Newly opened health science discovery centre in Lanarkshire set to provide jobs boost

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A leading health sciences company has officially opened a new discovery centre dedicated to the advancement of medical research and drug development in Motherwell.Ivan McKee MSP, Minister for Business, Trade, Tourism and Enterprise, attended the official opening and cut the ribbon before being given a tour of the new facility in the town’s Newhut Road, which is part of a major expansion by Antibody Analytics.The company is one of Scotland’s top authorities on immunology and is set to provide a jobs boost in the area.The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.

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The company has supported several key clinical projects leading to the acceleration of drug development in the field of cancer research and the support for treatment for diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, wet macular degeneration, metastatic colorectal cancer and breast cancer.The unveiling of the new Antibody Analytics Discovery Centre, funded in part with support from Scottish Enterprise, will act as the springboard for the company’s growth plans which include a recruitment campaign to increase staff capacity by almost 50 per cent this year.The official opening of the new 2000 m2 facility also sits in line with the upward trajectory the field of advanced