Loughborough Member of Parliament, Nicky Morgan MP, has warmly congratulated Charnwood Campus based business Almac Pharma Services on passing a regulatory inspection that will allow them to expand; bringing up to 200 additional new jobs to the town. The company faced an inspection from the UK Medicines and Healthcare products...
Two Leicestershire entrepreneurs feature in the list of UK’s most inspiring leaders
The CEOs of two growing Leicestershire businesses have been named amongst the UK’s 100 most inspirational and innovative individuals from across the private, not for profit and public sectors. Chris Barker, CEO of Spirit Healthcare, and Dr Nik Kotecha OBE, CEO of Morningside Pharmaceuticals, are the only individuals from the...
Pym’s Consultancy works with prestigious universities-supporting successful £5 million funding application
Earlier this year, Pym’s Consultancy had the great privilege of working with the universities of Manchester, Sheffield and Leeds in support of their application for Round 1 funding from the Higher Innovation Funding: Connecting Capabilities Fund. We are very pleased to announce that this application was successful and the collaboration...
Renfrew Wins at the Building Better Healthcare Awards 2017
The BBH awards ceremony which is held annually, was hosted on November 1st at The Brewery, London and saw over 600 industry professionals from all over the UK in attendance, anticipating the announcement of the 2017 winners. The healthcare sector is facing two key challenges – improving access to the...
Improved NSAID gels developed by Nemaura Pharma
Sufferers of acute arthritic-related pain using ‘over the counter’ gels to alleviate muscle ache and joint inflammation may be interested in the results of laboratory trials recently carried out by Nemaura Pharma. The UK-based company has developed two new gels which achieve up to three-times faster drug penetration rate and...
New skincare brand launches from Nottingham headquarters
Nottingham-based Snowden Healthcare has launched a new skincare range, Utopia, which it says is set to compete with leading brands such as Clarins and Clinique. To create the new range, Snowden Healthcare worked closely with Chris Smith, the Nottingham formulation scientist who has spent over 20 years developing high performance...
BioHub Birmingham announces bio-networking during Innovate UK conference
The BioHub Birmingham, the University of Birmingham’s flagship biomedical incubator, will be hosting a bio-networking showcase and event on November 8th from 3.30 – 5.00pm. The event will showcase selected assets and facilities at Edgbaston Life Sciences ecosystem to a delegation of Indian Medtech companies on the first day of...
V Formation hires Financial Journalist to Boost Corporate PR
East Midlands marketing agency and Medilink member, V Formation, has hired a senior business journalist to bolster its public relations division. Lauren Mills, most recently deputy business editor at the Leicester Mercury, has been hired by BioCity-based marketing and PR agency V Formation as senior PR consultant. Lauren steps into...
Platelet Solutions Ltd announces successful achievement of CE Marking
Platelet Solutions Ltd., Nottingham is pleased to announce the successful achievement of CE marking for its Platelet Function Testing Kits (PSK-001/002/003). Platelet Function Testing Kits are a completely unique concept in the assessment of platelet function. They can monitor the effectiveness of standard anti-platelet agents like aspirin, clopidogrel, prasugrel and...
XenoGesis and Juniper Pharma Services strengthen alliance in early drug development services
XenoGesis and Juniper Pharma Services have extended their strategic alliance around their Enabling Technologies Rapid Screen through the addition of the gold standard PBPK modelling and simulation software, GastroPlusTM. This expanded partnership brings greater understanding of a compound’s potential exposure in both preclinical and clinical studies. Jointly they are already...
