BioCity Glasgow based ILC Therapeutics has announced that its unique synthetic Interferon called Alfacyte™ is fifteen to twenty times more effective at preventing the spread of SARS-CoV-2 (the virus which causes COVID-19) in cell culture than other commercially-available Interferons such as Interferon alpha 2 and...
Leading early-stage drug discovery, purification specialist and contract research organisation (CRO) Reach Separations has expanded its Nottingham premises in the wake of increased demand for its chiral purification services. Reach Separations specialises in chromatography for the analysis and purification of small molecules, and has added 1580...
BioCity Nottingham based Selentus Science Ltd is pleased to announce that its patent for TenaTac®, an innovative, adhesive surgical haemostat, has been allowed for grant in the UK, following an earlier grant in the USA. TenaTac is a Class III CE marked medical device that...
BioCity investee company, Deep Branch, has secured further investment to scale up the sustainable generation of protein that could transform food production and supply chains. Complementing the REACT-FIRST project, the company is turning industrial emissions into novel protein sources for animal feed and now, with European Innovation Council...
BiVictriX Therapeutics is pleased to announce the completion of a £1m funding round from existing shareholders, including Acceleris Private Investors, the Development Bank of Wales & BioCity Investments, alongside the Future Fund. The Future fund is a government convertible loan initiative set up to invest in...
Nottingham UK – 13 October 2020. BioCity, the pioneering life science incubator and business collective, supported by education charity Ignite! brought together ninety students from five Nottingham secondary schools, to celebrate the legacy of the celebrated Nottingham mathematician, Ada Lovelace, to inspire young women into STEM...
Over 190 individuals from across the Healthcare and Life Sciences sector came together online, on Thursday 8 October to celebrate success at the Medilink UK National Awards. The awards recognised a multitude of achievements and outstanding contributions to the Life Sciences industry, and five companies from...
Story via Scotland Herald A total of 33 businesses with high growth potential have received just more than £1 million in funding after being named winners in the latest round of the Scottish EDGE Awards, with Edinburgh-based Touchlab scooping the biggest prize of £100,000. Set up in...
SurePulse Medical Ltd, a neonatal medtech spinout from the University of Nottingham is set to explore foreign markets and grow its product portfolio thanks to £1m secured from existing and new private investors. SurePulse Medical Ltd, based at MediCity in Nottingham, was established in 2014 as...
Double Olympic champion, Commonwealth champion, and multiple world champion Alistair Brownlee (MBE) joins Incus Performance, as investor and strategic advisor. Alistair brings 15 years of experience at the highest level and will use this knowledge to help further develop the INCUS platform and product offering to...