Can “good bacteria” be used to maintain good health as we grow older? Scottish biotech company NCIMB has teamed up with the Rowett Institute to address this question.
A new partnership with ARC West London, designed to support innovators across AI, life sciences, robotics and digital industries to scale, bolstering the West London life sciences ecosystem.
This report is the first step in understanding the specific challenges faced by female CEOs and C-suite in biotechnology in the UK – in order to understand best how we can help to enact change and provide relevant support.
The data the biotech industry generates, consumes and shares is very often not only extremely sensitive (expensive to create, the product of some of the finest minds and technically focused facilities on the earth, in some cases connectable to the very fabric of humanity), it’s impossible to de-sensitise once lost to an attacker.
In our submission, we reiterate the economic growth potential of UK life sciences, and welcome its recognition within the Industrial Strategy as a priority sector. We call for government to turn its attention to the six key areas outlined within the Industrial Strategy, and list a number of priority investments within them.
Innovating manufacturing processes is key to revolutionising access to advanced cell and gene therapies - this blog explores how Tolemy Bio's co-founders, Caelan and Alex, are leveraging cutting-edge technologies like AI, biochemical modelling, and omics data to overcome complex challenges and drive global scalability.
Imperial, the leading global science university, is achieving a major step up in its life sciences capacity at its White City Deep Tech Campus through a major new joint venture with Bruntwood SciTech.
The UK biotech sector secured an impressive £808 million in Q3 2024, defying tough global market conditions and demonstrating sustained investor confidence. Read our latest report to find out more.
The BIA’s policy and public affairs team attended the conferences of the three major UK parties this year. This is a key point in the political calendar and allows us to highlight the sector through fringe events, meet policymakers, and get a sense of the political environment.
In this blog, Albert Maguire-King, Media and Communications Executive at the BIA, recaps the recent Women in Biotech event in Manchester, where industry leaders discussed talent attraction, female leadership, and career advancement. The panel highlighted the importance of fostering home-grown talent, supporting female role models, and offering mentorship opportunities.
PULSE – the Programme for Up-and-coming Life Science Entrepreneurs – was launched in 2018 to help new entrepreneurs understand how innovative ideas are made into reality through commercialisation, and to provide them with an instant open door to a network of important connections. Read this report to learn more about PULSE's role in shaping biotech innovation.
In this blog, Albert Maguire-King, Media and Communications Executive at the BIA, discusses the recent Techbio Boost event hosted by KQ Labs and the BIA, highlighting the programme's role in supporting the growth of London-based techbio seed and pre-series A companies.