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  • UMIO the new name for ZinC
    14 July 2014
    With immediate effect, we are excited to announce that ZinC Health Innovation has changed its name to UMIO HEALTH. The name UMIO was chosen to provide a unique and far more memorable brand name and identity to support continued growth. Although the letters in UMIO...
  • Funding and Support for Low Carbon Development Event
    14 July 2014
    29th July 2014 - 16:30-18:30 18:30-19:00 Optional Tour of EBRI Facilities Location EBRI, Aston University Free to attend event with networking, case studies and application support . Do you want to know more about the wide variety of funding schemes available for...
  • Sleep Apnoea Patients Get Rid of the Mask
    11 July 2014
    A new implantable device treats central sleep apnoea (CSA) in heart failure patients. Central sleep apnoea (CSA) is a dangerous comorbidity in approximately 35% of heart failure patients and doubles the risk of death. Patients have to wear a mask during sleep...
  • Study Paves Way for Simple Blood Test to Predict Alzheimer's
    11 July 2014
    British scientists have identified a set of 10 proteins in the blood that can predict the onset of Alzheimer's and call this an important step towards developing a test for the incurable brain-wasting disease. Such a test could initially be used to select...
  • Tighter Controls on Better Care Fund Cash Could ‘Destabilise’ Councils, Warn Experts
    11 July 2014
    Cash from NHS and council pooled budget will be used to compensate NHS services if integration projects fail to cut emergency admissions. Local authorities will see cash from the Better Care Fund used to compensate NHS services if local integration initiatives...
  • Outsourcing NHS Cancer Care Treatment: Transforming End-of-Life Care or a Dangerous Experiment?
    11 July 2014
    An NHS, GP-led Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) in Staffordshire is inviting bidders for a 10-year, £1.22bn contract for the provision of cancer treatment and end-of-life care in four areas in Staffordshire. In a joint statement, the CCGs said a new prime...
  • Smart - 2014-15 - Round 3
    11 July 2014
    A grant scheme which offers funding to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to engage in R&D projects in the strategically important areas of science, engineering and technology. Opens: 17 Jul 2014 Registration closes: No deadline Closes: 25 Sep...
  • NICE Backs Lundbeck Alcohol Dependency Drug
    11 July 2014
    A novel drug to fight alcohol dependency has been endorsed for use by the health service by the UK's cost-effectiveness watchdog NICE in a boost to its Danish maker Lundbeck. Recently launched in Europe, Selincro is a potentially important new product for...
  • NIHR Research Grants / Funding & Other Funding Opportunities
    11 July 2014
    The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) works with key partners involved in the different elements of NHS research to transform research in the NHS.  See below for the latest NIHR funding opportunities as well as non-NIHR funding opportunities....
  • Cooper Companies to Buy UK Contact Lens Maker Sauflon
    10 July 2014
    The Cooper Companies has announced that it has agreed to acquire Sauflon Pharmaceuticals Ltd. of Twickenham, UK, in a transaction valued at about $1.2 billion, thus adding to its portfolio of contact lens offerings. Sauflon says it is one of only four companies to...
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