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£6.5 Million Boost for Life Sciences Sector set to Bring New Jobs to South Wales
Biocatalysts Ltd, one of the world’s leading enzyme manufacturers based at Nantgarw, Cardiff, is certainly a growing business after expanding its enzyme production plant. The £6.5 million investment supported by Barclays has built a 11,000 square foot extension to the existing site together with significant investment in new plant, to treble manufacturing capacity at the…
Grant awarded for anti-biofilm interventions
Neem Biotech, a company focused on developing novel solutions to address antimicrobial resistance, together with the Welsh Wound Innovation Centre and Sheffield Collaboratorium for Antimicrobial Resistance and Biofilms (SCARAB), has been awarded a £50,000 inaugural National Biofilms Innovation Centre (NBIC) Proof of Concept grant. This inaugural grant has been awarded to expand the development and…
Swansea University to Co-Host Inaugural Biopesticide Summit
Swansea University and Swansea University-based company Bionema Ltd are to host the inaugural Biopesticide Summit next year to address the pressing need to develop alternatives to chemical pesticides. The recent banning of chemical pesticides by the European Union (EU) and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) suggests that there are significant risks to food security, human health…
Bionema Ltd and Swansea University to host inaugural Biopesticide Summit in 2019
Swansea University and Swansea University-based company Bionema Ltd are to host the inaugural Biopesticide Summit next year to address the pressing need to develop alternatives to chemical pesticides.
University think tank ready to share findings on future of health care
Academics at a top think tank are seeking talks with Welsh Health Secretary Vaughan Gething to discuss the future of health and social care in Wales.
Bionema & Biocatalysts win at Made in Wales Awards
The very best of the country's manufacturing sector have been celebrated at Insider's Made in Wales Awards 2018, with a roof rack maker, an organic pesticides specialist and a potato producer among the winners.
Cellesce and Cardiff University win Innovate UK Primer Award to develop Organoids at scale to advance Breast Cancer Research
Cellesce the cancer organoid bioprocessing company and Cardiff University have won an Innovate UK competition.
Biocatalysts plan £6m investment following acquisition
Specialist biotechnology company Biocatalysts, which was recently acquired by Brain AG, is investing £6m in expanding its manufacturing capacity.
Garlic extract recreated in lab for the very first time
An antibiotic compound commonly found in garlic has been recreated by researchers for the very first time.
Bionema appoints Stephen Burt to its board
Bionema today announces the appointment of Stephen Burt as Finance Director.