The 1st International Conference on Engineering Biology, co-founded by the pioneering National Industrial Translation Centre for Synthetic Biology – SynbiCITE – and the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), has announced world experts Professor Jay Keasling and Professor Chris Voigt as keynote speakers, as well as a range of other international speakers.

ReViral, an antiviral drug discovery and development company developing innovative therapies against Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV), announced today the initiation of a Phase 1 clinical trial for RV521, its novel orally-active small molecule inhibitor of RSV fusion.

Salt Lake City, USA, 14th October 2016 / Sciad Newswire / The Institute for Healthcare Valuation (IHV) and Consultants’ Training Institute (CTI) are pleased to announce premier healthcare valuation training through a distance education program, the Certificate of Educational Achievement (CEA) for Advanced Education in Healthcare Valuation. The program will launch in the summer of 2017 and will bridge the…

London, UK, 25th October 2016 / Sciad Newswire / The RSA Group, the world’s largest Talent Consultancy in Life Sciences, has announced the appointment of Natalie Walter as a Non-Executive Director to its Board. She will join the Board with immediate effect. Natalie is a Corporate Partner in the life sciences practice at Covington, a leading global law…

NALIA Systems, a developer of novel multiplex immunodiagnostic systems for clinical and research applications, announces the expansion of its board following the recent successful £500,000 fund raising.

London, UK, 18th October 2016 / Sciad Newswire / NALIA Systems, a developer of novel multiplex immunodiagnostic systems for clinical and research applications, has succeeded in raising £500,000 from Syndicate Room and its own investor network, exceeding fundraising targets by 25%. The funding will enable prototype development for a multi-biomarker diagnostic device, as well as a series of…

London, UK, 18th October 2016 / Sciad Newswire / The RSA Group – the world’s largest talent consultancy in life sciences – announces the appointment of Thomas Schleimer as a Partner.  Formerly a Managing Partner with a well-known life sciences executive search boutique, Thomas has led teams in executive search and industry for over 25 years with experience in…

Cambridge, UK, 18th October 2016 / Sciad Newswire / An international group of population health experts is calling for sharing of health data to be the norm if precision health agendas are to succeed and build sustainable health systems. Key messages Health systems are failing citizens and need radical revamp Success of precision health agenda hinges on data…

Dublin, Ireland, 17th October 2016 / Sciad Newswire / Professor Clifford Hughes was speaking in anticipation of the publication of a White Paper published by the International Journal for Quality in Health Care (ISQua) today which discusses the impact of current and impending pressure of ageing populations which will present significant planning and budgetary challenges for global healthcare systems….

According to new research from specialist recruiter Hobson Prior, home-working is growing ever more popular in the life sciences sector: 32% of professionals surveyed have seen an increase in the number of home-working opportunities available.