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Biotech firms return from US conference vowing to promote sector

A DELEGATION from the North of England is heading home today from the world’s largest biotech conference in California, vowing to work together again to promote the region.

The BIO International Convention (BIO) attracted over 15,000 biotechnology and pharma leaders.

The event, held in San Francisco, covered a wide spectrum of life science and application areas including drug discovery.

The Northern Powerhouse delegation staged a week-long series of events to showcase the region to international businesses.

The line-up included the Alderley Park bio campus; Manchester Science Partnerships; Redx Pharma Plc; The Northern Health Science Alliance Ltd (NHSA); the Manchester Academic Health Science Centre; and research specialists Aptus Clinical. Read More