August 2020

NI Economy Minister highlights the strengths and potential of our Life & Health Sciences sector

2020-08-11T14:48:00+01:00August 11th, 2020|Life & Health Sciences|

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 - [...]

April 2020

Matrix panellist appointed to Government led UK Rapid Test Consortium

2020-04-24T12:56:19+01:00April 24th, 2020|Life & Health Sciences|

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 [...]

June 2019

HIRANI launched to enhance NI’s life science industry

2019-06-25T08:46:16+01:00June 11th, 2019|Government, Life & Health Sciences|

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 [...]

April 2019

Matrix Chair Dr Rob Grundy on how the new panel will help support NI science and tech sectors

2019-04-29T12:23:11+01:00April 29th, 2019|Creative Technology, Education & Research, Government, ICT & Digital, Life & Health Sciences, STEM, Sustainable Energy|

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 [...]

February 2019

December 2018

£1.3bn investment in new partnership driving early disease detection

2018-12-11T13:02:42+00:00December 11th, 2018|Government, Life & Health Sciences|

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. [...]

August 2018

August 2017

Ulster University spin-out Intelesens acquired by US tech company UltraLinq

2017-08-03T15:28:11+01:00August 3rd, 2017|Life & Health Sciences|

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 [...]

July 2017

SBRI funding for gestational diabetes healthcare projects

2019-01-25T07:40:27+00:00July 4th, 2017|Life & Health Sciences, SBRI|

Could you develop technology solutions to better support diabetic pregnant women? The Department of Health and Department for Economy in Northern Ireland have launched a new Small Business Research Initiative (SBRI) competition, under the title "Project 'GEMS' - Gestational, Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes Empowering Mothers through Mobile Technologies". The competition [...]

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