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Translational Medicine Research Initiative highlighted as a key development of last year
The £15 million funding for 39 medical research projects through the Translational Medicine Research Initiative has been highlighted as one of our key developments in 2007-2008.
28 August 2008
Author: Sarah Cross
BIA Scotland golf event – 4 September, Alyth
Following the success of the first BIA Scotland Golf Event of 2008, a second event will take place at Glenisla Golf Club, Alyth.
18 August 2008
Author: Life Sciences team
Applications of Information Visualisation in Bioinformatics – 15 September, Edinburgh
The objective of this workshop is to bring together end users and developers in microarray and genomics applications.
18 August 2008
Author: Life Sciences Team
Covidien acquires Cardiodigital’s US arm
Covidien, a leading global supplier of healthcare products, has acquired technology assets from CardioDigital Inc, whose parent company – CardioDigital Ltd – is based in Edinburgh.
18 August 2008
Author: Life Sciences team
ProStrakan expands licensing deal to US
ProStrakan and Orexo have extended their existing European licensing agreement for Rapinyl™ (Abstral®), for breakthrough cancer pain, to include North America.
18 August 2008
Author: Life Sciences team
West and East collaborate to enhance life science status
Nexxus, the West of Scotland BioScience Network has secured funding to continue its activities for a further three years in the West of Scotland.
18 August 2008
Author: Life Sciences team
Pilot opportunity for medical technologies
The BioIndustry Association (BIA) and Medical Devices in Scotland (MDiS) are looking for technologies for a pilot initiative between NHS Scotland and the Scottish life sciences sector.
18 August 2008
Author: Life Sciences team
Phage conference sparks talk of new trade body
The first international phage biotechnology conference, which was held at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre, is expected to lead to the formation of an International Phage Society and trade body.
18 August 2008
Author: Life Sciences team
Pharmaceutical collaboration attracts £10.8m
The University of Dundee and the Medical Research Council (MRC) have announced new funding of almost £11 million from a consortium of pharmaceutical companies for the Division of Signal Transduction Therapy (DSTT), a groundbreaking collaboration that aims to attack major global diseases.
18 August 2008
Author: Life Sciences team
Royal Medal for Sir David Lane
Sir David Lane has been presented with a prestigious Royal Medal by His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh.
18 August 2008
Author: Life Sciences team