UK Supreme Court inflicts more patent pain on Warner-Lambert

Eilidh Pugh, Pharmaceutical Patent Attorney, AdamsonJones. The UK Supreme Court has handed down its much-anticipated decision in WarnerLambert Company LLC v Generics (UK) Ltd t/a Mylan and Actavis. The case is important because it is the...

Storage crucial to American cancer initiative

The management of information is also at the heart of The Genomic Data Commons (GDC) initiative in the United States, a system backed by the US Government to promote sharing of genomic and clinical...

Priority response plan (prp) for bio-decontamination of a biopharmaceutical production facility

Multinational Biopharmaceutical Company, Singapore - case study EXECUTIVE SUMMARY A multinational biopharmaceutical company in Asia, was looking to introduce a rigorous plan to ensure high-level bio-decontamination of their manufacturing facility in the event of contamination. The customer...

EXPANSION OF NETPARK OFFERS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY COMPANIES ROOM FOR GROWTH

The North-East Technology Park in County Durham – or NETPark as it is known – provides science, technology and engineering companies with the type of world-class laboratory, clean room and office space they require...

Hope as research unlocks the secrets of heart disease

By Frances Griss Since the beginning of the 1960s, deaths from heart disease in the UK have halved so that today only 26% of people have a cause of death attributable to the condition, compared with...

New ‘trap’ to analyse, in real time, how cells communicate

Using multiple laser beams and Raman spectroscopy, experts at the Universities of Nottingham and Glasgow have designed and built a new instrument which could help scientists learn more about how infections take hold and...

Plastic film can kill viruses using room lights

Researchers at Queen’s University Belfast have developed a ground-breaking plastic film that can kill viruses on its surface with room light. The self-sterilising film is the first of its kind; it is low-cost to produce,...

Nemera takes dermal treatments to millions of patients

Nemera is a world leader in design, development and manufacturing of drug delivery devices for the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and generic industries, including complex dermal drug delivery devices. Dermal pharmaceuticals, cosmetics and personal hygiene products all...

System could tackle resistant bugs

Once resistant bugs are established in an environment, it can be difficult to eliminate them using ordinary cleaning methods but specialist companies have developed techniques for cleansing an area or individuals.  Rooms and whole departments...

Drug delivery market witnesses significant growth

Developing new ways of delivering drugs has become big business with companies now investing many millions of pounds in seeking the next big breakthrough. Indeed, market analysts Mordor Intelligence estimates in a new report that the...

Are genetics the key to arthritis treatment?

New international studies have revealed how genetics could explain why different environmental exposures can trigger the onset of different forms of rheumatoid arthritis. As our joints succumb to wear and tear, chronic pain becomes more...

The Enemy Within – getting the paperwork right

The Scottish Business Resilience Centre conference on The Enemy Within in Edinburgh on 12th February will cover many ways of protecting your business however there are some basic but often overlooked ways to help...

The Goldilocks Effect

Advances in the delivery of precision medicine trials in the UK have sparked interest in the commercial world. The concept of precision medicine is not new, but generating the scientific evidence to drive the concept...

The Open University – The higher education partner of choice for business

In April 1969, The Open University (OU) received its Royal Charter and the vision of a university that would open up education for all, was finally brought to life – largely due to the...

David Cameron – why I care

Here, David Cameron explains why he is so committed to supporting research into dementia. It was the end of the week that I resigned as Prime Minister. I was in my constituency, visiting a care...

Bioscience Expertise, Training, and Equipment Access

Bioscience Technology is moving so quickly that radical approaches have to be taken to ensure researchers have sustainable access to cutting-edge expertise, equipment and training. The Bioscience Technology Facility is an exemplar which proves that...