Concept Life Sciences (Concept) announced it has invested £250k in new equipment at its East Kilbride analytical services site. The integrated drug discover, development and analytical services companies investment has doubled capacity across many capabilities. Concept plans to increase headcount at the East Kilbride site by 8 FTEs in order to support the increase in capacity and workload. To read the full article, click here.
Following analysis conducted by Fraser of Allander Institute (FAI) it has been found that the pharmaceutical sector is worth £2.7billion a year to the Scottish economy. As well as this, the industry employs 5,000 people in Scotland and indirectly supports 16,500 jobs. The report- commissioned by the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI) Scotland, also showed that Scotland has been accounting for an increasing...
Roylance Storage become new players in the biostorage sector in Scotland. The new 15,000sqft, state of the art Stability Storage facility opened at BioCity in Scotland offering simulation of environmental conditions as well as providing a trusted outsourced environmental testing service in their brand new, purpose-built multi-point validated chambers. To read the full article, click here.
The Scotsman Life Sciences Conference took place on the 21st November at the Technology and Innovation Centre, University of Strathclyde. Delegates from across the sector gathered to discuss the key actions required to achieve the sector’s ambitious strategy of delivering turnover of £8billion by 2025. The conference provided an invaluable opportunity to understand the key challenges for companies within the sector. Key discussion points covered...
NovaBiotics, the clinical-stage anti-infectives biotechnology company, has been named Most Innovative EU Biotech SME at EuropaBio’s 8th Annual SME Awards in Brussels, recognising the Company’s innovation in tackling Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) as one of our greatest global health challenges. NovaBiotics is a leading innovator in the anti-infectives space and have gone back to the drawing board to develop a novel approach to antibacterial and antifungal...
Researchers at the University of Aberdeen have scanned the first set of patients with their prototype Fast Field Cycling MRI scanner. The new technology has been likened to “100 MRIs in one”. The new scanner can extract more information than a traditional MRI machine by switching the strength of the magnetic field during the scanning procedure. The prototype has been used to image the brains...