The new Roslin Innovation Centre, a world-leading bioscience hub bringing together academia, research and enterprise opened last August. Here John Mackenzie, the centre's CEO, gives us a tour and explains why it is so special. Roslin Innovation Centre is part of a new £30 million multi-purpose...
Collaboration is key to achieving the ambitious £8billion life sciences growth target argues David Lee, Chair of The Scotsman’s annual Life Sciences Conference. Ambitious growth targets are great. They look wonderful on a page and make headline-writing simple. During my 20 years as a daily newspaper...
David Bucklin, Site Director, Irvine Cell Culture Media Center of Excellence for Merck KGaA, blogs about the excitement of working in the Life Sciences - one of Scotland's most dynamic sectors - and the importance of capturing the imagination of the next generation. The North Ayrshire region...
Magnus Johnston, a Partner at major European intellectual property firm, Haseltine Lake, discusses some of the key intellectual property issues that need to be considered by collaborative parties engaged in innovative research. One of the key priorities of the Life Science Strategy for Scotland is to...
Mark Kane, Instrument Account Manager at Waters UK, blogs on the challenges of meeting the measurement needs of a rapidly evolving life sciences sector. Waters is a multinational company with a big presence in the UK and Ireland where we develop and manufacture mass spectrometry products...
2017 was another great year for the life sciences in Scotland. Here, Dave Tudor, Chair of Life Sciences Scotland Industry Leadership Group and Head of GMS Strategy at GSK, reviews some of the highlights. It’s been an extremely successful 2017 for the Life Sciences sector...
Isobel Finnie, UK and European Patent Attorney in the Chemistry and Life Sciences Team at Haseltine Lake LLP, considers some of the patenting problems specific to the Life Sciences sector and the different approaches required when filing patent applications in Europe and the U.S. One of...
Are you a Life Sciences company looking to grow? Dr Andrea McColl, Senior Development Manager - Life Sciences at Highlands and Islands Enterprise, blogs about the Pathfinder Accelerator, a 12-week intensive business programme currently recruiting for new applicants. Putting Great Business Ideas on the Fast Track to...
With over £30million invested in growing Scottish life sciences businesses in 2016, it is clear that scientific entrepreneurship is flourishing in Scotland. It has the most active business angel network in the UK, Archangels, and has thriving entrepreneurial spaces including Edinburgh BioQuarter and BioCity. However, this...
This is an exciting time for Life Sciences in Scotland according to Dave Tudor, the global head of API manufacturing and supply at GSK. The proud Scot is responsible for managing a complex global supply chain, which includes the company’s two manufacturing sites at Montrose...