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BIS: The location of a new £50m centre that will accelerate the commercialisation of green technologies was announced by the Business Secretary Vince Cable last week. The Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult will be headquartered at the
The national centre will focus on technologies for offshore wind, wave & tidal power and is designed to bridge the gap between university research & full commercialisation. It will have a wide remit and build strong links with centres of excellence, such as Wave Hub and the marine energy park in the South West of England.
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ScotGov: An Innovation Fund which will invest £600,000 over the next 3 years to help support life sciences development, was to be announced last week by Health Secretary Nicola Sturgeon. This will enable joint working between health boards and local SMEs in order to drive forward innovative clinical research projects.
Ms Sturgeon also announced a strategic alliance between NHS Research Scotland (NRS) and Pharmaceutical Product Development, Inc (PPD), which is one of the largest clinical research organisations in the world.
The alliance will increase the amount of research conducted in , accelerate the development of new medical therapies and enhance health care treatment options for the people of Scotland.
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