Scotland celebrates world class life sciences sector
Awards highlight Scotland’s potential on the global stage
A number of Scotland’s most dynamic life sciences companies and people have been shortlisted for the prestigious Scottish Enterprise Life Sciences Awards 2011.
Successful nominations have been named in four award categories which celebrate the achievements of the sector over the last year.
The winners will be announced at the annual Scottish Enterprise Life Sciences Dinner on Thursday 3rd February 2011 which will take place in the Edinburgh International Conference Centre. Attended by over 750 people from the life sciences community across Scotland, the awards are a key highlight in the sector’s calendar.
Scotland is one of Europe’s leading locations for life sciences investment, with a world-class academic base and expanding company portfolio.
As well as celebrating achievements, the awards will also highlight the ongoing work of Scottish Enterprise and its partners to capitalise on these strengths to grow and develop a sustainable life sciences sector across Scotland.
Congratulating the nominees, Rhona Allison, director of Life Sciences at Scottish Enterprise said:
“These awards recognise the very real achievements that our life sciences companies and people have made over the past year. The quality of entries has, as always, been exceptionally high and I would like to congratulate everyone for making it to this stage.
“The achievements of all our nominees clearly demonstrate that we have the ambition and capability to further develop Scotland’s reputation as an international hub for life sciences.
“Over the next year Scottish Enterprise and its partners will be working with companies to increase innovation, internationalisation and investment activities to ensure we continue to build a competitive and sustainable life sciences sector, making a significant impact on the global stage.”
- Dr Peter Clowes and Richard Stubbs for the Early Warning Pulse Oximeter (NHS Grampian)
- Dr Aline Russell, Dr Renga Radhakrishnan, Dr Stig Hansen, Martin Izod (Technical Director, Oyo Product Ltd), Mrs Anne Peden, Miss Alison Cronie and Mr Zahid Salim for Epaware (NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde)
- Dr Murali Subramaniam, General Surgeon for the Illuminated Retractor (NHS Ayrshire and Arran)
The nominees for the Scottish Enterprise Scottish Life Sciences Awards 2011 are:
Best new life Sciences company in Scotland
- BluTest Laboratories Limited (Glasgow)
- CarieScan Limited (Dundee)
- Sistemic Scotland Ltd (Glasgow)
- Solid Form Solutions Ltd (Edinburgh)
Innovation Award
- Argyll and Bute CHP as part of NHS Highland (NHS Argyll and Bute, Lochgilphead)
- MGB Biopharma Ltd (Glasgow)
- Renishaw Diagnostics Ltd. (Glasgow)
Life science business leadership
- Dave Tudor, GlaxoSmithKline (Montrose)
- Mylnefield Research Services Ltd (Dundee)
- Rabinder Buttar, ClinTec International (Glasgow)
Outstanding contribution to the growth of Scottish Life Sciences
- Dr Rabinder Buttar, Mr Bobby Bal Clintec International (Glasgow)
- Kevin Moore Business Therapies Ltd (Hamilton)
- Professor Sir Ian Wilmut, Chair of Reproductive Biology, Director SCRM (Edinburgh)
SHIL Award for best innovation originating within NHS Scotland
Product Ltd), Mrs Anne Peden, Miss Alison Cronie and Mr Zahid Salim for Epaware (NHS Greater
Glasgow and Clyde)