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Is blockchain the answer to America's opioid crisis?
A blockchain-based start-up that believes it has a solution to help ensure patients are given the right medication has been accepted onto the MassChallenge Accelerator in Texas. Read more
Six biotech and pharma start-ups chosen to join The Hive in second intake
Global information analytics business, Elsevier, has revealed that six biotech and pharma start-ups have been selected to join its innovation initiative, The Hive. Read more
ApconiX sees sales boost as demand for drug safety expertise increases
A nonclinical safety company that works with the pharma sector based in Alderley Park, ApconiX, has increased sales by five-fold as a result of the industry’s demand for drug safety expertise. Read more
Bioprocessing start-up acquired by GE Healthcare
GE Healthcare has announced the completion of its acquisition of a bioprocessing start-up, Puridify — which is developing a nanofiber-based platform purification technology for biopharmaceutical production. Read more
Pharmapack Europe 2018 to showcase evolution in packaging and drug delivery
Pharmapack Europe 2018 has announced the programme for its European pharmaceutical packaging and drug delivery conference and exhibition taking place on 7–8 February at Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, Paris. Read more
Natural selection: What should life science start-ups bear in mind when seeking funding?
Here, Giovanni Rizzo, PhD, MBA, chief of Innovation Division, Z-Cube, reveals what life science start-ups should bear in mind when looking for funding. Read more
Winners of President’s Startup Challenge announced
The winners of the 2017 Pistoia Alliance President’s Startup Challenge have been announced as Medley Genomics (grand prize winner) and Transformative AI (audience vote winner). Read more
Busting biotech wide open: BiOspace lab now open in Manchester
The first open-access biotech laboratory has opened in Manchester, affording early-stage biotech and medtech companies, as well as entrepreneurial individual scientists with unrestricted, pay-as-you-go access to facilities and equipment. Read more
Pfizer to support healthtech start-ups in hope of NHS adoption
Three healthtech start-ups have been selected by biopharmaceutical company Pfizer to help get their technologies adopted onto the NHS. Read more
Fast track acceleration programme for life sciences start-ups launched
The research venture of the pharmaceutical group Zambon, ZCube, has launched the second edition of its fast track acceleration programme for life sciences start-up projects, Open Accelerator. Read more
Science on demand: Online platform to assist start-up companies
A new ‘science on demand’ online platform has been developed that allows companies and scientists to book expertise, lab space and equipment outside their institution. Read more
Pharma innovators to compete for $30,000
15 finalist teams will go head-to-head on the 21st and 22nd of September 2016 at West Road Concert Hall in Cambridge, in a Dragons’ Den style competition as part of the Imagine If! competition. Read more
Pharmapack Europe launches new Start-up Hub
Pharmapack Europe is launching a new area exclusively for start-ups at its event on 1-2 February 2017 at Paris Expo Porte de Versailles (Hall 4), Paris Read more
