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UK-based biotech company Vitrology has started testing a vaccine for swine flu.
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2 July 2009
ProStrakan Group plc (LSE: PSK), the international specialty pharmaceutical company, announced on 30th June 2009 that it has completed the reimbursement pricing process with the French authorities for its pan-European breakthrough cancer pain product, Abstral, earlier than expected and, as a result, plans to launch this product in the important French market next month.
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2 July 2009
A SCOTTISH medical technology company has made the first of an expected string of acquisitions, buying a firm which makes a ground-breaking device which measures the consciousness of patients under anaesthetic.
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Date:
26 May 2009
The first 15 projects in the innovative medicines Joint Technology Initiative have been announced. Together, they will receive €246 million from the European Commission and the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (EFPIA).
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22 May 2009
Lab901 launches the ScreenTape® system for rapid and fully automated gel electrophoresis.
Edinburgh, UK – Lab901, a developer of innovative automation for life sciences, has launched the ScreenTape® system, the first fully automated, walk-away solution for gel electrophoresis.
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21 May 2009
BELLSHILL, SCOTLAND: The specialist oligonucleotide reagent manufacturer, Link Technologies Limited, is pleased to announce the commercialisation and launch of TC RNA Monomers under exclusive license with Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A). Under the terms of the agreement Link will manufacture and sell the four RNA monomer phosphoramidite reagents for use in research. No financial details of the agreement have been disclosed.
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21 May 2009
STRONG early sales of two key cancer treatments saw ProStrakan yesterday report a 40 per cent rise in sales in the first four months of the year.
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Date:
19 May 2009
Scottish life sciences fledgling Burdica Biomed yesterday announced the launch of a new fertility treatment - its first product - on the back of a £200,000 funding round completed at the end of last month.
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19 May 2009
While the recession has prompted big cuts in investment across the UK, a Scottish firm that makes thin films that can help people to stop snoring has spent more than £1m on new kit ahead of a big growth push.
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13 May 2009
Hi-tech businesses, including a firm which is developing testing equipment for prostate cancer, are to receive almost £3 million from the Scottish Government's SMART:SCOTLAND awards programme.
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13 May 2009
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