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Entrepreneurs | Healthcare
Rising Star: Chemistdirect.co.uk
Mitesh Soma set up discount pharmaceutical retailer Chemistdirect.co.uk after noticing how high the mark-up was on common medicines in his wife's pharmacy. A year later and the company has sales of £5 million. Achieving Growth / Thursday, 4th December 2008
Rising star: Marc Koska
Marc Koska’s spent 24 years working on his single-use syringe, which is designed to reduce the spread of disease in poor countries. His company Star Syringe is now profitable with revenues of £1.5 million. Achieving Growth / Wednesday, 22nd October 2008
Rising Star: Pharmacy 2U
Daniel Lee is the MD of Pharmacy 2U, the first mail-order and online pharmacy retailer in the UK. With turnover of £12 million, the company is seeking greater heights in the year ahead, as Lee tells GrowthBusiness. Achieving Growth / Friday, 25th April 2008
Rising Star: Apatech
Apatech, a manufacturer of artificial bone-graft material, has grown sales to £3.1 million from £270,000 in 2005. We talk to CEO Simon Cartmell Achieving Growth / Tuesday, 20th November 2007
Tough decisions: Ambition 24
The right decisions are not always the best ones, explains Penny Streeter, founder of Ambition 24. The company provides nurses and carers on a last-minute basis and has a turnover of over £50 million. Achieving Growth / Thursday, 1st April 2004
NEWS
Record output at Cluff
Potential bid candidate Cluff Gold produced 19,288 oz of gold in West Africa in the first two months of the year. SMALL-CAP SPOTLIGHT / Friday, 19th March 2010
Brainspark takes football stake
As foreshadowed in the latest Growth Company Investor, investment minnow Brainspark is buying into Italian football club AC Ancona. SMALL-CAP SPOTLIGHT / Friday, 19th March 2010
New hope for China Evoline
AIM shell China Evoline is understood to be contemplating the injection of some Chinese mining assets. SMALL-CAP SPOTLIGHT / Thursday, 18th March 2010
Latest Deals: Healthcare
| Company | Type | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Jeyes | VC | Feb 2010 |
| Immune Targeting Systems | VC | Feb 2010 |
| Oxford Nutrascience | AIM | Feb 2010 |
| Ocelus | VC | Jan 2010 |
| Silence Therapeutics | AIM | Jan 2010 |
| HealthyDays | PLUS | Dec 2009 |
| Q Chip | VC | Dec 2009 |
| Associated Dental Practices | VC | Dec 2009 |
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