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A Nottingham scientist-turned-entrepreneur has developed a ground-breaking, environmentally friendly process that takes industrial food waste destined for landfill and converts it into pure, safe and sustainable calcium carbonate. Andrew Stacey, CEO of AVGO BIOTECH, has pioneered the revolutionary ‘Rec-egg’ technique to upcycle waste eggshells and produce a high value calcium...

UK based Uvamed Ltd, manufacturers of the popular Rainbow Trays and Tamper Evident Rainbow Trays™ for anaesthetic drugs, has recently won an Innovate UK award to develop the Trauma Tray procedure-pack/crash-box. Trauma Trays are secure and auditable complete procedure packs for use away from regular hospital environments such as rescue...

Nottingham barrister and intellectual property (IP) specialist Scott Farnsworth has developed and launched a new and innovative ‘pay-as-you-go’ online service that provides flexible and personalised IP legal documentation, expertise, and support - with a 25% discount for Medilink Members. The IPdoxx service is ideal for early-stage and entrepreneurial businesses across...

Quotient Sciences, the drug development and manufacturing accelerator, announced that it has acquired Arcinova, the U.K.-based multiservice contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO). With over 40 years of experience and 160 employees, Arcinova provides drug substance, drug product and bioanalysis services to over 200 pharma and biotech customers worldwide. The acquisition...

PHARMASEAL, a provider of clinical trial management and governance solutions, announced today that it has secured its first Medical Device customer – an award-winning US-based company providing ultrasound technology. The Engility® Trial Management Platform was chosen following review of several clinical trial management systems (CTMS). Engility was selected for its combined...

New contract secured with Derby-based manufacturer for validated lateral flow antigen tests, ensuring supply for the UK over coming months. New tests will support the government’s drive to deliver rapid testing to those without symptoms to break chains of transmission New tests can return results in 30 minutes, and are...

During these difficult times when good news seems to be in short supply, we thought it would be nice to share with you some positivity that we, as a company, have recently experienced. It has not been the start to 2021 that any of us envisaged, but we do have...

Through the UK Space Agency, Government is giving a cash injection to five projects specifically designed to bring together UK business expertise with universities to help build space solutions to global problems, on UK soil. The University of Leicester is to receive research funding to support XCAM for one of...

2020 saw a huge increase in the adoption of digital technologies within modern healthcare economies. From the adoption of video-based triage and GP-to-patient consultations within primary care, to remote monitoring for shielding and vulnerable patients, as well as those discharged early from hospital – both within their own homes and...

BioCity, the pioneering life science incubator and business collective, Innovate UK, NIHR and NHS England and NHS Improvement’s SBRI Healthcare programme, today announced a new partnership to support early-stage life science ventures within the UK to get investment ready. Working in collaboration, the organisations are launching a new Investment Readiness...