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Synpromics Announces Extension of Collaboration
Edinburgh, UK, 22nd June 2016 / Sciad Newswire / Synpromics Ltd, the leading synthetic promoter company, is pleased to announce an extension to the original collaboration with uniQure announced in January 2015, which focused on the development of synthetic promoters with up-regulated liver cell specific activity suitable for gene expression using an AAV vector. Synpromics has successfully met the project…
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RSA Group Publishes New Study on Leadership in Digital Health
Results reveal key differences between digital health and other life science companies.
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The UK’s First Bio-Hackathon to take place in Cambridge
Cambridge, UK, 20th June 2016 / Sciad Newswire / The UK’s first Bio-Hackathon takes place in Cambridge this week from 21st – 25th June. This marathon 72-hour competition, fuelled by caffeine and passion, will aim to solve some of the biggest problems in biology including reducing our carbon footprint, creating pest resistant crops and developing life saving medicine. Quite simply, bio-hacking is programming biology as…
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Batavia Biosciences Receives Grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to Support Vaccine Availability in Developing Countries
Advanced cell-line technology could reduce costs of vaccine production.
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UK Scientists – Brexit or Remain?
The lead up to the referendum on the 23rd of June has, unsurprisingly, proven divisive, with fault lines forming through entire political parties. No doubt it will continue to be divisive even after the country has made its decision. The predicted result according to the polls is close, perhaps leaning slightly towards remain. However given the…
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Desktop Genetics Winner of the 2016 Start-up Battle at Labiotech Refresh Conference
Berlin, Germany, 25th May 2016 / Sciad Newswire / The winner of the Start-up Battle, a pitching competition taking place at Labiotech’s conference Refresh in Berlin on 24th May 2016, was today announced as Desktop Genetics. This special session was sponsored by High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF). This fast-paced, interactive and lively session saw four innovative start-up companies pitch in front of a panel of experienced…
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Selcia Opens New Dedicated 14C GMP API Facility
Selcia opens new state-of-the-art API radiolabelling laboratory.
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Qualio Gets Nod from Silicon Valley and Takes on Life Sciences Industry
San Francisco, CA, USA, 20th May 2016 / Sciad Newswire / Irish software company Qualio scored big in Silicon Valley last week when it took the stage at 500 Startups Demo Day, showcasing its vision and growth milestones to a standing-room only audience of top investment firms in Mountain View. At the event hosted by Dave McClure, investors learned how Qualio,…
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Mercia Makes Follow-on Investment in Medherant’s Novel Transdermal Technology
Henley-in-Arden, UK, 5th May 2016 / Sciad Newswire / Mercia Fund Management (‘Mercia’), a leading investment business in UK innovation and wholly-owned subsidiary of Mercia Technologies PLC, has committed follow-on capital to Medherant Ltd, a University of Warwick spin-out developing a novel patch technology for delivery of a variety of drugs. Medherant’s patch, known as the TEPI-patch®, is a…
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The RSA Group Appoints Andreas Perklitsch as New Partner for Continental Europe
Frankfurt, Germany and London, UK, 3rd May 2016 /Sciad Newswire / The RSA Group, the world’s largest Talent Consultancy in Life Sciences, has announced the appointment of Andreas Perklitsch as Partner for its business across Continental Europe, covering the BeneLux, DACH and Central and Eastern Europe regions. Andreas was previously Co-CEO of Mediatum and its Managing Partner in Austria….