With top universities and successful businesses, a history of innovation and access to world leading research, it’s no surprise we have so much talent in Scotland. Here we recognise the individuals that are making significant contributions to Scotland’s innovation landscape and growth of the sector.
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Specialism Dr. Elijah Nazarzadeh has developed a novel nebuliser platform at The University of Glasgow and led formation of a spinout company, Nebu-Flow, to disrupt the respiratory drug delivery market. Respiratory disorders are the main cause of death and disability...
Specialism Sports Tech: Projecting a total addressable market worth £9.2Bn with a CAGR of 7.4% for the Company. The Company have developed a solution that enables athletes to improve performance significantly: Up to 17% improvements in strength and 28% better...
SPECIALISM Developing first in class topical and oral therapies for eczema and severe genetic skin diseases. Currently seeking to form a new drug discovery company developing a portfolio of 3 promising projects. Our aim is to become a unicorn company...
Specialism Dr Peter Orrell and the MycoNourish team have created a new, ground-breaking way of customising strains of beneficial fungi to improve plant health and crop production. Their innovative approach enables the fungi to be tailored to suit specific crops...
Specialism Causeway Therapeutics‘ is a drug discovery company focused on developing novel therapies for musculoskeletal diseases for the treatment of human and animal patients. Our leading clinical program aims to treat tendinopathy, a condition that affects 1 in 10 people...
Specialism Synpromics (acquired by AskBio in 2019) is the world leader in gene control designing synthetic expression cassettes for Cell and Gene Medicines. This cutting-edge technology is enabling cures in mono-genetic diseases such as haemophilia, muscular dystrophy, and a range...