The growing importance of Northern Ireland’s pharmaceutical and life sciences industries is revealed in a new report tracking the significant contribution the sector makes to the NI economy. Research by the Fraser of Allander Institute reveals that the life science sector is thriving, supporting 18,000 full-time jobs throughout NI. The [...]
Economy Minister Diane Dodds recently published the following article on the Life and Health Sciences sector: Northern Ireland has a burgeoning Life and Health Sciences (LHS) sector with a vibrant academic community, globally renowned companies and a uniquely integrated health and social care system. My new economic recovery plan - [...]
UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) has announced that two NI consortia have been selected out of a total of 17 projects across the UK which will receive up to £50k each to lead development of a new regional research consortium. The two successful NI projects are a Smart Nano-Manufacturing Corridor [...]
The Department of Health in Northern Ireland has released its contact tracing mobile application, which is available on both Android and iOS. The app will automatically tell users in Northern Ireland if they have been near someone who tests positive for COVID-19. The first app of its kind to be [...]
Ulster University Professor and Matrix panellist Jim McLaughlin, has been appointed along with Professor Tara Moore to a new Government led Rapid Test Consortium, via local company CIGA Healthcare. As the UK government starts to review an exit strategy from the current Covid-19 lockdown, testing and in particular accurate community testing is key [...]
Northern Ireland's newest life sciences asset, Health Innovation Research Alliance Northern Ireland (HIRANI), was officially launched earlier this month at the Union League of Philadelphia. Health Innovation Research Alliance Northern Ireland (HIRANI) is a new collaboration between academic, local government, clinical and life sciences communities to deliver the health and [...]
Dr. Rob Grundy was recently appointed as MATRIX Chair, following the retirement of Dr. Rob Hardeman. Dr Grundy is the founder of Anglezarke Life Sciences. He was previously CEO of CIGA Healthcare Ltd and Director of Commercial Development and Licensing at Almac Discovery. Rob’s main focus is on the commercial [...]
The Department for the Economy has appointed Dr Robert Grundy as the new Chair of the MATRIX panel. Dr Grundy is the founder of Anglezarke Life Sciences. He was previously CEO of CIGA Healthcare Ltd and Director of Commercial Development and Licensing at Almac Discovery. He also holds the position [...]
The second Life Sciences Sector Deal will support healthcare innovation and back businesses to create high-paid, high-quality jobs. Tens of thousands of lives could be saved by pioneering research to detect deadly diseases before symptoms even appear, thanks to a new collaboration between the government and the Life Sciences Industry. [...]
Catalyst Inc is calling on companies in the Life and Health Sciences industry sector to fill in a 15 minute survey. The newly formed North West Centre for Advanced Manufacturing (NWCAM) based at Catalyst Inc and supported by EU Interreg VA funding aims to develop highly skilled, value-adding innovative industries [...]
Ulster University has announced it will be leading on a £6 million research project into low cost technologies for safe drinking water in developing regions. The SAFEWATER research programme seeks to tackle a global challenge by looking at clean water solutions and the development of smart devices to quickly tell [...]
Belfast-based Intelesens, which was founded in 2001 by three leading sensor technology professors at Ulster University, has been acquired by US-based UltraLinq. Intelesens developed a portfolio of intelligent, wearable, non-invasive, wireless vital signs monitoring devices for global hospital and home patient monitoring markets. Professor Jim McLaughlin (pictured above) is one of the [...]