Keeping your innovation secure: support for emerging tech startups
Innovative UK companies are attractive targets for state actors looking to steal technology, competitors seeking commercial advantage and criminals looking to profit from companies with weak security. Many businesses remain vulnerable through failing to implement basic security measures. Vital support is available from the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) and National Protective…
Riding the waves of change: Xingzhi Education and EFEC renew post-pandemic partnership for skills development
The UK’s National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER) predicts that over one million UK jobs could be lost to technological advancements and automation in the next decade.
Roland Acra, former CTO at Cisco, joins Nu Quantum as a Board Advisor
Roland Acra is the former CTO at Cisco and head of their Data Centre networking and server product division.
Exploring future collaborations: EFEC and WAITRO discuss international cooperation for sustainability
Excellence First Enterprise Consultancy Ltd (EFEC) is pleased to share the highlights of a recent meeting between our CEO, Lily Lin, and Dr. Paul Burrows, the Secretary General of the World Association of Industrial and Technological Research Organizations (WAITRO).
TTP plc proudly sponsors Cambridge Network’s “Women in STEM: Strategies for an Impactful Career” event
TTP plc, a leading technology and product development company, has been announced as the headline sponsor of the upcoming “Women in STEM: Strategies for an Impactful Career” event.
New podcast from Crayfish.io
Crayfish.io recently launched a full-length podcast, talking about cross-border business and investment between the UK and China.
Protect your website and customers
October is Cyber Security Awareness Month—a perfect opportunity for businesses in Cambridge and Cambridgeshire to strengthen their website security. Granite5 underscores the critical importance of protecting customer data, preventing downtime, and maintaining brand trust. By understanding common threats like malware, DDoS attacks, and phishing, and implementing essential measures such as HTTPS…
International award for ‘Connie the Puppet’ reveals an appetite for change in ethics and compliance
The award-winning project takes an innovative approach to ethics and compliance – making it tangible, accessible, engaging – and most importantly – actionable for all employees.
Cambridge reveals innovation blueprint to become world’s leading science and tech region
With the aim to achieve the same level of innovation in the next 10 years as the last 25 years.
Cognidox unveils exciting new integration features in v10.4 release
Cognidox, a leading provider of document management solutions for the high-tech, medical device, and life sciences industries, has unveiled the latest innovations in their v10.4 platform release.
The economic cost of living with a rare disease across Europe
Although rare diseases affect a relatively small number of patients, collectively there are an estimated 30 million people in Europe living with 6,000-7,000 known rare diseases (RDs).
Price achieved for first indication vs. ASMR
CRA Life Sciences continues its series on leveraging RADAR, its orphan drug data repository, with a focus on PMA trends between ASMR outcomes and average annual treatment costs. The analysis shows a clear correlation between the ASMR rating and the level of price achieved.
How continuous improvement strategies drive business growth
Our article on Continuous Improvement (CI) as a growth strategy highlights how businesses can adopt the ‘Kaizen’ philosophy to drive long-term success through incremental digital marketing improvements. CI revolves around iterative analysis and adjustments across SEO, PPC, content strategy, and user experience to ensure consistent performance gains. By fostering collaborative, data-driven…
Personal growth & authentic leadership
At the start of the month our MD, Nick O'Sullivan was invited to speak to the final year students at Nottingham Trent University's Fashion Management course on all things leadership and management and how to find their own authentic style.
Helping rediscover purpose and fulfilment after retirement: Barry’s story
After a long career in engineering, Barry decided to retire when the company closed his office. But adjusting to life outside of work was a struggle – he found it difficult to fill his days and he lost the sense of purpose his job had given him. With the right guidance and support, Barry discovered a new passion that’s now helping him to grow his skills and find fulfilment in the next stage of…
DREAM: Develop, Research, Engineer, Assemble and Manufacture with a Guardtech Cleanrooms modular
The Guardtech Group’s more modest modular specialists are helping applications reach new levels with their affordable yet high-quality systems
Case Study: Threat and risk assessment for the design of Engineered Systems (TRADES)
Security by design of systems is a complex challenge, requiring rigorous governance and the ability to adapt to an evolving threat landscape.
Maximizing the impact of chronic condition data collection
In the realm of healthcare, chronic conditions pose significant challenges for patients, caregivers, and healthcare providers alike. Effective management of chronic conditions requires a nuanced understanding of disease progression, treatment responses, and patient experiences. Data collection plays a pivotal role in this endeavor, offering invaluable insights that can inform clinical decision…
Nu Quantum’s platform for networking quantum computers hosted at the UK's National Quantum Computing Centre
Project IDRA is the first phase of a 4-year programme aimed at building the optical network interconnects necessary for future quantum computing data centres.
Connie’s rise to stardom: Double award for Wellcome’s ethics puppet
Acteon's “What would Connie do?” campaign to launch Wellcome Trust's Code of Ethics is a finalist for two major awards: the Engage Awards, and the European Compliance and Ethics Awards.
AlgoDynamix and Camtech Innovations announce partnership
Singapore, London and Cambridge (UK): AlgoDynamix and Camtech Innovations join forces to address the ongoing risk – including price volatility – associated with Digital Assets such as Ethereum and Bitcoin. Their latest innovations were announced at the Cambridge Tech Week and coincided with the Property (Digital Assets Etc.) Bill and the Global TOKEN2049 conference in Singapore, full details…
ESMO 2024 review: Improving patient survival through innovations in oncology
European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) Congress 2024 was held in Barcelona, Spain, bringing together the global oncology community to share the latest data, innovations, and advancements in cancer care.
Know your customer: strategic considerations for AI-powered provider segmentation
Published in Life Science Leader, CRA’s Robert Broadnax, Eddie Li and Brian Carpenter co-authored an article “Know Your Customer: Strategic Considerations for AI-Powered Provider Segmentation,” focused on the strategic considerations for drug manufacturers in developing an AI-powered provider seg
Psoriasis patient source of business for major IL-17 agents
Source of business for leading IL-17 agents in psoriasis varies significantly by brand. While the majority of Cosentyx patients are previously treated with a TNF inhibitor, a sizable portion of Taltz patients have tried another IL-17 agent before starting Taltz.
Implications of the Inflation Reduction Act for cancer medicine development
The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program (MDPNP) directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to set a maximum price for certain drugs in Medicare.