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Engineers challenge Westminster with their own manifesto
Added: 8 May 2017
Greater use of engineering skills can solve a host of the UK’s most pressing social issues, includi…
Report warns half of all Scots jobs to be automated by 2030
Added: 8 May 2017
Nearly one in two jobs in Scotland are at risk of automation by the end of the next decade, suggest…
New ABPI chief Anson names organisation's priorities for sector
Added: 8 May 2017
Lisa Anson, the newly appointed president of the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry…
Compact pumps for sensitive ingredients
Added: 6 Dec 2016
CSF MAE progressive cavity self-priming pumps are suited to transferring low viscosity products, sa…
HBM weighing solutions target counterfeit pharmaceuticals
Added: 6 Dec 2016
The European Union is providing measures designed to prevent counterfeit pharmaceuticals from enter…
Downing Street promise of £2bn R&D increase applauded by sector
Added: 21 Nov 2016
Science and engineering leaders have been quick to welcome Prime Minister Theresa May’s announcemen…
‘Nuisance’ polymer becomes biomass breakthrough
Added: 23 Oct 2016
A team of scientists at Swiss research institution École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) …
Drug-delay tactics called into question
Added: 17 Oct 2016
A meeting in Geneva this week will question the practice of extending the life of drug patents as a…
Biopharma breakthrough heralds ‘on demand’ drugs
Added: 23 Sep 2016
Researchers at MIT and Harvard’s Wyss Institute have developed a novel method for producing biophar…
Collaboration driving pharmaceuticals growth
Added: 15 Sep 2016
A report by the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI) reveals the number of app…
EEF enlists Oracle for next ‘industrial revolution’
Added: 2 Aug 2016
EEF, the manufacturers’ organisation, has teamed with cloud application specialist Oracle, to help …
GSK invests £275m in UK manufacturing
Added: 27 Jul 2016
Pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has announced plans to invest £275 million into three of…
Manufacturers fear ‘Brexit’ fallout as trading outlook weakens
Added: 19 Jul 2016
Business confidence among UK manufacturers has tumbled following the vote to exit the EU, according…
Brexit branded a ‘gamble’ for UK manufacturing
Added: 22 Jun 2016
The head of the national trade union centre (TUC) and the chief of Britain’s manufacturing employer…
New IChemE president to redraw strategy
Added: 31 May 2016
The Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE) will undergo a thorough review of governance and str…
Editor’s Comment: Modern medicine
Rob Smith | Added: 16 May 2016
We are fortunate in the UK. For many illnesses, you need only head to your local pharmacy and hey p…
Chemicals demand ‘bucks’ industry slump
Added: 11 May 2016
The Chemical Industry Association (CIA) says its members have made a strong start to the year, with…
Scottish chemical industry rallies collaboration cry
Added: 25 Apr 2016
The Scottish chemical industry has called on all political parties to help deliver growth throughou…
Pfizer and Allergan terminate merger
Added: 6 Apr 2016
Pfizer’s $160 billion (£105bn) merger with Irish pharmaceuticals developer Allergan has been termin…
Top pharma firms fined £45m
Rob Smith | Added: 12 Feb 2016
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has fined a number of pharmaceuticals firms – including…
