There’s more to collagen than cosmetics…

Big strides are being made in collagen clinical development, particularly in treatment of age-related conditions. Dr Gen Li, president and founder of Phesi, discusses the increase in collagen research, and its clinical and biological...

Improving the targeting 
of drugs

Among those confronting the challenge is AstraZeneca and its global biologics research and development arm, MedImmune, which recently announced a genomics initiative to transform its drug discovery work. AstraZeneca believes that embedding genomics across its...

UK firm plans state-of-the-art precision medicine centre in California

Working with local partners, BIOS Health, of Cambridge, will create a cutting-edge research and clinical trials center for neural digital therapies. The centre will be built around BIOS’s real-time insights into the nervous system,...

The hidden way to fill vacancies, train and retain

The BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science (pathology lab based) degree apprenticeship has been developed through consultation with pathology laboratory employers and is co-delivered, meeting the requirements for a Healthcare Science Practitioner (Biomedical Scientist) apprenticeship. The programme...

Bionanoscience ‘will precipitate a Fifth Industrial Revolution’

Professor Jonathan Heddle is set to embark on a new era in Bionanoscience at Durham University, thanks to a £4.8million Leverhulme International Professorship award. Currently based at Malopolska Centre of Biotechnology (MCB), Jagiellonian University in...

Auto Injectors: Customer needs and future trends

Pharmaceutical industry might well be one of the most exacting industries on the market. In order to satisfy a very broad range of stakeholders, including patients, prescribers, payers, patient-care providers and other healthcare professionals,...