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22 Apr 24

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Step up and create more inclusive workplaces within the biotech sector

19 Feb 24

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Beyond health: why BIA is championing the biorevolution

UK cell and gene therapy: Leading the path to transformative medicine

09 Apr 24

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Post-Brexit border paperwork and inspections postponed for life sciences sector

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06 Mar 24

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BIA responds to Spring Budget 2024: highlights for UK life sciences

Three highlights for UK life sciences: first, the new expert advisory panel for the HMRC is a smart way to maximise the efficiency of R&D tax relief support for life science innovators; secondly, Alan Marchington’s ICG winning the LIFTs scheme shows real movement to unlock pension funds for life sciences; thirdly, AstraZeneca’s investment in next-generation manufacturing in Speke and Cambridge shows the strength of our ecosystem.

07 Feb 24

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Deep Biotech will deliver a more sustainable future, and BIA is its new voice

Deep Biotech encompasses innovative companies harnessing the power of engineering biology to tackle humanity's most pressing challenges, from environmental pollution to climate change. From cultivating meat without animals to crafting bio-based materials that replace harmful plastics, Deep Biotech offers a sustainable roadmap for a greener future.

26 Jan 24

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Professor Sir Mene Pangalos wins Lifetime Achievement Award at the BIA’s Gala Dinner

Mene led AstraZeneca's pharmaceutical discovery and early development through a key period of growth and innovation and was a driving force for scientific excellence and collaboration. Joining the company in 2010, Mene transformed AstraZeneca’s approach to R&D, fostering deeper academic and industry partnerships, pioneering Open Innovation programmes, and building a culture that values truth-seeking in science.

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01 May 24

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Poolbeg Pharma plc announces exclusive option agreement to acquire Orphan Drug Candidate for Behçet's Disease

Poolbeg Pharma plc announces that it has entered into an exclusive 12-month option agreement with Silk Road Therapeutics Inc, for a nominal fee, to acquire a novel topical muco-adherent formulation of Pentoxifylline (tPTX) for the treatment of oral ulcers in patient's suffering from Behçet's Disease.

01 May 24

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Significant POLB 001 patent granted in United States

Poolbeg Pharma, a biopharmaceutical company focussed on the development and commercialisation of innovative medicines targeting diseases with a high unmet medical need, announces that, further to its announcement on 20 March 2024, the Company has received the fully granted patent from the US Patent Office for its Immunomodulator II patent application.

30 Apr 24

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MHRA’s AI regulatory strategy ensures patient safety and industry innovation into 2030

The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has today set out its strategic approach to AI. The MHRA welcomed the publication of the Government’s white paper ‘A pro-innovation approach to AI regulation’, published in 2023, and have taken significant steps in the past 12 months to adopt its recommendations in the work we do based on five key strategic principles.

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29 Apr 24

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CEO Update - 29 April 2024

Much of the UK will go to the polls this Thursday in the biggest test of public opinion ahead of the UK general election. Ten key metro mayoral contests take place including in Tees Valley, Manchester, the West and East Midlands and London. The results will be announced over the weekend and give a new mandate to key figures in regions of the UK whilst also helping define if we will have a summer or autumn general election.

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