Alderley Park based drug discovery and development company, Redx Pharma, has secured £26.3 million in investment. The investment will come from Redmile Group, a US based investor specialising in healthcare, and Parisian venture capital firm Sofinnova Partners. Redx focus their drug discovery and … [Read more...]
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Cheshire bioscience firms secure £2.5 million Northern Powerhouse Investment
The Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund (NPIF) has invested a total of £2.5 million into bioscience firms in Cheshire. Businesses at Alderley Park, the UK's largest single site life science campus, have received a quarter of the NPIF's £10 million milestone recently achieved in the Cheshire and … [Read more...]
Glasshouse tech hub opens at Alderley Park
Glasshouse, Alderley Park’s new hub for tech companies and forward thinking, innovative businesses has officially opened. The site provides a location for digital and tech businesses who want to work collaboratively with life science start-ups and scale-ups already located at the Park’s Mereside … [Read more...]
Sports complex opens at Alderley Park
A £4 million sports complex at Bruntwood SciTech’s Alderley Park has now opened to the public after construction completed in October. The new sports facility has been designed by Pozzoni Architecture, and the complex features a 4-court sports hall, fitness suite, group exercise suite and Group … [Read more...]
Technology firm tackles hidden indoor air pollution in the workplace
A pioneering, research-led technology firm with a manufacturing base in Macclesfield has developed a range of solutions to tackle hidden indoor air pollution at work. Plasma Clean – which made its name providing kitchen ventilation solutions to McDonalds, Burger King and Hilton Hotels among … [Read more...]
New Astra Zeneca facility awaits planning approval
Pharmaceutical firm, Astra Zeneca, plan to build an additional 96,000 sq ft manufacturing facility on their Macclesfield Campus. Subject to a planning decision next week, according to the planning statement submitted to Cheshire East Council, the new facility could create an estimated 44 new jobs … [Read more...]
Sigma appointed to overhaul UX for UK Biobank
Macclesfield-based design agency, Sigma has been appointed to reshape the digital user experience (UX) of UK Biobank – a major national resource for research into prevention, diagnosis and treatment of life-threatening illnesses. Given the ground-breaking work UK Biobank is doing, it is vital it … [Read more...]
Bruntwood SciTech appoints new managing director
Dr Kath MacKay is to join the Bruntwood Sci-Tech leadership team from Innovate UK, the UK’s innovation agency.As managing director of Bruntwood SciTech at Alderley Park, the joint venture between Bruntwood and Legal & General, Dr Kath Mackay takes over from Dr Chris Doherty to lead the senior … [Read more...]