SGS celebrated the official opening of the Biologics, Viral Vaccine, Gene and Cell Therapy Testing facility expansion in Glasgow, UK earlier this month (Thursday May 9, 2019). The newly extended state-of-the-art facility now doubles the total floor space from 1,200 m2 to 2,400 m2. On the day, SGS was delighted to welcome Sharon McKendry, Head of Trade: Science, Energy & Technology at Scottish Development International and Gerry McCarron,...
Synpromics Ltd, the leader in gene control, and Lonza Pharma & Biotech announce a partnership for the commercialisation of a number of inducible promoters to improve the manufacturing of biopharmaceuticals. The commercial agreement with Lonza follows the award of an Innovate UK grant to Synpromics announced on 23 April 2018. Lonza and Synpromics worked together to develop and test these innovative promoters in Lonza’s industry-leading GS Xceed®Expression System. The inducible...
Freeline, a biotechnology company focused on developing curative gene therapies for chronic systemic diseases, has secured a collaborative grant of £1.3 million from Innovate UK to lead a supply chain model and delivery development project in partnership with Symbiosis Pharmaceutical Services (Symbiosis) and the Cell and Gene Therapy Catapult (CGTC). The project is intended to create a UK based novel viral vector supply chain and to increase the speed...
Scottish science is set to receive a multimillion pound boost to transform training for doctors who undertake cancer research – and help retain women scientists in the field. Cancer Research UK is to award over £6 million to its research centres in Glasgow and Edinburgh to train early-career clinician scientists – doctors who also carry out medical research. The joint Clinical Academic Training Programme Award...
Major success for our Scottish Life Sciences sector at this year’s Queen’s Awards for Enterprise with wins from Optos, Tissue Solutions and PHASTAR. Optos business’ mission to save eyesight is recognised by Queen’s Awards Optos, a Fife-based company, that specialises in the design and manufacture of advanced retinal imaging technology has been recognised for its innovation with a 2019 Queen’s Award for Enterprise. Optos, which...
Tissue Solutions Ltd, an award winning virtual biobank and tissue acquisition company that helps researchers ethically source biological materials, has won the prestigious Queen’s Award for Enterprise in the International Trade category. Now in its 53rd year, these awards are announced on the Queen’s birthday and are one of the UK’s highest accolades recognising business achievement. It is the second time Tissue Solutions has been...