1. “Life Sciences in an Oil City” World-Class Research

2. Aberdeen’s Nobel Laureates Chemistry1921Frederick SoddyProfessor of Chemistry Physiology or Medicine 1923J J R MacleodRegius Professor of Physiology Physics1937Sir George Paget Thomson Professor of Natural Philosophy Peace Prize1947Lord Boyd OrrDirector of the Rowett Professor of Agriculture Chemistry1952Richard L M SyngeBiochemist Rowett

3. Spin outs created 2009 - 2012 Source: PraxisUnico Spinout UK Survey, Annual Report 2013 Note: Spin-outs are defined as companies formed to exploit intellectual property owned by a university and do not include start- ups, which are formed without IP 1University of Oxford11 2=University of Edinburgh10 University College, London 4Imperial College, London8 5University of Nottingham7 6University of Aberdeen5 7=University of Cambridge4 University of Glasgow University of Strathclyde Heriot Watt University

4. Strategy & Support for Knowledge Exchange Create a culture and training to incentivise staff Bio-business and entrepreneurship at undergrad and post-grad levels Co-founders of £25 m VC fund for Life Sciences with Edinburgh & Glasgow Universities, Scottish Enterprise, EIB, Strathclyde Pension Fund

5. Gov funded science Haptogen formed in 2002 Sold to Wyeth in 2007 Became Pfizer in 2009 On-going collaborative relationship Return of IP to create new businesses Life Sciences Innovation 1 Creating a life science cluster GT Biologics Ltd

6. Attracting inward investment TauRX

7. TauRx Therapeutics announces successful Phase 2 Clinical Trial

8. Attracting inward investment; TauRx Therapeutics University and founders (CEO Prof Claude Wi schik) –spun-out in 2002 Raised around US $380 m of investment – primarily from sources in Far East and Canada Phase III trial, started 2013

9. - Investment from Angel investors - Phase II clinical trials - Signed licence deal withTaro Inc Life Science Business Leadership (2013) NovaBiotics Ltd, Aberdeen Scottish life sciences award winner 07 February 2014 Dr Deborah A O'Neil

10. Collaboration is key to finding answers to big problems “ I would like encourage academic, clinical and commercial Life Science colleagues to consider routes to regional collaboration fuelled by our commitment to science excellence and common experience of Life Science Research in an Oil City”