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Companies and People News for October 2013
Award celebrates achievements of a dynamic business with strong future growth prospects
17 October, 2013
Major Euros 7 billion infrastructure investment now underway, while protein science companies continue to expandA new report published today in conjunction withe Nordic Life Science Days by Stockholm-Uppsala Life Science, Stockholm Science City and Uppsala BIO shows that despite taking a hit from the widely reported Astra Zeneca closures over the last years, the region maintained its position as one of the leading international life science clusters (data from 2011).
16 October, 2013
The UK’s Chief Medical Officer Dame Sally Davies is to be the keynote speaker at a flagship conference focused on the global threat to public health posed by antibiotic resistance.
15 October, 2013
The latest issue of Drug Discovery Today is packed full of industry focused research articles, new developments in drug discovery, and expert comment and opinion.
14 October, 2013
Optibrium, a developer of software for drug discovery, today announced that it will join the HeCaToS (Hepatic and Cardiac Toxicity Systems) project, a major European project with the objective to efficiently investigate the health impact of compounds on the heart and liver. The EU is providing twelve million Euros for the project, which is co-ordinated by Maastricht UMC+
09 October, 2013
Korea is to develop its first national centre of excellence for the development and validation of alternatives to animal testing. Humane Society International, which works with governments and scientists in Korea and globally to replace animals in research, says this will dramatically improve Korea's ability to implement cutting-edge science.
08 October, 2013
What does a porcupine, a handful of newly sharpened pencils and a festival loo seat have in common? They all come with a warning: 'Don't Sit On It'!
05 October, 2013
Over 40% of exhibitors at Lab Innovations 2013, which returns to Birmingham’s NEC on 6 & 7 November, are using the show to launch new technologies and services into the UK. Here is a brief first overview of just some of the products debuting at the show.
03 October, 2013
The BioIndustry Association (BIA) and UK Trade and Investment (UKTI) today announce the nine leading UK companies that will showcase UK expertise in synthetic biology (synbio) at SynBioBeta SF 2013, a key global synbio start-up conference taking place in California in November.
01 October, 2013