UK Govt backs launch of gene therapy centre with £60m+
Posted on 23 Apr 2018 by Marc Hauschild
The Cell and Gene Therapy Catapult's has today (23 April) opened a unique cell and gene therapy manufacturing centre. Pharmaceuticals
IoT tech in pharma sector to be worth £1.7bn by 2020
Posted on 20 Mar 2018 by Marc Hauschild
IoT software and services in the pharmaceutical sector will be worth $2.4bn (£1.7bn) by 2020, according to newly released data. £10m to fund new medicine manufacturing methods
Posted on 26 Feb 2018 by Marc Hauschild
Innovate UK has up to £10m to invest in projects that develop innovative manufacturing methods for producing medicines.
Japanese medical device maker invests £33m in UK subsidiary
Posted on 13 Feb 2018 by Marc Hauschild
Tokyo-based Terumo Corporation has announced an investment of £33m in one of its Scottish subsidiary companies, Vascutek Limited, located near Glasgow. UK pharmaceutical receives £1.9m Innovate UK injection
Posted on 12 Feb 2018 by Marc Hauschild
Cobra Biologics and Symbiosis Pharmaceutical Services have been awarded a collaborative grant of £1.9m from Innovate UK. 3D printed smart gel for targeted drug delivery invented
Posted on 2 Feb 2018 by Marc Hauschild
Engineers at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, have invented a ‘4D printing’ method for a smart gel that could lead to the development of living’ structures in human organs and tissues, soft robots and targeted drug delivery. Pfizer profits get huge boost from US tax cuts
Posted on 31 Jan 2018 by Michael Cruickshank
Multinational pharmaceutical manufacturer Pfizer announced massive profits this week on the back of large corporate tax cuts in the United States.
Medical manufacturing receives £70m boost from Govt
Posted on 22 Jan 2018 by Marc Hauschild
New Science Minister Sam Gyimah is to announce £70m of funding to create new manufacturing centres to help speed up the development of new medicines in London today. Smart factories set to contribute up to £1.13 trillion to the global economy
Posted on 17 Oct 2017 by Aiden Burgess
Smart factories are set to become a revolutionary force of the manufacturing industry and provide a massive boost to the global economy, according to a new report by multinational information technology consulting company, Capgemini. UK scientists develop world’s first molecular robot
Posted on 3 Oct 2017 by Michael Cruickshank
A team of UK scientists has become the first in the world to build a functional robot able to work at a molecular scale.