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- Glasgow expert finds statins increase risk of diabetes
- Statins increase the risk of diabetes, but the absolute risk is low - especially when compared with a reduction in coronary events, a Glasgow academic has found.
- 19 February 2010
- Napier University and City University of Hong Kong establish Hong Kong's first Biofuel Research Centre
- The Scottish Development International team in Hong Kong has helped facilitate a biofuel collaboration between Edinburgh Napier University (ENU) and City University of Hong Kong (CityU).
- 19 February 2010
- 2009 best financial year yet for ClinTec International
- Despite a challenging global economic climate, ClinTec International reports a 45 per cent rise in global sales revenues, with innovative services developed in 17 new countries and 115 new hires during the past 12 months
- 19 February 2010
- Taconic Establishes Unit in Edinburgh, Scotland, U.K.
- Taconic (based in Hudson, New York) announces the establishment of a specialized breeding facility in Edinburgh. The facility will be used for the development and production of the most technologically advanced models available to scientists today, while creating new jobs locally.
- 19 February 2010
- Life Sciences awards recognise Scotland's best
- Scotland's leading life sciences companies, innovators and academics were recognised last night, Thursday 4 February, at the Scottish Enterprise Life Sciences Annual Dinner 2010.
- 5 February 2010
- BBSRC heralds 'Age of Bioscience' with launch of new strategic plan
- The Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) has today outlined the strategic framework that will shape its direction and funding decisions for the next 5 years.
- 2 February 2010
- Controlled Therapeutics Collaborates with CONRAD to Develop Vaginal Ring for Prevention of HIV Infection
- Controlled Therapeutics (Scotland) Ltd (CTS) today announced that it has initiated a development programme in partnership with CONRAD, a USA based not-for-profit product development organization. The programme will assess whether CTS' new polymer drug delivery system can be used in the form of a vaginal ring to deliver effective doses of microbicides for periods of up to three months, the aim being to prevent the transmission of HIV and other viral infections.
- 2 February 2010
- Syntropharma Signs US Marketing and Distribution Agreement with Ranbaxy for Generic Transdermal Product
- Syntropharma, an emerging pharmaceutical company focused on niche therapeutics and transdermal products, has signed an agreement with Ranbaxy Pharmaceuticals Inc. ("RPI"), a wholly owned subsidiary of Ranbaxy Laboratories Limited ("RLL")
- 1 February 2010
- Forth Photonics to resume manufacturing in UK
- Scottish medical devices company Forth Photonics is set to return its manufacturing to the UK.
- 7 January 2010
- NovaBiotics ready to out-licence fungal nail infection treatment
- Scottish biotechnology company Novabiotics has completed early trials of Novexatin, a treatment for fungal nail infection that is thought to affect around 12% of the world's populaiton.
- 7 January 2010
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