Commercial Opportunities

Single stage - Any candidate may submit a tender. This contract is for the provision of DNA quality control and genotyping services using the Illumina Human Exome BeadChips v1.0 with custom content of 3000 additional specified markers for 5040 patient samples from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The 5040 samples will be received from up to 12 different UK institutions. The supplier must have experience of providing running high throughput projects using the Illumina Human Exome BeadChips v1.0 and be capable of running 5040 samples by 31 July 2012. The supplier will be expected to have experience of calling rare genotypes using a range of approaches. Experience of contributing high quality Human Exome BeadChips v1.0 data to a large scale consortium would be an advantage.

Single stage - Any candidate may submit a tender. This contract is for the supply of 5040 Illumina Human Exome BeadChips v1.0 with custom content of 3000 additional specified markers. The Health Sciences Department at University of Leicester and the School of Clinical Sciences at The University of Nottingham request the supply of these Illumina Human Exome BeadChips v1.0 for use in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease cases.

Meet JETRO at Innovation Day on 17 May. To maximise this networking opportunity, we have arranged for senior representatives from the Japan External Trade Organisation (JETRO) from London to be available for discussions with you.

An Italian company, acting in the ICT field, has developed an innovative Mobile Integration Technology. The SME is looking for wireless medical devices for “home health” application to integrate them in the Personal Health Monitoring System.

An Italian non profit research institution is seeking an industrial partner, to join an international research consortium of academic and industrial partners.

The market is forecast to enjoy growth of over 25% from 2013 onwards.

A French company is interested in identifying a supplier of high quality In Vitro molecular diagnostics (CE-marked) for human use; instruments and reagents for clinical diagnostics in human cytogenetics and for molecular genetics (not basic molecular biology consumables).

A Russian company called Concern “Vega” OJSC are looking for partners in the UK, who may be interested in cooperation in carrying out research in ophthalmology – in perimetry (studying of patient’s visual fields) alongside the Russian Trade Delegation in the UK (part of the Russian Embassy).

Spanish company specialized in contract manufacturing of cosmetics (development, manufacturing, primary and secondary packaging) as well as secondary packaging of pharmaceutical products is looking for cosmetic and pharmaceutical companies willing to subcontract their production process.

A Hungarian research centre is looking for an SME specialized in the distribution of medical devices for a running FP7 project that aims at developing a rapid, accurate, and portable capacitance-based bioanalytical sensor for the detection of trace concentrations of viral markers for an early diagnose of life-threatening diseases with a special focus on HIV.