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Life Technologies expands manufacturing in Scotland
Life Technologies is lining up its pieces to get more of the genetic sequencing market with a manufacturing plant expansion in Scotland.
GSK to build new U.K. site, create up to 1,000 jobs
GSK said it will build a new facility in Ulverston, Cumbria, to boost production of ingredients for its meds and vaccines.
UPDATED: GSK investing in U.K. vaccine manufacturing
GlaxoSmithKline has announced that it intends to invest more than £500 million ($794 million) and create up to 1,000 jobs in vaccine and pharmaceutical manufacturing in the U.K.
i2Eye jumps into visual testing world
Visual field testing in young children to ensure they don't have a brain tumor or other head injury can be challenging.
Merck site to reopen as biotech breeding ground
What do you do with an old research site? You make it into a new one. Merck ( $MRK ) has donated its research facility at Newhouse, Scotland, including equipment and a library of 100,000 compounds, to
EU recruits first-ever chief scientific adviser from Scotland
Two years after pledging to create the position, European Commission President José Manuel Barroso has appointed Anne Glover, a Scottish molecular and cell biologist, as the region's
Representatives discuss Scottish device, diagnostic biz
FierceMedicalDevices recently caught up with representatives from the Scottish Enterprise at BIO 2011. And while there was much to discuss on the biotech side, the Scottish representatives also
British PM: We will learn from the current flu crisis
British Prime Minister David Cameron has warned that there could be "significant outbreaks" of the flu in coming years, emphasizing the importance of looking into the vaccine ordering process. His
Stem cell research breakthrough could cure baldness
In search of a new stem cell therapy for burn victims, a group of Swiss and Scottish scientists have made a startling and completely unexpected discovery. By taking stem cells from the thymus and
Scotland looks to beef up life sciences sector
Scotland is looking to keep life sciences jobs in the country, even as Merck MSD says it will have to close a site in Newhouse by the end of the year. Finance Secretary John Swinney recently met with
