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Looking ahead With a world-leading science base, UK life science forms the basis of an industry which is of great strategic importance to the future economy and is rightly prioritised through the UK’s 10 year Life Science Strategy.
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Enhancement
20 Charging ahead with medical devices 21 Vernacare introduces a new commode chair that is cleaner by design 22 NICE publishes Medtech innovation briefing on ZedScan 23 Willgo Wheelchairs... enhancing mobility 24 Time for Medicine’s cloud-based platform for patients
Future watch
26 Printing spare parts for spines 27 Glyconics’ licence to breathe 28 Fighting disease with technology 29 Medilink supports pioneering tissue repair technology 30 New non-invasive system aims to reduce the incidence of diabetic KetaAcidosis 31 N4Pharma... one to watch 32 £2m funds ground-breaking technology to detect cancer during surgery
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How a new Government can support the UK life science industry
34 Co-Formulate working with Medilink EM 34 GBUK Ltd leads international push for new enteral ISO standard 35 HALO enhances cell data reporting 36 Nottingham’s Scandinavian initiative
Made in the UK
38 The BioHub Birmingham® set to be the region’s ‘Biomedical innovation launchpad’ 39 Welsh design engineering from GX destined to prevent global water contamination 40 Implanting dental solutions in the UK 41 Synergy’s speedy solution for roadside drug
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Meeting the unmet
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