Innovation
Cambridge Vacuum Engineering & Ford awarded Innovate UK funding to help speed electric motor production
Cambridge Vacuum Engineering (CVE) – a leading provider of electron beam and laser welding systems – and Ford, announces that they have won a £430,000 research grant from UKRI’s Driving the Electric Revolution Challenge, which is delivered by Innovate UK. Together the two companies have...
SPT Labtech to co-market streamlined NGS library preparation workflows for both PCR and PCR-free applications with Roche
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Empowering efficiency: training staff quickly for success at Business Development Directors
Business Development Directors’ (BDD) contract process with Word documents was inefficient and more susceptible to errors. This cumbersome method hindered the delegation of tasks to junior staff without compromising compliance. By introducing standardisation, BDD has confidence that err...
AstraZeneca to acquire Amolyt Pharma, expanding late-stage rare disease pipeline
Amolyt development portfolio includes Phase III asset with potential to address significant unmet need in patients with chronic hypoparathyroidism Acquisition to further expand the Alexion, AstraZeneca Rare Disease pipeline beyond complement inhibition, building on company’s success ...
CryoLogyx completes £500k seed funding round
Funding round led by private UK business angels and the Wider Oxford Technology Angel Network Investment to support commercialization of pre-plated, assay-ready, cryopreserved cells for drug discovery, diagnostic and cell therapy applications CryoLogyx to showcase innovative cryop...
EFEC in Lingang, Shanghai helping to develop next stages of the Lingang Cambridge Network
In 2019, EFEC worked with Cambridge Network and the Shanghai Lingang Construction and Investment Company to set up the Lingang Cambridge Network, in Lingang, Shanghai. The pandemic then intervened, but EFEC is now back working with the LCN to develop the network and the basis for enhan...
Realising the potential of digital biomarkers in respiratory care
As healthcare progresses into the digital age, digital biomarkers offer tremendous potential for transforming and improving outcomes in respiratory care, particularly for conditions such as COPD and asthma [1]. The term “digital biomarker” refers to objective and quantifiable physiologi...
Lives could be saved from tropical disease with new rapid test
A new test diagnoses patients with melioidosis within hours, rather than days, meaning they can receive the correct antibiotics faster ...
Riverlane granted two US “power-aware” patents
Riverlane has been granted two United States Patents for its “power-aware transmission of quantum control signals” and “quantum computing apparatus and associated methods”. ...
Rolls-Royce, Riverlane and Xanadu partner to win Canada-UK quantum computing bid
Rolls-Royce, Riverlane and Xanadu have secured more than £400,000 grant funding from Innovate UK to accelerate the development of applications that will allow qu ...