6 December 2016
Expansion and diversification deliver record growth for BWB
BWB Group, the privately-owned engineering and environmental consultancy, with growing operations in most of England’s major cities, has revealed record turnover driven by expanding services that have taken the business into new markets. The Nottingham-headquartered...
12 October 2016
Biofortuna reaches key milestones for ReadyPlex™ blood group genotyping product family
Bi ofortuna Ltd, a UK-based diagnostics company offering molecular diagnostic products and contract manufacturing services, has successfully achieved key milestones in the development of its new blood group genotyping product family – ReadyPlex™. This breakthrough...
6 October 2016
GM&C Life Sciences Fund Invests in YProTech High Value Chemistry Services
Alderley Park, Cheshire, UK – 6 October 2016. Catapult Ventures, managers of the GM&C Life Sciences Fund, today announced an investment in YProTech Ltd, a specialist high value chemistry services company based in Alderley Park, Cheshire. The investment will enable...
29 September 2016
GM&C Life Sciences Fund Invests in SwabTech
Alderley Park, Cheshire, UK – 29 September 2016. Catapult Ventures, managers of the GM&C Life Sciences Fund, today announced an £0.5m investment in Manchester-based SwabTech Limited to further develop and commercialise its automated Surgical Swab-Washer...
28 September 2016
Catapult Ventures Seed Investments
22 September 2016
GM&C Life Sciences Fund makes further seed investments
Alderley Park, Cheshire, UK – 20 September 2016. Catapult Ventures, managers of the GM&C Life Sciences Fund, has announced that it has completed two new seed investments. The Fund completed a seed investment into sensor technology developer Kanichi Research in August...
20 September 2016
Intamac in software deal with Sprue Aegis
Northampton-based software firm Intamac has sold the source code and development rights to a piece of its software to Coventry-based Sprue Aegis in a deal that could be worth up to £2.8m. Some £1m will be paid by Sprue initially, together with £0.45m pre-paid...
8 September 2016
New Board Member joins Monica
Wolfgang Distler joins the Monica Board of Directors, bringing with him a wealth of commercial experience in the medical and other industries. Wolfgang was the founder of Reynolds Medical in Germany in 1978, and from 1991 until 2003 he was Managing Director of Reynolds Medical...
16 August 2016
Catapult Ventures appoints Dr Tony Flinn as Venture Partner
Catapult Ventures has announced that Dr Tony Flinn has been appointed as a Venture Partner with its new GM&C Life Sciences Fund. Dr Flinn, who becomes the Fund’s second Venture Partner, is an authority in contract research organisation (CRO) companies, having founded...
10 August 2016
Faron enters into an agreement with Abzena for the manufacture of Clevegen®
Turku, Finland and Cambridge, UK – 25 July 2016 – Faron Pharmaceuticals Ltd (AIM: FARN) (“Faron”), a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company, and Abzena plc (AIM: ABZA), a life sciences group providing services and technologies to enable development and...