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Ethypharm and RSSL partnership fast-tracks priority medicine

The European based specialty pharmaceutical company, Ethypharm, collaborated with Reading Scientific Services Ltd (RSSL) to accelerate the manufacture and batch release of fentanyl injection; one of the critical medicines needed for the treatment of COVID-19 patients.

As a major supplier of essential medicines to the NHS, Ethypharm responded to requests from the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) for increased volumes of priority medicines by changing its production schedule to meet this urgent need.

Data Partnership to drive greater opportunities in pharma and materials development

Leaders in chemistry data management combine to deliver unified data resource for materials characterisation.

Two of the largest chemical data repositories have announced a new partnership which will allow greater utility and insights in the development of new drugs and materials.

One Nucleus Member Business Travel Survey

Conducted over 26 – 27 May 2020 as many countries around the world commenced publication of the plans to emerge from Covid-19 lock-down restrictions, including in terms of travel, One Nucleus surveyed a cross section of its members to ascertain their views on how and when their staff would resume business travel.

PIR International Welcomes Peter Keen to its Advisory Committee

An experienced public and private company Non-Executive Director, Peter has sat on over 30 boards during his career. He is currently a Non-Executive Director of Endomagnetics Ltd, a company improving cancer surgery outcomes; and the medical charity LifeArc which has assets significantly in excess of £1bn following the monetisation of the leading cancer drug Keytruda.

Santander UK - Views from the digital health industry in the Far East - Webinar

Recently, Santander’s John Carroll hosted our COVID-19 Webinar Series on digital health. Joined by sector and trade experts Timothy Johns MBA, Head of Digital Health at the Department for International Trade (DIT), Intralink’s Graham Barker and ChongYoon Kwon, Industrial Bank of Korea. They discussed what they’d learnt from the pandemic and the opportunities emerging for UK digital health companies. To listen go to: http://ms.spr.ly/6047T90Dv

Santander UK - Opportunities for Life Science in the UAE - Webinar

As businesses look ahead to evolve their operations, Santander UK recently hosted a life science sector webinar with our partner, British Centres for Business - BCB UAE to look at the opportunities in the UAE and the acceleration of digital health in the region.

BURNOUT IN THE C- SUITE How to recognise the warning signs

The downside of working with many C Suite Executives is that I also get to see the effects that stress and burnout can take on people.

Biosphere businesses receive funding boost to support the global fight against COVID-19

TWO businesses based in The Biosphere on Newcastle Helix have been awarded funding to accelerate their innovations to support the global fight against the COVID-19.

Innovate UK, the UK’s innovation agency has awarded ExplantLab and Atelerix almost £50,000 each to fast track their ideas and research. Both are based in The Biosphere and were among only 800 applicants chosen to receive a share of £40million government investment out of a record 8,600 applications from across the UK.

Domainex announces the appointment of Dr. Eddy Littler as non-executive Chairman

Cambridge, UK, 2nd June 2020 / Following the retirement of Tony Brampton, Eddy Littler has been appointed as non-executive Chairman of Domainex Ltd.

Biocair Transports Plasmids For COVID-19 Research in South Africa

Biocair, a global specialist in life sciences logistics, was selected to transport time-critical plasmids from the USA to the Africa Health Research Institute (AHRI) in Durban, South Africa.

AHRI Faculty Member and Research Group Leader at the Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology in Berlin, Dr Alex Sigal, highlighted the importance of the materials being transported and the standard of service provided by Biocair:

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