Safety equipment including masks, goggles and any kind of PPE can be donated to all hospitals and trust and better coordinated locally. In Cambridge there is coordination efforts from the University coordinating logistics between donators and NHS procurement at Addenbrooke’s Hospital. Contact Jacqui Broker, jb682@medschl.cam.ac.uk. Further contacts: Ventilators, to contact ventilators.support@beis.gov.uk Testing and diagnostics capacity, to contact coviddiagnostics@phe.gov.uk Innovation and tech, to contact dnhs@nhsx.nhs.uk All other enquiries or proposals concerning potential…

In these unprecedented times, we at Precision remain resolute in our commitment to supporting the critical work you do. Our goal is to help you continue your cutting edge clinical research without interruption. Last week, new guidance was for the conduct of clinical trials of medical products in direct response to the COVID 19 pandemic. Unanticipated study challenges include site closures, travel limitation , and supply chain interruptions, all potentially impacting the conduct of clinical trials. This guidance is good news as it provides sponsors general considerations to assist in assuring…

Cambridge, UK and Dhaka, Bangladesh, 30 March 2020: TTP plc (TTP), a leading independent technology and product development company, has today announced it has entered into a partnership with ME SOLshare Ltd (‘SOLshare’), a social enterprise that has created a new approach to distributing and trading affordable solar electricity across peer-to-peer micro-grids. By making improvements to the SOLbox trading platform, the collaboration aims to increase the supply of sustainable electrical power to communities in developing countries. SOLshare manages smart peer-to-peer micro-grid systems in…

Reading Scientific Services Ltd (RSSL) has appointed David Ebdon to the newly created role of Senior Group Leader for Biological Sciences. The move comes at a time of growth and expansion for the scientific consultancy, as it continues to strengthen its position as a leading provider of analytical services to the pharmaceutical industry. Ebdon joins RSSL from Britannia Pharmaceuticals and brings over twenty years’ leadership experience in contract development and manufacturing. With overall responsibility for both the Microbiology and Biomolecular Analysis teams, he is tasked with driving…

26 March 2020 UK Cambridge based technology brokerage company – Link China Pharma Solutions Helped Sareum Sign Global Licensing Deal for its FLT3+Aurora Kinase Inhibitor Programme with a China-based Specialty Pharma Company Sareum Holdings plc (AIM: SAR), the specialist cancer drug discovery and development business, is pleased to announce that it has entered into an agreement (the "Agreement") with a China-based specialty pharmaceutical company (the "Licensee). Under the terms of the Agreement, the Licensee has been granted an exclusive worldwide licence to develop,…

Life Science SME's, your opportunity to share your business challenges during this turbulent time MedCity, One Nucleus and SEHTA are working together to support economic growth and development in the health-tech and life science industry. We are looking at ways in which we can offer support to companies to navigate the challenges that we face during this pandemic. In order to understand what the biggest challenges you face are, please spend 5 mins to complete the following survey.Your input through this survey will be used to provide insight to the Greater London Authority (GLA),…

As concerns around the coronavirus continue to grow, RSSL's top priority is to protect the health and welfare of our tutors, our team and our learners. It is for this reason that we have made the decision to move all of our March, April and May 2020 training courses online. These LIVE courses will be highly interactive, engaging and have the added benefit of saving learners travel and accommodation costs. Like all of RSSL's courses, the online courses will be led by a team of dedicated industry professionals with additional learning materials supplied beforehand to ensure that…

Arecor Extends Multi-Product Collaboration with Clinical Stage Biotech Arecor innovative product formulations applied to oncology and rare orphan diseases Cambridge, UK, 19 March 2020: Arecor Limited (“Arecor” or “the Company”), the biopharmaceutical company advancing today’s therapies to enable healthier lives, announces that it has extended its multi-product collaboration with a US-based clinical stage biotechnology company. Under the collaboration, Arecor will leverage its Arestat™ technology to develop liquid formulations of two proprietary novel products in oncology and a rare genetic…

A specialist lab facility tailored to the commercialisation of life sciences on Newcastle Helix has welcomed new tenants as the ecosystem continues to grow. The Biosphere is a high-quality building with office space and both chemistry and biology laboratories available. The new tenants, Biosignatures and Cognassist, add to the already impressive number of innovative life sciences organisations in the facility. AI biotechnology company, Biosignatures is one new face at The Biosphere having raised £3.5m in funding last year to develop its unique diagnostic technology. Its machine learning…

Cambridge, UK, 16 March 2020: TTP plc (TTP), a leading independent technology and product development company, today announced it has established a partnership with NHS Highland and The University of the Highlands and Islands, to use clinical data interpretation and machine learning algorithms to predict which patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) are able to be successfully treated using electrical cardioversion (ECV). AF is a common heart condition, causing an abnormally fast heart rate and irregular rhythm, which can lead to significant morbidity (e.g. stroke, heart failure), and…