Scottish life sciences to be £25 billion sector A new plan to help Scotland’s Life Sciences sector become a £25 billion industry by 2035 has been published at an event at the University of Dundee’s new Life Sciences Innovation Hub. The Scottish Government’s refreshed Life Sciences Strategy, co-produced... 20th Nov 2025
Scientists on brink of overcoming livestock diseases through gene editing Prof Eleanor Riley, director of the Roslin Institute in Edinburgh, said new techniques will soon allow breeders to genetically engineer... 17th Mar 2018
Johnson & Johnson receives $2.1B bid for LifeScan diabetes unit Private equity group Platinum Equity has offered Johnson & Johnson $2.1 billion for LifeScan. J&J has until the middle of June... 16th Mar 2018
UK Participation in Horizon 2020: overview with Q&A An overview of the implications of the Joint Report on progress during the first Brexit phase for the UK’s relationship... 14th Mar 2018
MGB Biopharma receives funding of £2.78m from Innovate UK A biopharmaceutical company developing novel anti-infectives has been awarded a £2.78 million grant to take forward clinical trials of a... 14th Mar 2018
University of Glasgow to lead innovative European prostate cancer programme A collaborative partnership between academic and industrial institutions in the UK, Finland, Germany, Greece and the Netherlands, the network will... 14th Mar 2018
NHS boards to link up health and social care data in Scotland From early 2019, NHS Highland, NHS Grampian, NHS Orkney and NHS Shetland will be able to share information across primary,... 14th Mar 2018