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ProStrakan, the Galashiels-based speciality pharmaceutical company, have revealed in their interim management statement that in the period of 1 January - 30 April 2008, revenues have increased by 38 per cent.
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16 May 2008
Touch Bionics, developer of the i-LIMB Hand, the world’s first commercially available, multi-articulating bionic hand, has acquired the complete operations of LIVINGSKIN.
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16 May 2008
A transatlantic venture is to examine new ways to design drugs in the fight against HIV, using the world’s most powerful supercomputer – IBM’s Blue Gene.
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13 May 2008
A leading international wellness company is to invest £10 million into a new research centre in Scotland creating 25 more jobs.
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13 May 2008
If you would like to learn more about FP7 and IMI funding and this year’s call for applications there a number of seminar sessions planned for May.
The half day sessions will provide an overview of FP7 & IMI funding and details of the topics covered in the 2008 call. If you would like to find out more then please register for one of the events. Registration is free on a first-come first served basis.
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9 May 2008
Applications are invited for Scottish Enterprise-RSE Fellowships. The timelines for the first round will see the first awards commencing in October of this year.
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9 May 2008
Scots scientists have discovered a new protein in humans that plays an important role in repairing DNA damage that could lead to cancer.
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9 May 2008
ProStrakan, the Galashiels-based specialist pharmaceutical company, has announced positive results from its pivotal US clinical programme on Fortigel – its testosterone replacement therapy for hypogonadal men. Based on the reported results, ProStrakan hope to re-file Fortigel with the Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) in Q3 2008.
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9 May 2008
Research conducted by scientists from the Universities of St Andrews and Dundee has shown how a major anti-tumour gene can be controlled. The discovery could lead to more effective chemotherapy.
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9 May 2008
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