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08 March 2021
Drug Discovery Leader Dr Nicola Heron on Championing Innovation and Diversity in the Sector

Medicines Discovery Catapult’s newly appointed Chief Business Officer, Dr Nicola Heron MBA sets out her intention to support up-and-coming innovators…





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10 February 2021
Fighting the Pandemic and the Glass Ceiling – All in a Days Work

Ahead Of International Day Of Women And Girls In Science, Three Covid Scientists Share Their Experience of Battling the Pandemic.


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04 February 2021
Recognition for Manchester scientists involved in Lighthouse Labs project

Staff and students at the University of Manchester have been recognised for their role in helping to establish the Alderley Park Lighthouse Laboratory in Cheshire.


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21 January 2021
Investigating new treatment for schizophrenia as first Psychiatry Consortium funded project announced

A partnership between the University of Oxford, the Earlham Institute, and the global pharmaceutical companies Biogen Inc and Boehringer Ingelheim is announced today to investigate a new drug target for the treatment of schizophrenia.


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18 January 2021
Testing Lab Data Reveals Spread of New Covid Variant Across the Country

Scientists at the Alderley Park Lighthouse Lab in Cheshire have revealed the speed and scale at which the new variant of the COVID virus is spreading through communities across the country.


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06 January 2021
Alderley Park Lighthouse Lab Processes 6 Millionth Sample

Scientists at the Alderley Park Lighthouse Lab in Cheshire processed their 6 millionth test over the festive period, the equivalent of providing tests for one in ten people in the UK.


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18 December 2020
UK Innovators Target Nanoparticles at Inoperable Cancers

Active Needle Technology, Xerion Healthcare and Medicines Discovery Catapult win funding to begin ground-breaking project.


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17 December 2020
Biology 2.0: Combining machine-learning, robotics and biology to deliver drug discovery of tomorrow

Intelligent OMICS, Arctoris and Medicines Discovery Catapult test in silico pipeline for identifying new molecules for cancer treatment.


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03 December 2020
UK innovation and technology centres highlight track record for delivering business growth

The Catapult Network launched today the 2019-2020 Annual Report – Creating the future through innovation: Recovery and Resilience.


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03 December 2020
Innovate UK Funded Project Produces Next-Generation AI Drug Discovery Platform

Optibrium, Intellegens and Medicines Discovery Catapult combine their expertise in drug discovery and AI research.






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