Healthcare and Life Science
Global pharma companies’ return on R&D investment increases after record low
Projected return on innovation in pharma R&D in 2023 has risen to 4.1 per cent, indicating a potential recovery from the long term downward trend in R&D productivity; The top 20 global pharmaceutical companies spent $145 billion on R&D investments in 2022-23*; AI is yet to...
Asimov achieves 10x improvement in lentiviral production, launches new stable cell line development service
Stable lentiviral (LV) cell line development service achieves unconcentrated titers >1E9 TU/mL for therapeutic transgenes. Fully stable cell lines have all viral genes and transgene stably integrated, enabling biomanufacturing scalability and a more robust production process. ...
Guardtech Group off to a stormer in 2024 as action-packed quarter one flies by
Haverhill-based cleanroom design & build experts are working on more than 20 significant projects concurrently – an all-time high ...
How baby Aurelia’s story delights international experts
An international conference that heard about an Addenbrooke’s invention that can save babies lives received a surprise input from two unexpected guests – the parents of one of the first babies to benefit from it. ...
Registration open for our Scientific Conference in June
We are excited to announce that you can now secure your spot for the 2nd NIHR BioResource Scientific Conference, taking place online on Wednesday 19 June 2024 from 9.30am to 12.30pm. ...
A critical time for AI, dementia and better brain health
Ahead of BioBeat24, Iraida Soria-Espinosa, Senior Innovation & Business Manager at UK DRI, and Miranda Weston-Smith, Founder of BioBeat, caught up with keynote speaker Zoe Kourtzi, Professor of Computational Cognitive Neuroscience at the University of Cambridge. ...
Owlstone Medical secures $6.5 million to support development of breath-based diagnostics for infectious disease
$5 million equity investment and initial $1.5 million grant funding committed by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for development of breath-based diagnostic solutions to improve outcomes in the developing world Funding represents the first time the foundation has taken an equit...
Researchers aim to analyse pangenomes using quantum computing
A new collaboration brings together a world-leading interdisciplinary team with skills across quantum computing, genomics, and advanced algorithms. They aim to tackle one of the most challenging computational problems in genomic science: building, augmenting and analysing pangenomic dat...
Sharing a free white paper to compare your IT support service
Breathe Technology wanted to share some valuable insights with you regarding the changing landscape of IT support for businesses and schools like yours. Our Managing Director recently penned a white paper outlining the shift from reactive break-fix models to proactive Full-Service MSP (...
Sphere Fluidics appoints Edward Rayner as Non-Executive Director
Ed Rayner joins Sphere Fluidics as new board member to strengthen the Company’s strategic vision and ambition for commercial growth. ...