SGS, a leading bio/pharmaceutical, analytical and bio-analytical contract solutions provider, today announced that it is introducing a Sanger sequencing service at its Glasgow, UK, laboratory, to support genetic stability testing and perform identity testing on cell banks, plasmids, and viral seeds/vectors. The new service, which will be available under Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) conditions, is supported by an investment in ABI Life Technologies’ validated 3500xl...
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...
The Scottish Life and Chemical Sciences Manufacturing Strategy has set out a bold vision to strengthen the economy and bring business opportunities to Scotland. Innovation will play a key role in responding to emerging global trends, and across Scotland this is becoming a real strength as demonstrated in a newly launched Manufacturing Innovation brochure. Focusing on technology sectors such as Continuous Manufacturing & Advanced Crystallisation, Industrial...
Capsugel announced that they have expanded clinical trial capabilities as well as increased development and manufacturing capabilities for specialised drug products using liquid-filled hard capsule (LFHC) technology. The expansion at Capsugel’s Edinburgh facility will also include a new isolators for high containment pre-dispensing and compounding, high- and low-shear compounding and holding tanks, an additional high-speed encapsulation machine, a capsule banding unit, and added high-containment capabilities for...
Changing the environment for, and approach to, the production of Life Sciences products will enable more of the intellectual assets developed in Scotland to lead to production in Scotland. We will continue to support the delivery of the Life and Chemical Sciences Manufacturing strategy launched in September 2015, focusing on its four main priorities. PRIORITIES Leadership confidence and promoting manufacturing We will empower companies and...
Life and Chemical Sciences Manufacturing Strategy Launched in 2015, the Life and Chemical Sciences Manufacturing Strategy by the industry leadership groups of both Life Sciences Scotland and Chemical Sciences Scotland. It is a supplementary document to both sectors’ strategies with the objective to substantially increase Scotland’s manufacturing base over the period, and set out the steps as to how this might be achieved. These objectives dovetail with...
Life and Chemical Sciences Manufacturing Strategy Launched in 2015, the Life and Chemical Sciences Manufacturing Strategy by the industry leadership groups of both Life Sciences Scotland and Chemical Sciences Scotland. It is a supplementary document to both sectors’ strategies with the objective to substantially increase Scotland’s manufacturing base over the period, and set out the steps as to how this might be achieved. These objectives dovetail...
Scotland is one of the largest Life Sciences clusters in Europe, employing over 41,000 people across some 770 organisations. Companies in the sector contribute in excess of £6.5bn turnover and about £2.4bn gross value added to the Scottish economy. The Scottish life sciences sector has grown at 9.6% per annum since 2010, putting it on track to exceed the strategy target of £8bn by...
Scotland is one of Europe’s leading locations for the development of stem cell applications. Long term government commitment to the sector and significant investments from industry and Scottish Enterprise have resulted in Scotland becoming home to one of Europe’s largest and most highly regarded stem cell research hubs. Scotland has an impressive track record throughout the cell therapy development, across all cell therapies: From cutting...
Industrial Biotechnology Scotland has an emerging international reputation in Industrial Biotechnology (IB) reflecting the cooperation and leadership coming from industry and Government. Scotland’s main strengths lie in our research excellence and highly skilled workforce. We have an abundance of sustainable raw materials and IB plays a key role in the future of sustainable manufacturing in Scotland utilisng these raw materials to reduce Scotland’s dependency on fossil...