MAIN CONFERENCE SPONSOR Medtronic As a global leader in medical technology, services and solutions, Medtronic improves the health and lives of millions of people each year. We believe our deep clinical, therapeutic and economic expertise can help address the complex challenges such as rising costs, aging populations and the burden of chronic disease faced by families and healthcare systems today. But no one can do it alone. That s why we re committed to partnering in new ways and developing powerful solutions that deliver better patient outcomes. Founded in 1949 as a medical repair company, we re now among the world s largest medical technology, services and solutions companies, employing more than 85,000 people worldwide, serving physicians, hospitals and patients in more than 155 countries. Join us in our commitment to take healthcare Further, Together. Learn more at Medtronic.com. NETWORKING RECEPTION AND GALA DINNER SPONSOR HYPER RECRUITMENT SOLUTIONS Hyper Recruitment Solutions (HRS), founded and run by Ricky Martin and in partnership with Lord Alan Sugar, has a wealth of recruitment expertise as well as being highly compliant and commercially aware. Our vision is to provide recruitment solutions which will assist in the improvement and quality of life for all. The Scottish Life Sciences sector is expecting huge expansion and investment over the next decade, with the industry expected to be worth 8bn by 2025. This will result in increased headcount across the sector. At HRS we want to take the pressure of expansion away from our clients in hiring such talent, and to those professionals in their job searching process. We have put together a specialist and dedicated Life Sciences Team who each have scientific expertise, and have extensive recruitment experience across the Life Sciences. This will ensure when working with HRS you will interact with a specialist who has a interest and insight in to the field of Life Sciences. SESSION SPONSOR Cellexus International Limited Cellexus International Limited manufacture and market the Cellmaker range of 8L and 50L single use bioreactors, larger sizes will also become available, together with a choice of bag design to cover client s needs and requirements. The Cellmaker product line has several patented USP s; the capital and operating costs are greatly reduced compared to existing current technologies. The company s Cellmaker product line is used in the production of cell lines, therapeutic proteins, bacteriophage, mono clonal antibodies, vaccines and antibiotics in the preclinical, clinical and production stages in numerous pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies. We are currently working with numerous companies both in R/D and production and we would like to share this experience with you and your colleagues Cellexus also has the ability to provide other bags both standard and customised for the up and downstream process. These bags are manufactured from the same film as our bioreactors hence reduced validation.
SESSION SPONSOR Vascular Flow Technologies Dundee based Vascular Flow Technologies (VFT) is an established ISO 13485 Medical Device Development and Testing company with unique insight and capabilities in pre-clinical development and testing, including bespoke capabilities to investigate the outcomes of surgical procedures and device performance in anatomically accurate models. VFT can analyse the morphology and physiology of blood vessels from medical images in a quantitative manner and create accurate anatomical segmentations and flow measurements to produce realistic computer simulations. VFT has also developed and patented Spiral Laminar Flow (SLF) technology which restores the natural pattern of blood flow in Vascular devices and works with leading medical device manufacturers to incorporate this technology onto their next generation products. CONFERENCE EXHIBITORS BMG LABTECH Ltd BMG LABTECH has earned the reputation of being a world leader in microplate reading technology providing an extensive range of readers. Instruments are modular and fully upgradeable and include a range of features such as 65 C incubation, fully integrated O 2 /CO 2 atmospheric control UV/Vis Spectrometer based absorbance and the revolutionary Linear Variable Filter monochromator. BMG s instrument range includes OMEGA, CLARIOstar and PHERAstar FSX providing readers for all budgets and applications including Life Science, Assay Development and High Throughput Screening in all read modes. They provide the highest sensitivity, flexibility and reliability and all instruments are designed to be easily integrated into automated systems for higher throughput assays. All BMG s readers are supported by a fully qualified team of engineers, scientists, and technicians dedicated to bringing you high-quality products of exceptional value and performance. Website: www.bmglabtech.com TMQA TMQA is a specialist company providing the full range of Research Quality Assurance services including consultancy, audit and training across regulated; GxPs (GCP, GLP and GMP) and ISO Standards, and non regulated management systems. Established in Edinburgh in 2001 and headed up by international QA expert, Dr Andrew Waddell, TMQA has an unrivalled reputation for its flexibility and professionalism. TMQA works with many growing companies providing a raft of valuable QA services including developing and implementing management systems, providing top-up audit support when internal resource is busy as well as running organisations entire QA programmes. All of which means that companies only have to pay for the QA services they need and when they need them. Our support covers both regulatory work and non regulated research, where the benefits of a management system in ensuring robust research and development are well established but may not be a legal requirement.
Scottish Healthcare Innovations Ltd (SHIL) & NHS Research Scotland (NRS) Scottish Health Innovations Ltd (SHIL) work in partnership with NHS Scotland to identify, protect, develop and commercialise healthcare innovations to improve patient care. Our multidisciplinary team use specialised knowledge to help bring new ideas and innovations from healthcare professionals to life. We provide expert services including intellectual property advice and protection, project management, idea incubation, funding advice, development and commercialisation, and post-commercialisation monitoring. We support collaboration across the Scottish healthcare innovation ecosystem and work to ensure NHS Scotland provides the right environment to support innovation with an empowered workforce continually driving improvements in the quality and value of patient care. NHS Research Scotland promotes and supports excellence in clinical and translational research in Scotland so that patients can benefit from new and better treatments. Formed through a partnership of Scottish NHS Boards and the Chief Scientist Office (CSO) of Scottish Government, we work to ensure that NHS Scotland provides the best environment to support clinical research. IP Pragmatics IP Pragmatics (www.ip-pragmatics.com) is a technology management consultancy company that assists its clients in all aspects of early stage technology development and exploitation. Additionally we provide clients with intellectual property related management services including the provision of patent and trademark renewal payment services. The company is headquartered in London, UK and has offices in Edinburgh, Scotland and Sydney, Australia. We also have strategic partners in Japan and North America. We work with universities, government research institutes and technology-based companies (SMEs to multinationals) assisting with intellectual property based technology exploitation. Our services include: Intellectual property auditing; Patent management strategy and tools; Market research; Valuations; Technology commercialisation; Business development and licensing; Annuity and patent renewal payments; and Patent landscaping analysis. We have particular expertise in: Agritech; Animal Health; Human Health; Food & Nutrition; Life Science research; and Clean Tech. Vivomotion Our mission at Vivomotion (www.vivomotion.co.uk) is to help the advancement of science through better communication. We do this using stunning animation and graphics. Based in Dundee, our studio works with local artists while reaching out to a global market. Our clients include: academics, biotech/pharmaceutical/ medical device companies, clinicians, science centres and schools. In addition we offer training workshops on the visual presentation of science, data visualisation and animation production. Another revenue stream comes from the production of interactive e-books for education. Through the medium of animation, stories of science are literally brought to life, allowing visualisation of the previously unseen, whether for conference talks, marketing or educational purposes. Customised animations are developed with the client, from concept design, through storyboarding, production and delivery of a digital solution.
James Hutton Limited James Hutton Limited is the commercial subsidiary of the James Hutton Institute, Dundee and Aberdeen. James Hutton Limited draws on the scientific expertise, intellectual property, facilities and resources of the James Hutton Institute to provide research and consultancy services and solutions to nutraceutical and health related sectors. James Hutton Limited facilitates research into health benefits and nutrition as well as the general environment and its impacts on the health of the world at large. The business also provides analytical services and research and development in all aspects of crop science. It is also home to Mylnefield Lipid Analysis, an AOCS award winning, leading international laboratory for the specialist analysis of oils and fats with GMP approval from both the UK MHRA and the US FDA, as well as GCP approval from the MHRA. British Council The IAESTE programme, the International Association for the Exchange of Students for Technical Experience, comprises over 1000 universities, private and public sector employers exchanging internships across a 90-country network aimed at internationalising future leaders in science, and technology disciplines. In Scotland the programme is funded by the Scottish Government, and delivered by the British Council. The dual aim of the programme is to provide international work experience to Scottish students ahead of their entering the work force as graduates, and to assist Scottish companies and universities with high calibre project support, and in many cases to aid their own international aims. The reciprocal nature of the programme means that by providing a placement to an international trainee, not only are you filling skills gaps within a specific project or team, but also providing a paid international internship for a student from Scotland. AvantiCell Science AvantiCell Science specialises in the isolation and culture of human primary cells for use in preclinical drug development and in vitro testing of materials ranging from natural therapeutics to traditional medicines, food components and medical devices. The company offers an alternative to animal testing: human primary cells isolated from ethically-sourced tissue, when cultured under appropriate conditions, deliver analytical predictive value and results likely to indicate how the test material will behave in the human body. These analytical tools, and their preclinical predictive value, offer the prospect of faster, more efficient progress towards better drugs, more effective chemotherapy, and improved healthcare, because of improved early selection (or de-selection) of candidate therapeutics before clinical trials. AvantiCell s human cell products can be purchased off-the-shelf to be used in customers own labs or companies can take advantage of AvantiCell s contract research services of cell-based assays.
BioIVT BioIVT, formerly BioreclamationIVT, is a leading global provider of high-quality biological specimens and value-added services. We specialize in control and disease state samples including human and animal tissues, cell products, blood and other biofluids. Our unmatched portfolio of clinical specimens directly supports precision medicine research and the effort to improve patient outcomes by coupling comprehensive clinical data with donor samples. Our PHASEZERO Research Services team works collaboratively with clients to provide target and biomarker validation, phenotypic assays to characterize novel therapeutics, clinical assay development and in vitro hepatic modeling solutions. And as the world s premier supplier of ADME-toxicology model systems, including hepatocytes and subcellular fractions, BioIVT enables scientists to better understand the pharmacokinetics and drug metabolism of newly discovered compounds and the effects on disease processes. By combining our technical expertise, exceptional customer service, and unparalleled access to biological specimens, BioIVT serves the research community as a trusted partner in ELEVATING SCIENCE. www.bioivt.com Marks & Clerk Marks & Clerk supports SMEs, start-ups, universities and multinationals to capture, protect and exploit all aspects of intellectual property assets, including patents, trade marks, designs and copyright. Our award-winning team in Scotland is recognised by Managing Intellectual Property as the best IP prosecution firm in Scotland 2017 and 2018. Our Edinburgh and Glasgow Office Managing Partners Paul Chapman and Richard Gibbs were recognised by MIP as IP Stars in 2016 for their work with life sciences patents. We work with many leading, innovative, Scottish clients across the Life Sciences field ranging from diagnostics to antibodies, cell therapies to medical devices. Research and Innovation Services, University of Dundee Dundee is Scotland s most innovative university (Reuters 2017), the UK s most influential university (Nature Index 2017), and the UK s most effective publisher (THE World University Rankings 2018). We lead lifechanging research and innovation in the Life Sciences and Health sectors that impact locally and globally. Our world-leading research is recognised: we are 1st for biological sciences research in the UK; top young university in the UK for research, citations and industry income (Times Higher Education Young University Rankings 2017); and we are rated among the world s best universities in terms of impact of scientific research (CWTS Leiden Rankings). Our Research and Innovation Services team (RIS) are dedicated to connecting our academic researchers to a network of professionals, businesses and public sector organisations who can collaborate with them on the creation, sharing and application of ground-breaking knowledge and ideas through R&D, consultancy, licensing and more. Visit www.dundee.ac.uk/industry for more information