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Randox lab, Manchester

Randox expands testing capability

Added: 16 Jun 2014

Randox has announced the acquisition of a drug and alcohol testing facility in Manchester.

Just a drop is enough to test the chemical composition

Sensor chip to measure chemicals

Added: 11 Jun 2014

University develops minute chemical sensor on a chip which uses infrared laser beams and light dete…

3-D electron microscopy

Metals lab to open at microscopy centre

FEI | Added: 9 Jun 2014

FEI and The University of Manchester have announced their collaboration on the Metals Lab at The Un…

Malvern HQ

Malvern acquires GE business

Added: 5 Jun 2014

Malvern Instruments is set to acquire GE Healthcare Life Sciences’ MicroCal business.

Greenwich University

Greenwich launches food industry Masters

Added: 2 Jun 2014

A food industry Masters degree aimed at life sciences graduates has been launched by the University…

Dr Nathalie Juge

Survey calls on scientific input

Added: 2 Jun 2014

Industry survey asks UK researchers to identify future research facility requirements.

Bioo Scientific has launched state-of the-art, full service analytical food testing

Bioo enters food testing market

Bioo Scientific | Added: 28 May 2014

Bioo Scientific’s Lab Testing Group now offers full service testing for contaminants in complex foo…

Michael Uren OBE

Biomed centre receives £40m gift

Added: 27 May 2014

A donation to Imperial College London (ICL) will help create a new biomedical engineering centre.

Pfizer ends its pursuit of AstraZeneca

Pfizer ends pursuit of AstraZeneca

Added: 20 May 2014

US Pharmaceuticals firm Pfizer has had its final proposal to acquire AstraZeneca rejected by the co…

Light technology

80-year quest could become reality

Added: 18 May 2014

Imperial College London physicists have discovered how to create matter from light - a feat thought…

Test kits help determine DNA types in meat species

PCR kit provides food proof

Added: 16 May 2014

Latest DNA testing service will further benefits the food supply chain, say advisory group.

Pills, medicine, drugs, pharma

Pfizer-AstraZeneca: Merger debate continues

Added: 14 May 2014

The House of Commons (HOC) science and technology committee met with bosses from Pfizer and AstraZe…

Drugs, pharma, pills, merger, drug, medicine

Drugs boss warns of "disruption" to pharma

Added: 13 May 2014

AstraZeneca chief executive warns of disruption if a takeover deal by US pharmaceuticals giant Pfiz…

DNA

Scientists develop semi-synthetic organism

Added: 8 May 2014

Scientists have engineered the first semi-synthetic organism capable of transmitting added letters …

Intertek expands food testing

Intertek expands food testing capability

Added: 7 May 2014

Intertek has opened three food testing laboratories this year, including a 24/7 facility in Derby.

UW scientists regenerate heart muscle

Stem cells used to regenerate heart muscle

Added: 1 May 2014

Researchers at the University of Washington have restored damaged heart muscle in monkeys for the f…

Thermo Fisher Scientific opens nanoscale centre

Thermo Fisher opens nanoscale materials centre

Thermo Fisher Scientific | Added: 1 May 2014

A new surface analysis and microanalysis instrument demonstration facility dedicated to advancing m…

The University of Dundee

Drug discovery lab to open in Dundee

Added: 30 Apr 2014

The UK government has awarded £8 million funding for a drug discovery research centre in Dundee.

UCB open antibody discover lab in Berkshire

UCB opens antibody discovery lab

Added: 30 Apr 2014

Biopharmaceutical firm UCB has launched its Technology Platform Access programme designed to help d…

Sartorius completes portfolio

Sartorius completes pharma portfolio

Sartorius Group | Added: 30 Apr 2014

Sartorius Stedim Biotech (SSB) has acquired the majority stake in the US start-up AllPure Technolog…