Evotec, a leading drug discovery alliance and development partnership company, has taken additional office and laboratory space at Milton Park, one of the leading science and technology communities in Europe, to bring its total occupation to 192,745 sq ft making it one of the largest...
Vale of White Horse District Council has granted planning permission for the highly specialist facility that will house the UK’s Vaccines Manufacturing and Innovation Centre (VMIC). VMIC, a not for profit organisation based at Harwell Campus, will provide the country’s first bespoke strategic vaccine development and...
Atos, a French-headquartered, global leader in digital transformation, has signed a four-year contract worth £5 million with the University of Oxford to develop a new artificial intelligence (AI) supercomputer. This will be the largest AI-focused supercomputer in the UK, enabling UK academics and industry to drive...
Oxford University’s Jenner Institute and Oxford Vaccine Group have taken the next step towards the discovery of a safe, effective and accessible vaccine against coronavirus. The results of the Phase I/II trial indicate no early safety concerns and induces strong immune responses in both parts of...
A team of researchers based at Harwell Campus and Oxford University have found that antibodies derived from llamas can neutralise the SARS-CoV-2 virus. The teams used advanced imaging with X-rays and electrons from the Diamond Light Source, as well as the Oxford University Team identifying...
Oxfordshire Local Enterprise Partnership (OxLEP) has produced a presentation that explores the many ways in which Oxfordshire’s life sciences sector is responding to the pandemic. The response from the county’s life sciences sector to COVID-19 has been immediate – a mass-mobilisation which is witnessing ground-breaking research...
Oxfordshire, one of the leading life sciences and healthcare clusters in Europe, is home to numerous national assets and leading companies from within the sector. Learn more about one of Europe’s most- successful Life Sciences clusters with a track record in establishing and attracting world-leading life...
Buckinghamshire Local Enterprise Partnership (Bucks LEP) has launched its new website, which aims to provide latest information on key developments across Buckinghamshire’s Enterprise Zones. Since 2016 the Aylesbury Vale Enterprise Zone has provided an enormous boost to help Buckinghamshire grow its existing businesses and attract and...
The South East retains its place in the top three UK regions for total FDI projects according to the EY Attractiveness survey. The annual EY report examines the performance and perceptions of the UK and its regions as destinations for FDI, and this year includes...
Oxford Biomedica, a leading gene and cell therapy group, has signed a one-year clinical and commercial supply deal with AstraZeneca for a potential Covid-19 vaccine. The agreement relates to the adenovirus vector-based vaccine candidate AZD1222, which entered clinical trials at multiple sites in the UK recently. Oxford...