Chris Molloy on new pension scale-up fund news, member news from Touchlight, the major GSK investment in Cambridge, a valuable collaboration for Relation and BIA's parliamentary engagement
Outpost Bio has raised $3.5 million in pre-seed funding to build frontier AI models that make human microbiology computable, enabling more precise prediction and optimization of intervention outcomes.
This 2026 update provides a critical reality check on the UK biotech sector, benchmarking the extraordinary resilience of female leaders against a plateauing representation and a shifting global tide of systemic challenges.
Theolytics has been awarded €8 million in non-dilutive grant funding from Horizon Europe 2025, the European Union’s flagship research and innovation funding programme.
The BioIndustry Association (BIA) has recognised the achievements of Dr Ruth McKernan CBE, neuroscientist, entrepreneur, investor and former Chair of the BIA Board, with the inaugural Chiswell Lifetime Achievement Award.
OutSee, a genomics and drug discovery company pioneering a unique AI-based predictive genomics approach to target discovery, today announced the closure of its £2.5 million seed funding round.
Pioneer Group, a specialist in life science infrastructure and venture building, and global biopharmaceutical company AbbVie, have crowned Alceus Bio the winner of their 2025 Golden Ticket programme.
This webinar spotlighted the latest capabilities from Our Future Health, the UK’s largest health research programme, now offering imputed and geographic data, dispensed medication records, and direct participant recruitment pathways.
Relation today announced a further $26 million investment from existing investors NVentures (NVIDIA’s venture capital arm) and leading deeptech investors DCVC and Magnetic Ventures.
In this analysis by Dr Martin Turner, Director of Policy and External Affairs, BIA, discover how the 2025 Budget could supercharge UK life sciences scale-ups with major investment incentives - while also highlighting potential risks from rising business rates.
London Life Sciences Week was a huge success last week, with significant increase in investors and life sciences execs coming together to connect and network. Combined with the news of two new significant fund raises from Sofinnova and Medicxi and progress towards completion of the British Growth Partnership Fund, it did feel that the sector found a lot to be hopeful about.
This blog explores the transformative BIA MAC Leadership Programme (LeaP) — a unique initiative empowering emerging bioprocessing professionals to accelerate their careers and strengthen leadership across the UK life sciences sector. With 76% of participants reporting career progression, LeaP is shaping the next generation of biotech leaders.
