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July 19, 2021 11:23 am Northern Ireland scientists have secured £30,000 in venture capital funding to develop a system simplifying the process of recording farm medicine use. The application, created by researchers from the Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI) and Ulster University, will also collate valuable industry data. The system, SMART‘ for short) is designed to capture animal and drug use data in real-time. The team behind the application secured a place on the DigiSpark programme, along with £10,000 to conduct further market research to develop the concept. From a pitch at ...

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Animoca Brands raises US$88,888,888 based on valuation of US$1 billion HONG KONG, May 13, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Animoca Brands, the company that is delivering digital property rights to gamers via NFTs, today announced that it has completed a capital raise of US$88,888,888 (approximately A$113,500,000) at a price per share of A$1.10 based on a valuation of US$1 billion (approximately A$1.28 billion). Investors in the round included Kingsway Capital, RIT Capital Partners (formerly Rothschild Investment Trust), HashKey Fintech Investment Fund, AppWorks Fund, LCV Fund, Huobi, Octava, Ellerston C...

Local History: Black and Tans in Kildare during the War of Independence Historian James Durney examines the activities of the feared Black and Tans in Kildare 100 years ago during the War of Independence, in May 1921 — and reveals the stories of some Kildare men serving on the side of the British Reporter: ');  '); When recruitment to the Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC) was opened to residents in Britain, thousands of unemployed ex-servicemen joined up. A substantial pay rise for Irish police from £2 11 shillings to £3 10 shillings per week helped boost recruitment at a time when there...

BioDundee 2021: Focus on Covid response by pharmaceutical sector © PA How Covid-19 brought the pharmaceutical sector together to “push the boundaries” will be discussed at this year’s BioDundee conference. Celebrating its 20 Pharma response to Covid-19 Among the six sessions packed with industry experts is a focus on the pharmaceutical supply chain and its response to the pandemic. Dave Tudor, managing director of the Medicines Manufacturing Innovation Centre (MMIC), will chair the session. He will be joined by Dr Julie Brady, business development manager for drug discovery at Universi...