• Scotland's strengths

    Scotland's strengths in the life sciences sector

  • Clinical expertise

    One national healthcare provider demonstrates scotland's coordinated approach

  • Academic expertise

    One national healthcare provider demonstrates scotland's coordinated approach

  • Collaborative partnerships

    Our pioneering multidisciplinary teams unite academic and clinical specialists

  • Access to technologies

    Find solutions and opportunities through our gateway organisations

Access to technologies

Are you thinking about licensing or collaboration, or do you need to access expertise to solve a problem? The expertise of Scotland's universities, research institutes, National Health Service and companies is easy to access by both Scottish and international companies.

Search the comprehensive database of Scottish organisations in the Life Sciences Scotland Directory or contact one of the organisations listed below or in the collaborations page for help in identifying academic or healthcare technologies and research.

Interface

Interface is a central access point for industry to Scotland's university research base, and provides information about the specialist expertise available at Scottish universities. The website gives up-to-date information, and the service offered is free, rapid, confidential and available to everyone. Interface has the ability to source appropriate expertise by accessing information on the knowledge, skills and facilities that exist within Scotland's universities.

SHIL (Scottish Health Innovations Ltd)

Scottish Health Innovations Ltd works in partnership with NHS Scotland to protect and develop new innovations that come from healthcare professionals.

By developing these ideas, SHIL creates new products and technologies that will improve patient care and generate income for NHS Scotland.

University-technology.com

University-technology.com is a collaboration of Scotland's leading universities and their respective technology transfer offices, which are dedicated to technology licensing for a wide range of technologies. It's aimed at companies seeking to in-license new technologies to develop into new products, applications or services.

The site highlights technology licensing opportunities and collaborative development opportunities currently available from 13 Scottish universities in one convenient location.

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  • Scottish Life Sciences Strategy

    The Life Sciences Advisory Board has refreshed its strategy to double the size of the sector in Scotland by 2020

  • Scottish Life Sciences 2010 Review

    Scotland’s life sciences community has remained resilient in the challenging global environment and the sector has continued to develop over the last 12 months

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