Category Archive
The following is a list of all entries from the Fund raising category.
New 10% Tax Rate for Patent Income
Filed in Fund raising, business, December 10, 2009, 10:28 amA new tax rate of 10% for income derived from patients s to be introduced, compared to the current corporation tax rte of 28%.
New Fund Available for Industry / Uni Tie ups
Filed in Fund raising, business, December 9, 2009, 12:35 pmStream 3a applications must include collaboration between at least one industry and one research (academic or clinical) partner aiming to determine the commercial viability of a proposed device or technology, with the development of a robust route to market and a strong, appropriate consortia serving as key deliverables. Primarily expected to be the first stage of a full collaborative applied research project, total project costs can be no more than £100K in total, of which 75% funding is available.
METRC Announce Short Term Project Funding
Filed in Fund raising, business, October 16, 2009, 3:55 pmShort Term Project Funding is designed to support small research projects to explore the feasibility of innovative new products and processes. In the first stage, funds of up to
£3,000 are available to support collaborative projects between METRC’s academic members and industry partners
Drug/Biotech Development Fund, UK government announces GB£150m fund
Filed in Fund raising, business, July 24, 2009, 8:37 amThe Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, with the Department of Energy and Climate Change and the Department of Health, will invest £150 million alongside private sector investment on an equal basis known as pari-passu.
Development Funding – New £15million Venture Capital Fund in North West
Filed in Fund raising, business, July 20, 2009, 7:52 amThe Northwest Regional Development Agency (NWDA), with support from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), has announced a £15m transitional venture capital (VC) & loan fund for businesses in the region, at the Business Finance 09 seminar in Manchester today (Monday 29th June).
Drug Development – Logic Models of Pathway Biology
Filed in Fund raising, Uncategorized, clinical, discovery, July 3, 2009, 8:33 ams part of our drug development consultancy we often investigate alternative indications for technologies, we progress through the therapeutic pathway and think about where this drug/biological may have an effect be that positive or negative
Drugmakers reach deal to reduce US Medicare coverage gap
Filed in Fund raising, business, June 24, 2009, 4:10 pmThe pharmaceutical industry agreed to a proposal to provide drug discounts to US Medicare beneficiaries that could be worth up to $80 billion over the next ten years.
Technology Strategy Board – New Competitions
Filed in Fund raising, June 11, 2009, 8:15 amThe SBRI (small business research initiative) run competitions which private companies can pitch in for, those that are successful get full funding for the programme of work.
Correction on N8
Filed in Fund raising, June 10, 2009, 7:53 pmN8 is a partnership between the eight research-intensive universities in the North of England (Durham, Lancaster, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle, Sheffield and York)
N8, METRC, and an Associated Proof of Concept Fund
Filed in Fund raising, , 8:35 amMETRC, who are the N8 Molecular Engineering Translational Research Centre. The set up is based on industry taking their challenges and R&D requirements to the METRC team who then pull together the differnet academic groups across the yorkshire region who have hte expertise to address the requirements, with £50K of Proof of concept funding also available its an attractive proposition.
