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A range of new funding calls from Innovate UK and partners are now open, spanning AI, advanced manufacturing, neurotechnologies and materials innovation - areas highly relevant to many Bionow members.

Mast Group are proud to be recognised for their contribution to bowel cancer screening receiving the Primary / Social Care Partnership Award at the Medilink North of England Healthcare Business Awards 2026, held on 30th April at Cutlers' Hall, Sheffield.

We’re excited to share EBSCO’s STM Source with our Bionow community members — a research tool designed specifically to support innovation within research and development teams, product management, and engineering departments.

The NIHR Invention for Innovation (i4i) Product Development Awards (PDA) programme is a key funding opportunity aimed at supporting the development of innovative medical technologies, digital health solutions and in vitro diagnostics.

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The UK’s no.1 STEM Fractional leadership community, built by those who’ve done the job, for those stepping into it next.

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Lab Thread Ltd, a UK-based life science software company, today announced the worldwide commercial release of its Unified Lab Software Platform.

Manchester Met’s ‘Leading the conversation’ series brings together University experts to share insight on the issues shaping industries, economies, and society today.

The series offers evidence-led perspectives, practical knowledge, and forward-thinking ideas designed to support organisations, decision-makers, and partners.

Sales and marketing teams in healthcare, biotech and life sciences are under constant pressure to explain complex ideas quickly and convincingly. You need decks for investor meetings, partnership conversations, product launches, conference follow-ups, sales outreach, internal briefings and board presentations.

LYVA Labs was pleased to reflect on the delivery of the Innovate UK Biomedical Catalyst Accelerator Future Medicines programme. Funded by Innovate UK’s flagship Biomedical Catalyst, this six-month accelerator was designed to support SMEs working in advanced therapeutics and radiopharmaceuticals.

This was delivered in partnership with Bionow, Centre for Process Innovation, Future Medicines Institute, Infection Innovation Consortium, Medicine Discovery Catapult, Microbiome Innovation Centre, UK National Nuclear Lab.

Bionow’s Empowering Women in Biotech series was in Scotland for the first time to kickstart 2026, kindly co-hosted by Pioneer Group at their BioCity Glasgow facility.

We were thrilled to bring together more than 100 people from Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust (MFT), ABHI, and our local ecosystem partners to explore the future of healthcare.

HGF is pleased to announce the appointment of Oliver Pooley who joined the firm as a Partner on 21st April 2026.

Working towards our goal for a more sustainable way of working, Ab Biotechnology were happy to donate redundant IT equipment to a worth while cause.

For many life science, biotech and healthcare marketing teams, the first instinct is to think an underperforming website needs a complete rebuild. Sometimes that is true. But sometimes, a faster or more commercial decision can be not to redesign or rebuild. It is to improve what already exists.

Atelerix, a biotech company revolutionising cell preservation and biological transport with its pioneering hydrogel encapsulation technology, today announced the launch of STORganoid™, an ambient-temperature preservation solution for organoids and spheroids.

We have designed a stimulating meeting programme with exceptional industrial/academic speakers covering the entire spectrum of diagnostics – from development to application and adoption to point of care.

Thalia Therapeutics; a U.K. biotech rebranded from N4 Pharma in February, focusing on a dual-acting siRNA to inhibit both PCSK9 and Lp(a). While still preclinical, Thalia’s new CEO, David Solomon, has high hopes for the approach as a once-yearly cardiovascular risk reducer and have featured in recent article highlighting the explosive growth potential for this area of therapeutics

For organisations investing in research and development, understanding and managing prior art is not simply a legal exercise it is a strategic necessity.

Intellectual property firm Secerna is thrilled to announce that European Patent Attorneys, George McCanney and John Harbottle, have successfully passed the Patent Examination Board (PEB) qualifying examinations and are now fully qualified Chartered Patent Attorneys.

The call, aimed at businesses in the Liverpool City Region, offers funding of up to £55k for business-led proof of concept projects that drive the development or demonstration of novel concepts, technologies or services from any area related to the Health and Life Sciences.

We are delighted to announce that Scitech-EKIUM has been named winner of the Best Cleanroom Design Award at the Cleanroom Technology Awards 2026, recognised for our work on the Advanced Therapy Manufacturing Expansion at Guy’s & St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust (GSTT).

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Ingenza – a world-leading protein CRDMO – has today announced a strategic relationship with Ab Biotechnology – a MHRA licensed GMP facilities provider – to support the development and GMP manufacturing of innovative biotechnology products.

In a competitive market, where many companies appear similar at first glance, professional design plays a much bigger role than simply making a brand look polished. It shapes perception.

Atelerix, a biotech company revolutionising cell preservation and biological transport with its pioneering hydrogel encapsulation technology, today announced it has established a strategic partnership with JH Health Ltd, a Saudi Arabian company focused on medical and health-related technology.

The School of Biological Sciences at the University of Manchester provides a structured, well supported 9-12 months placement programme to develop talent, deliver impact and build future capability.

Bionow has appointed Professor Ruth Roberts, Co-founder of ApconiX, as Chair of its Board.

VectorBuilder, a global leader in gene delivery technologies and CDMO solutions, today announced MuteFree™ AAV, a high-stability AAV vector designed to address ITR instability, a common challenge in gene therapy development.

UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £7.5 million to support the development and use of digital, automated, and robotic technologies.

This aims to improve the speed and efficiency of pharmaceutical process development and manufacturing.