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Bio-Buzz No.01 / January 2008
IN THIS ISSUE
HEADLINE NEWS
INDUSTRY CORNER
GLOBAL BUSINESS EVENTS
EVENTS LISTINGS
We wish all our readers Happy New Year and every success in 2008
Headline News
Did you miss our Gala dinner?
The South West Region has a thriving and vibrant Biotechnology community. This community is spread out over a geographically large area making attending every networking meeting a challenge for smaller companies. To help address this problem we have created a ‘Virtual Meeting’ that includes all of the speeches and presentations.
To join us please click HERE.
If you have any feedback on this facility we would like to hear it!
NHS National Technology Adoption Hub launch call
The NHS National Technology Adoption hub has launched a call for applications from the healthcare community for technologies that might be suitable for 6 Implementation Projects to begin in spring 2008. A typical technology selected as the basis of an Implementation Project will need to meet the following criteria:
- Has to involve step change innovation.
- Has to have an adoption issue. The technology must have strong independently reviewed evidence (possibly NICE, HTA, CEP) of improved patient outcomes and / or systems efficiencies but still minimal uptake within the NHS.
- Supports NHS national policy priorities.
- Should be in a clinical area of major focus for the NHS.
Further information about the call together with full details of the application process can be obtained HERE
For more information please contact the hub External Relations Manager Gareth Redmayne HERE or by telephone: 0161 276 5263
The deadline for applications is 15 Feb 2008.
New and Emerging Applications of Technology – 8th call now open
The NHS New and Emerging Applications of Technology (NEAT) programme promotes and supports applied research into the development and exploitation of new or emerging technologies. The Programme is currently inviting proposals for 12 month feasibility study projects to investigate proof of principle technology applications. The deadline for submissions is 7 March 2008. NEAT is open to all research institutions in the academic and NHS communities. Projects with collaborative industry funding will also be eligible to apply.
For full information about the call contact the NEAT Programme Secretariat on 0208 943 8990 or HERE
INDUSTRY CORNER
New Institute for Bio-Sensing set to launch in Bristol
The launch of the Institute of Bio-sensing Technology at the University of the West of England will herald new opportunities to develop multidisciplinary academic and industrial partnerships to develop novel bio-sensing technology. The Institute will offer the following benefits for partners:
- New research funding opportunities through a multi-disciplinary and multi-centred bidding and networking between companies.
- New opportunities for SMEs to participate in new research collaborations, with underpinning support from the Institute.
- New commercial opportunities through transatlantic collaboration.
- Workshops and bespoke courses to provide experienced personnel in bio-sensing.
For details of the one-day launch Conference, jointly sponsored by the Sensors and Instrumentation KTN and the Institute of Bio-sensing Technology contact the co-director Dr Richard Luxton on 0117 328 2472 or HERE
Bioscience for Business Annual Conference
‘High Value Products from Nature Unifying Bioproduction’ 26-27 March 2008, Collingwood College, University of Durham. For more information please click
HERE
Fledgling Company Support from the BIA
The BIA Fledgling Company Scheme has been created to support, nurture and assist the new emerging companies of today become UK success stories of tomorrow. The scheme offers support in a range of different areas pertinent to young businesses. For more information click HERE
Out and about in the South West
This month we feature a regional newsletter that contains valuable information, event listings and contacts that may be useful to your organisation. A good way to stay in touch with the region.
The Science and Industry Council for the South West publishes a regular newsletter detailing regional stories of innovation, as well as forthcoming events and national news. For more information about the Council and to subscribe to the newsletter click HERE
Information portals – discovering what’s out there
As it’s difficult to keep up to date with all the information portals around. BioBuzz brings you a regular small selection of those that may be of interest. This month we focus on
Piribo – online Business Intelligence for the BioPharma Industry
This webportal is a source of information about publications and industry intelligence as well as forthcoming events. They also have a free newsletter and new product alert facility. For more information click
HERE
Global Business Events and Conferences
The BioFine Europe Convention takes place in Freiburg, Germany from April 10-11, 2008 and features conferences covering new directions in chemical process design, synthetic biology – emerging technologies for future biopharmaceutical developments and new directions in molecular genetics & genomics. There will also be workshops on biocatalysis and preparative chromatography. To find out more click
HERE
BIO-Europe, Spain is the premier springtime partnering conference for the biotechnology industry. The inaugural event held in Milan, Italy in March 2007 brought together 1,200 executives representing biotechnology, pharmaceutical and finance companies from 35 countries around the world.
Over a three-day period, delegates engaged in more than 4,000 individual partnering meetings to identify new business opportunities and develop strategic relationships to accelerate their business. To find out more click HERE
US mission on advanced technologies and therapeutic countermeasures for infectious diseases
UK Trade & Investment is seeking companies with advanced technologies and therapeutic countermeasures applicable to infectious diseases to be considered for participation in a mission to the USA. The mission will consist of two parts visits to Atlanta, Georgia (infectious diseases and the public health response with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) and Washington, DC (focus on US government initiatives in biodefence research and commercial development). In each region the mission will include: in-depth seminars on the landscape for US government contracting and briefings with senior management at relevant US government agencies.
Further information can be found in the flyer attached. To register for the trade mission, or find out any further information on this fantastic opportunity, please contact: Patrick Brennan HERE or
Tel: +1 202 588 7932
EVENTS LISTINGS
Covering Lifesciences (biotechnology) and Medical interests can be found at HERE
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