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UK Trade & Investment and the China Britain Business Council are organising a 'Medical Technologies Trade Mission to China' from the 15th to 20th April 2012.

Join this mission to:…

Innovative science and research centre and a top-quality public healthcare centre focusing on prevention, early detection and cure primarily of cardiovascular and neurological diseases offers great opportunity for equipment suppliers.

Please find more here on the UKTI homepage

JAG Shaw, venture capital and private equity lawyers, in conjunction with Astia, are proud to announce a breakfast seminar to discuss Scottish venture and investment in the life sciences and high tech sectors and the role of Astia to ensure the success of women entrepreneurs within these sectors.

Astia is a global community dedicated to the success of women-led, high-growth ventures.  Founded in Silicon Valley in 1998, Astia works with start-ups and growth-stage companies…

By Alan Lindsay

Strathclyde Institute of Medical Devices (SIMD) and the Glasgow Clinical Research Facility (CRF) co-hosted an event at the CRF’s Western Infirmary site on the 15^th November 2011. The aim of the event was to inform SMEs on doing medical technology clinical trials in the NHS. 

The event was attended by 40 people, primarily from Scottish SMEs and the NHS and was chaired by Mrs Shona McDermott…

Featuring new facilities, new projects, new partnerships, new appointments, new ventures and much more.  Download the latest issue of Nexxus News and the December issue of the SINAPSE newsletter which was enclosed with it, at http://nexxusscotland.com/news/newsletters.  Enjoy!

Academic Research Post - General Practitioner

The initial focus of the post is to support and oversee a ‘proof of concept’ informatics study which aims to create an anonymised research data base.

For more information click here.

Scottish Enterprise are inviting Scottish universities, research institutes and NHS Boards with intellectual assets in medical technologies to submit an expression of interest for Proof of Concept funding by 31 January 2012.

The Scottish Enterprise(SE) Proof of Concept Programme (PoCP) helps commercialise scientific knowledge that leads to the establishment of new high-growth…

The EuroMeeting attracts more than 3,000 professionals from over 50 countries.  It brings together professionals from the biopharmaceutical industry, contract service organisations, clinical research, regulatory agencies, health ministries, patients’ organisations and universities.

For this event, the Clinical Contract Research Association (CCRA) has booked a number of stands and will co-ordinate freight and offer help with VAT recovery.

SMEs that satisfy the eligibility…

The UK has one of the strongest and most productive life sciences industries in the world, contributing to patient well-being as well as supporting growth.

The industry is high-tech, innovative, and highly diverse, spanning pharmaceuticals, medical technology, biotechnology, and industrial biotechnology and has applications across many other sectors. Through the development of innovative medicines, medical technologies and services, its businesses contribute to a stronger and fairer…

A project led by the Centre for Rural Health, a research unit involving the University of the Highlands and Islands and the University of Aberdeen, which looked at the role of older people in rural life, and helped to devise community support schemes, has been nominated for a major European Commission award.

The O4O: Older People for Older People scheme, which investigated ways to enable older people to live happily and healthily in their homes and communities, as well as making…

Renishaw Diagnostics Ltd, developers of the RenDx™ Multiplex Assay System for infectious disease research and diagnosis, has announced that it has been certified to ISO 13485:2003 for the following scope: design, development, product manufacture and management of subcontracted manufacture of molecular diagnostic systems for infectious diseases.

ISO 13485 is a standard, published in 2003, that represents the requirements for a comprehensive management system for the design and…

A project led by the Centre for Rural Health, a research unit involving the University of the Highlands and Islands and the University of Aberdeen, which looked at the role of older people in rural life, and helped to devise community

support schemes, has been nominated for a major European Commission award.



The O4O: Older…

To catch up on all of the latest life science activity in the Centre for Health Science and the Highlands and Islands, read the Winter edition of our newsletter:

http://newsletters.plexusmedia.co.uk/t/r-A2DD592034A02440

A competition has been launched to give innovative companies the chance to compete for part of an £18 million funding pot for research and development ideas.

The Technology Strategy Board, together with Scottish Enterprise, is seeking proposals for business-focussed R&D projects in the areas of sensors systems and informatics – particularly projects that could lead to innovation of products or applications that support future development.

David Bott, Director of…

The Centre for Health Science Company is delighted to announce the addition of two new health related companies into its state of the art building.  Albasoft Ltd, a clinical informatics company, has taken up dedicated office space and Health Science Solutions Limited, a recent business start up, is taking advantage of the Centre’s new virtual office

facilities for an initial period of 6 months.   



Lindsey Moodie, Business Development Manager for the Centre for Health…

UKTI will run a trade mission to Japan focussed on Life Sciences, date: 13-17 Feb 2012. At this mission, UK Biotech & Pharma and Healthcare & Medical companies have an opportunity to access key decision-makers and find future business partners within this lucrative market.

Why Japan?  

• Japan is the world’s 2^nd largest pharmaceutical market in the world worth £65bn.  At 11% of the global market, it is bigger…

The MASTS Annual Science Meeting ("Science to Underpin Scotland's Marine Plan") was held at the Edinburgh Conference Centre, Heriot Watt University on 22-24th August 2011. The themes of the Annual Science Meeting (ASM) matched those articulated in Scottish Government’s strategic vision for  “clean, healthy, safe, productive, biologically diverse marine and coastal environments, managed to meet the long terms needs of nature and people”. The conference was attended by approximately 150…

Scottish Enterprise release first Insight reports on the topic of Sustainability

With the global population predicted to rise from 6.7bn today to 9.2bn by 2050 we have increasing demands on food, feed, and fuel and manage more waste. Life science technologies offers solutions to challenges in Animal Health, Crops and Ingredients for Food and Feed, and Industrial Biotechnology, as highlighted in this report.

The five page executive summary of…

I've added a link on the right hand side to the new LinkedIn group for the Centre for Health Sciences for anyone interesting in joining.

We also have links to the Nexxus, Global…

The European gateway www.toolsofscience.eu is now launched with entries from 13 bioregions across Europe. The bioregions have collected information on the best facilities and service companies from their regions in a searchable database. National and regional financing opportunities to support R&D projects of life science companies are also featured, as well as guidelines and useful links to collaboration tools.



Tools of Science…