Andrew Baker

Spinifex secures major investment to develop pain drug

Spinifex Pharmaceuticals, an Australian pain drug development company, today announced it has secured venture capital investment of A$12 million from GBS Venture Partners Limited, Brandon Capital Partners and Uniseed to...

Local and Community History Month at Baswich Library

To kick start the season well known local historian Geoff Elkin will be giving a talk on The Swan Hotel in Stafford and its links with Charles Dickens on Tuesday 9 September from 7pm. To complement the talk Geoff will...

Report: Animal Rights Conference - Part 3

Welcome to the third part of my report on the Animal Rights Conference 2008, that took part in Washington DC (well Virginia actually, but within the DC Metro system) on 15th-18th August 2008. The final speaker was Camille...

'Three blondes in a boat' dazzle on a grey day

In conditions typical of a seaside Bank Holiday back home, Britain's favourite boating blondes yesterday triumphed in the first sailing final of the Beijing Olympics. By Andrew Baker in Qingdao Three is the magic number: Pippa...

Bioscience fund GBS invests US$6m in Xenome

Biopharmaceutical company Xenome Limited today announced it has received a convertible note placement of US$6 million from GBS Venture Partners, a Melbourne based life sciences specialist that invests in unlisted and listed...

Morris twins busy preparing for upcoming hoops season

The twin towers known as 'The Twins' have officially landed in Kansas. Philadelphia prep phenoms Marcus and Markieff Morris arrived at KU last week. On a nightly basis, they can be found playing basketball in Kansas City....

I-Team: What's In The Water?

Dr. Andrew Baker makes the most unusual house calls. He travels hundreds of feet under the sea to check on his ailing patients who happen to be animals in distress. They are corals, the increasingly endangered heart of a global...

T-Bones fight through ups and downs

After taking three out of four from the Winnipeg Goldeyes, the T-Bones now stand at 29-26 on the season. That's good enough for second place in the NL - 3 games behind first-place Fargo-Moorhead. However, 2008 has had it's fair...

Tournament boosts hospital

Footballers from across Oxfordshire hope to have netted hundreds of pounds to help sick youngsters at Oxford Children's Hospital. Scores of amateur sportsmen and women battled it out on the football field during a fundraising...

Prince Charles to sell organic ale in pubs

London (PTI): Prince Charles, heir to the British throne, plans to sell organic ale produced by his own company, Duchy Originals, in pubs from next month. The company has just produced its first draught beer and hand-pulled...

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