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Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust Innovation and Digital Services team attend HLTH in Amsterdam
  • Events, Conferences and Webinars
The team attended with the aim to engage with innovators across the healthcare landscape and seek collaborations and partners for the Trust by increasing the Trust’s international prescence.
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Leeds and Nottingham win £1.8m EPSRC award to transform pharmaceutical manufacturing
  • Partnership
Reconfigurable, Robotic & Responsive Reactors for Processes through Intensified Development (R4PID) will be led by the University of Leeds in partnership with the University of Nottingham.
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Investing in the Future: TotalLab’s Commitment to STEM and the North East Life Science Community
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  • Events, Conferences and Webinars
TotalLab, a North East-based scientific software company, recently participated in a local primary school’s STEM week, sharing their team’s passion for science and commitment to community engagement.
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DataLoch: enabling improvements in health and social care
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  • Expansion and Company Growth
DataLoch launches its Heart Disease Registry and introduces significant data and website enhancements, further advancing its mission to transform routine health and social care data into a powerful resource for research and NHS support.
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Introducing BREE: Empowering the Next Generation of Innovators
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  • Training and Courses
BREE is a founder-first ecosystem nurturing ideas from concept to commercialisation.
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From Spin-outs to the Future of Life Sciences. Insight from BioFocus 2025
  • Bionow Event
  • Blog
Early in June 2025, we had the pleasure of attending the BioFocus 2025 conference at the Catalyst building, nestled in the heart of the Helix Science Park in Newcastle upon Tyne. Hosted by Bionow, this annual event brought together life sciences professionals, innovators, and advocates from across the North of England—and what a day it was.
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Praetura and Par Equity merge, bringing together £670m in funds
  • Funding and Investment News
  • Partnership
Par Equity and Praetura hope to close the regional funding gap in the UK and double down on opportunities outside the capital.
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Kuraray and CellRev Partner to support optimised cell culture systems in Regenerative Medicine
  • Partnership
Partnership will initiate with a commercial pilot running from June to November 2025 with a focus on the Japanese market.
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Astoriom Appoints Brittany Jackson as CFO
  • Staff News
Key appointment to lead the company’s financial strategy and support continued global growth in sample stability and biorepository storage solutions.
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Groundbreaking Antifungal Therapies to Be Developed at Alderley Park as F2G Joins Innovation Campus
  • Expansion and Company Growth
F2G Ltd has chosen Bruntwood SciTech’s premier life science and innovation campus, Alderley Park, as its new UK headquarters, consolidating its existing operations in Eccles and MediaCity into one purpose-designed, specialist lab space.
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ITS and Kneat Solutions Forge Strategic Partnership to Deliver Next-Generation Digital Validation Services to UK Regulated Industries
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ITS is proud to announce its appointment as a Strategic Partner in Kneat’s Partner Programme, becoming the first UK-based provider to deliver Kneat’s advanced digital validation platform and infrastructure as a service.
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25 Years of Guardtech: Compliance Manager Chris McGinn Q&A
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One of the Group’s longest-serving stalwarts gives his take on why quality and compliance is so critical to keeping Guardtech at the apex of the industry’s cleanroom construction providers.
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Further growth for Boyds’ specialist Regulatory Operations team
  • Expansion and Company Growth
  • Staff News
Global drug development consultancy Boyds has announced the appointment of Lisa Allenby as Associate Director, Regulatory Operations.
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HGF Sets the Gold Standard – Recognised for 7th Year in a Row by Financial Times
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We are extremely honoured to announce that HGF has once again been ranked ‘Gold’ across all six bands in the Financial Times Special Report – Europe’s Leading Patent Law Firms.
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Northern Gritstone invests in University of Manchester spinout Apini
  • Funding and Investment News
Northern Gritstone has announced a commitment to invest £1.8 million into Apini, a small molecule drug development programme being advanced by Syncona’s accelerator Slingshot Therapeutics (“Slingshot”).
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100% online Masters in Genomic Medicine with Data Science
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Informed by industry experts and designed by Leeds' leading academics, this online Masters in Genomic Medicine with Data Science has been developed to upskill and support your career progression.
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Bionow’s BioFocus 2025 conference looks to the future
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It was another great turnout for this year’s BioFocus conference with 135 delegates, speakers and panellists in attendance and a sold-out exhibition space.
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£1.2m grant extends research into the benefits of breast milk for premature babies
  • Funding and Investment News
Northumbria University academics have been awarded £1.2m to further their research into how viruses carried naturally in breast milk can potentially be used to promote gut health in premature babies.
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Secerna LLP Celebrates Fifth Consecutive Recognition in Prestigious IAM Patent 1000 Rankings
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Secerna LLP is delighted to announce its continued recognition in the highly respected IAM Patent 1000 directory for an impressive fifth year in a row.
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Engineering Firm Receives Funding Boost To Support Pioneering Green Research
  • Funding and Investment News
Northern Engineering Solutions has received a funding boost to continue its pioneering research into the treatment of mine water using microalgae.
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Medicines Discovery Catapult and the Francis Crick Institute Partner to Support KQ Labs, a Leading Accelerator for Life Sciences Innovators
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Strategic partnership ensures continued national delivery of KQ Labs, a leading accelerator programme for early-stage innovators
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Bionow's Owain Walsh completes gruelling 260-mile cycle from London to Bruges!
  • Bionow News
  • Blog
  • Charity and Fundraising
The event was all about bringing together the Biotech community, all in aid of research Action Medical Research.
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Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust News Roundup: May 2025
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Find out more about the Industry & Innovation Showcase and HealthTech Roadshow, along with the Innovative Technology Adoption Programme (iTap).
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Selvita Acquires License for Medicines Discovery Catapult’s Patented Target Engagement Technology
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Selvita is the first contract research organisation to license a Chemical Protein Stability Assay developed and patented by Medicines Discovery Catapult to help identify and prioritise drug candidates faster.
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Nine Published Articles on Clinical Trials by Dr A E Lockett
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  • Studies and Reports
New Nine Published articles May 2025 by Elsevier ScienceDirect written by Dr A E Lockett on Clinical Trials. These articles can refresh your thinking on what the current thoughts are and options on ways to manage and enhance the results for your clinical trials.
Review the articles and use the expertise to enable the members within your departments to understand the many layers of information and interaction required for successful clinical trials.
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Providion Expands into the U.S. – See Us at ASMS 2025
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  • Expansion and Company Growth
We’re proud to announce Providion’s official expansion into the United States with the opening of our new headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia.
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Fully-Funded Innovation Support from Manchester Metropolitan University
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Developing a new product, service, or process and looking for expert support to accelerate your innovation?
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Cleanroom Solutions embracing the future to elevate their large-scale facility construction provision
  • Advertising and Promotion
The Guardtech Group’s heritage turnkey brand are utilising state-of-the-art software to take their offering to another level
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The Inaugural BioAI Summit Kicks Off in Style!
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  • Events, Conferences and Webinars
Alderley Park welcomed a brand-new Bionow event: The BioAI Summit, which attracted more than 100 attendees, speakers and exhibitors for a day of insights and conversation around the theme of “Bridging Life Sciences and Artificial Intelligence”.
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The Inaugural BioAI Summit Kicks Off in Style!
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Alderley Park welcomed a brand-new Bionow event: The BioAI Summit, which attracted more than 100 attendees, speakers and exhibitors for a day of insights and conversation around the theme of “Bridging Life Sciences and Artificial Intelligence”.
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