The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has published an action plan to improve the product information (PI) for EU medicines, an information package for patients and healthcare professionals that accompanies every single medicine authorised in
Biotechnology
Diaceutics, the Irish data insights and solutions company helping patients receive potentially lifesaving medicine through better testing, won the Small & Emerging Exporter of the Year Award at the recent Export
US biopharma company Regeneron Pharmaceuticals is to create 300 new jobs in Ireland as part of a new $100 million investment. The company has announced a further expansion of its
The Life Science Industry The manufacturing industry in Ireland is now enjoying a renewed period of growth on the back of increased consumer demand in both Irish and overseas markets. This
Visterra and Vir Biotechnology have entered into a research collaboration, exclusive licence and option agreement for the development and commercialisation of select programmes for infectious diseases. The programmes will be
Plasticell, a biotechnology company specialising in stem cell screening and cell therapy development, has entered into a collaboration with GSK to use its combinatorial stem cell screening technology, CombiCult, to
The European Patent Office has issued a new patent to biotechnology company, CEL-SCI, for its lead investigational immunotherapy, which is undergoing a Phase III clinical trial for head and neck
Double Helix Technologies (Doulix) announced it will collaborate with Agilent Technologies to promote Agilent’s SureVector next-generation cloning kits through Doulix’s web platform. Through this partnership, synthetic biologists will be able to
A 3D printed part can combine 20 parts into a single part and improve performance, reducing parts in a manufacturing process could benefit the biomanufacturing industry where processes and equipment
If you’ve ever wanted to contribute to a science event that could potentially help save lives then a new app will let you do just that. The BBC Pandemic app
Ulster University is streaming £2 million into a new health technology hub which aims to support the rapid research and development of pioneering healthcare tech. The University hopes the new
On May 22, 2017, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) announced that its Pharmacovigilance Risk Assessment Committee has completed an audit and evaluation of the new EudraVigilance information system for tracking
Almost half of UK citizens say they or someone they know have experienced delays in care due to problems with disconnected patient data, according to new research by data
Product design and development company Cambridge Consultants is exploring how augmented reality (AR) could potentially be used in surgery to lead to better results for patients. By using Microsoft’s
An ambitious collaboration between Brainomix, an emerging British business, and Boehringer Ingelheim, one of the world’s largest drug companies, is poised to expedite and improve treatment of stroke, the second
The results from the asthma arm of the world’s first digitally enhanced Randomised Controlled Trial (RCT) have been announced. The Salford Lung Study (SLS) was unique in that it
#Datasaveslives was the focus of Informatics for Health 2017, Manchester. It was the first time the European Federation for Medical Informatics (EFMI) organised the Medical Informatics Europe 2017 conference along
Intuitive Surgical has bagged a CE mark for the latest product in its da Vinci series of robot-assisted surgical systems. The regulatory nod clears Intuitive Surgical to start selling a
This year’s Med-Tech Innovation Expo will see 3D printing and additive manufacturing group Stratasys demonstrate how its advanced 3D printing technologies are “transforming the delivery of healthcare across the medical
Pharmaceutical wholesaler United Drug has announced a €40 million investment in technology and innovation at its headquarters at Citywest in Dublin. United Drug works with more than 1,800 pharmacies, hospitals,
Smart bandages that can detect how a wound is healing and send messages back doctors could be trialled within the next year, says the BBC Swansea University’s Institute of Life
A new government report shows that digital health companies in the UK generated a turnover of over £1 billion in 2016. The annual report on medical technology and biopharmaceutical sectors
A new project in Wales will enable all NHS Wales Paediatric Diabetes Units to collect patient information in a consistent
Scientists from LSTM’s Research Centre for Drugs and Diagnostics (RCDD) have described in a paper published today in Scientific Reports,
Global healthcare company Sanofi and therapeutic companion software company Voluntis have agreed to a collaboration to help improve decision-making and
Newron, an Italian biotech focused on CNS diseases, is on a roll. The latest win? FDA approval of its Parkinson’s
Merck, a leading science and technology company, announced today the new startups participating in its Accelerator programs in Darmstadt, Germany
Cerenis therapeutic’s lead candidate CER-001 has failed Phase II for the treatment of patients with post-acute coronary syndrome (ACS). The
A start-up company is aiming to help pharmaceutical professionals by helping them communicate through the use of an online educational
A medical team from Clínica Universidad de Navarra in Pamplona has successfully performed Spain’s first implant of the SynCardia temporary
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation trust will lead a new virtual specialist surgical centre, designed to tackle complex rare urogenital
Mobile communications company Nokia is launching a range of connected health products this summer. The launch will mark the rebranding
Amarin, the Irish biotech that has developed a drug to help reduce very high blood fat levels, saw sales jump
A mental health app, co-designed by the North East London Foundation Trust (NELFT) as well by young people, has won
Boston Scientific said on Thursday it was recalling a range of heart devices made at its Galway plant, sending the
On Feb. 23, 2017, Novasep announced the opening of its new €11-million (approximately $11.64 million) bioconjugation unit in the
Controlling robotic prostheses with one’s mind has been a hot topic in research, but making a prothesis ‘talk back’ has been
Distek, Inc., a leading manufacturer of laboratory testing instruments for the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry, as well as an experienced
The University of Surrey has launched a new academic programme, aimed to help change the delivery of healthcare in the
The Austrian Centre of Industrial Biotechnology (acib) and GE Healthcare are introducing a cell line engineering research collaboration to bring
Lanthio Pharma has initiated a Phase I clinical trial with its lanthipeptide candidate MOR107, which is being developed as a
Scientists at Emory University’s Winship Cancer Institute are on a mission to unlock the mysteries of lung cancer cells that
Researchers at Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) present a new method that should enable controlled drug delivery into the bloodstream
Arix Biosciences has made good on its promise to raise £100 million ($127 million) in its public offering on the
Strong product pipeline will drive double-digit growth rates in the Western Europe and US markets, finds Frost & Sullivan’s Transformational
Developer of consumer healthcare products, Leman Micro Devices (LMD) has announced that its Health Sensor & App will be submitted
Biopharmaceutical, analytical and bioanalytical contract solutions provider, SGS has announced that it is expanding its elemental analysis and testing capabilities
Originally projected to be on the market by 2020, excitement about the contact lens to measure glucose levels from Novartis and Google
On Feb. 2, 2017 Pharmapack Europe announced the winners of the 2017 Pharmapack Awards. The winners were revealed during the
Biotech company Nemaura Pharma has secured up to £5 million funding from private investors for the development of a hormone
A high-tech robot that helps surgeons perform highly precise and minimally-invasive surgery has been used over 1,000 times at Sheffield
One of Europe’s largest collaborative academic-industry research projects, designed to develop and assess novel approaches for identification of new markers
Advertisements
