By Dave Tudor, Chair of Life Sciences Scotland Industry Leadership Group Over the centuries Scotland has played a significant role in medical advancements and scientific innovations. But these aren’t confined to the past; this is Scotland’s future through the work and growth of Scotland’s life sciences sector. Scotland is a centre of life sciences excellence from the cloning of Dolly the sheep to advancements in...
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 BioCity UK Life Sciences Start-up report now has the benefit of 12 years of data on the creation and funding of life science companies. The document below highlights key findings from the report and demonstrates the impact the life sciences industry has in Scotland. To download the report findings, click here. To access the full report, click here.
Life sciences incubation business, BioCity, are set to further expand in Aberdeen’s world-class life sciences cluster following success at the headquarters in Nottingham. Delivered by BioCity Group in partnership with private sector economic development body Opportunity North East (ONE), the ONE Life Sciences Accelerator Programme will launch with a boot camp in early December, followed by a 12-week DEVELOP programme starting in January 2018. Toby...
The Centre of Tissue Repair (CTR) is expected to be completed in 2020. Together with the Centre of Regenerative Medicine, the CTR will form the Institute for Regeneration and Repair. The centres will work to discover new therapies to repair tissue damage caused by disease and injury. The CTR will bring together experts from different fields to develop existing research expertise in stem cell biology,...