space for life sciences companies at a Nottingham Enterprise Zone site - thanks to funding from the D2N2 Local Enterprise Partnership, Boots and MediCity.
Boots, the UK's leading pharmacy-led health and beauty retailer; MediCity, the business incubation site for health, wellbeing and life sciences enterprises; and D2N2 will fund the refurbishment of further areas within MediCity to create an additional 29,800 square foot space to host a cluster of new and growing health, medical technology and life sciences sector companies....
Thermo Fisher Scientific, the world leader in serving science, today announced it has delivered 34 events across Europe in 2016, including Sweden, Norway and Finland which came into the mix for the first time.
Emily Quinton, European marketing communications manager, commented: “This has been a great year for Activate Science. The programme continues to go from strength to strength and has extended into 11 countries, reaching nearly 3,000 delegates.” Activate Science events are aimed at all laboratory personnel, including anyone who uses or purchases products...
Porvair Sciences will showcase two important technical breakthroughs at PAG XXV in San Diego (USA) from January 14-18, 2017.
Their brand-new 96-well Seed Genomics plate sets a new standard for high throughput plant genomics sample preparation. Unlike most commercially available deep well plates, the Seed Genomics plate has been proven to withstand demanding applications using steel ball bearings in the wells shaken at up to 1500rpm used to homogenise seeds, leaves or tissue ready for DNA extraction...
Professor Paul Stewart is the Executive Dean of the Faculty of Medicine & Health and Dean of the Medical School at the University of Leeds. He is also a Non-Executive Director and an Honorary Consultant Endocrinologist at the Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. He will take a leading role in helping to develop the Northern Health Science Alliance’s role in advocating for, and attracting...
As immunization programs expand to include new, life-saving vaccines and strive to reach more people, often in remote areas, they are increasingly constrained by outdated supply chains. With vaccine volumes continuing to increase and the persistence of often weak or broken health systems, there is a critical need for improvements in immunization supply chain infrastructure.
BMG LABTECH’s visual appearance is heading into a new direction. The microplate reader company launched a new corporate colour identity that will be rolled out across all products as well as external and internal communication channels in the coming weeks. “As the company grows and develops, it is important that our brand continues to reflect the high quality, reliability and innovation of our products....
The advanced multispectral and digital imaging designer and manufacturer will become the newest member of Halma’s Environmental and Analysis sector. Founded in 2006, FluxData provides multi-spectral and polarimetric imaging systems for a wide range of applications, including high volume production quality control, medical imaging, food and...
Under the agreement, Opta-Tech will provide Sectra’s digital pathology solution to the Polish market. Digitizing pathology images increases reviewing efficiency due to fast image access and digital measurement tools. Since Sectra’s solutions for handling medical images are built on the same technical platform, medical images can easily be shared across disciplines. This enhanced ability of collaboration allows clinicians to benefit from integrated diagnostics...
The Liverpool-based company struck a deal with private equity investor LDC, part of Lloyds Banking Group, to capitalise on the strong and increasing demand for its solutions internationally, particularly in North America, Europe and Asia, whilst accelerating sales of its innovative AseptiSafe® Bio product and investment in the development of new products in the aftercare market....
Owlstone Medical Ltd, a diagnostics company developing a breathalyzer for disease, today announced that it has successfully raised $11.55 million USD (£9.3 million GBP) financing. The investment round was led by existing investors, and will be used to commercially launch the company’s breath biomarker R&D services, including the opening of a new high volume clinical facility, and to fund ongoing clinical trials in lung and colon cancer screening. The funding follows...
Since 1839, the RMS has been championing microscopy, supporting scientists at all stages of their career and promoting the science to a wider audience. But behind the scenes, a dedicated team of office staff ensure the Society is serving its members and hosting high quality events to scientists all over the world....
Dr Yadi is the founding CEO of the Northern Health Science Alliance Ltd (NHSA). Hakim led the formation of the NHSA, which links eight universities, eight NHS Teaching Trusts and four Academic Health Science Networks (AHSNs). Together the Alliance covers a population of over 15 million people. The NHSA acts as a single portal bringing together research, health science innovation and commercialisation to benefit researchers, universities, hospitals, patients as well as commercial partners...
Domain Therapeutics, a France- and Quebec-based biopharmaceutical company that specializes in the research and development of new drug candidates that target G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs), announces the signing of a licensing agreement for its GPCR BioSens-All™ technology with Alkermes, a biopharmaceutical company that focuses on developing medicines for the treatment of central nervous system diseases....
DuPont Industrial Biosciences have announced receipt of a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to support a new area of research. The research project, which commences immediately, aims to create new production systems to enable affordable, protein-based biologic medications, such as antibodies....
Stop by booth #29 to see the CLARIOstar®, the microplate reader that provides advanced flexibility and sensitivity for drug discovery, genomics, cancer studies and synthetic biology. The festival takes place from the 31st ofJanuary - the 1st of February and is thought for anyone generating, using, or studying genomic information....
GILUPI is a company developing and manufacturing personalized cancer diagnostics in Potsdam. Due to the takeover, GILUPI gets the opportunity to continue the development of its medical products and to diversify their range of products through in-vitro diagnostics. At the same time, the transaction allows the young biotechnology company the access to the attractive Chinese market...
Univercells announces today that it has been awarded a $12 million grant by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for the development of a breakthrough vaccine manufacturing platform, with the objective of radically lowering costs and increasing vaccine availability and affordability in developing countries....
The Pittcon Program Committee is pleased to announce this years recipients of 15 prestigious awards honoring scientists who have made outstanding contributions to analytical chemistry and applied spectroscopy. Each award will be presented in a scheduled symposium during Pittcon, the worlds leading conference and exposition for laboratory science, March 5-9, Chicago, Illinois....
Bold steps are needed to ensure UK science has a prominent place in the global economy after Brexit, says a Lords report out. The UK needs to retain current scientific talent and attract even more of the world’s leading scientists according to the Science and Technology Committee’s report A time for boldness: EU membership and UK science after the referendum...
Ziath, the specialists in sample tracking solutions for academia, biotech and pharma, announced today that they will be handing out special promotional codes for an offer exclusively for delegates attending SLAS2017 (4-8 February 2017, Washington DC). These codes will entitle each lucky customer to a free DataPaqTMSingle Tube Scanner with every rack scanner purchase....
Gyros Protein Technologies AB, a pioneer in automated nanoliter-scale immunoassays and leading provider of peptide synthesizers and reagents, announced today that it has appointed Abacus ALS as exclusive distributor of its immunoassay products in Australia and New Zealand....
Following recent corporate branding changes and the release of a new-look autoclave range, the new website combines these elements into a dynamic online platform suitable for browsing on modern digital devices. The website employs a bold and simple site structure designed to enhance navigation and showcase the full range of sterilization products available to customers....
Boots, the UK's leading pharmacy-led health and beauty retailer; MediCity, the business incubation site for health, wellbeing and life sciences enterprises; and D2N2 will fund the refurbishment of further areas within MediCity to create an additional 29,800 square foot space to host a cluster of new and growing health, medical technology and life sciences sector companies....
Emily Quinton, European marketing communications manager, commented: “This has been a great year for Activate Science. The programme continues to go from strength to strength and has extended into 11 countries, reaching nearly 3,000 delegates.” Activate Science events are aimed at all laboratory personnel, including anyone who uses or purchases products...
Their brand-new 96-well Seed Genomics plate sets a new standard for high throughput plant genomics sample preparation. Unlike most commercially available deep well plates, the Seed Genomics plate has been proven to withstand demanding applications using steel ball bearings in the wells shaken at up to 1500rpm used to homogenise seeds, leaves or tissue ready for DNA extraction...