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News April 2025

Creative Health Exchange Rocks: When Stories Change the Ecosystem

News April 2025

£10m funding for AI-powered robotic labs that will accelerate new treatments for deadly infections

News March 2025

iiCON Newsletter March 2025

News March 2025

iiCON Wins Partnership & Collaboration Award at BioNow 2025

News March 2025

Introducing iiCON’s Tackling Infectious Diseases Projects

News January 2025

From the Beatles to biologics – how Liverpool became a life science hotspot

Newsletter - December 2024

News December 2024

iiCON Newsletter – December 2024

Patryk Kot, Business Development Manager at iiCON demonstrating sensor technology iiTECH to, Chi Onwurah MP, Select Committee Chair.

News December 2024

Influential House of Commons Select Committee visit iiCON

News November 2024

iiCON supports new phase II trial of novel pneumococcal vaccine, PnuBioVax

News November 2024

iiCON funds 11 new innovative projects focused on tackling infectious diseases

News October 2024

iiCON Annual Report 2024

News October 2024

The Power of Collaboration: How Interdisciplinary Teams Can Tackle Infectious Diseases and Help Save Lives

News September 2024

iiCON is seeking suppliers to help build its Category Three, AI, Robotic Laboratories

News August 2024

Health Equity Liverpool Project shortlisted for prestigious HSJ Award

iiCON celebrates as SMEs and startups secure funding from Innovate UK Biomedical Catalyst Microbials Accelerator

iiCON has bolstered its team by making a senior appointment to establish the Category 3 AI Robotics Laboratory.

iiCON launches applications for £1.5M UKRI tackling infections fund

Liverpool’s future innovators visit iiCON

iiCON’s creation of new high-containment AI labs set for approval

iiCON to host Dragons’ Den style pitching event for innovative businesses during Liverpool City Region (LCR) Innovation Investment Week

iiCON strengthens team with senior appointment

News March 2024

iiCON launches new platform with the Centre of Excellence for Long-Acting Therapeutics

News March 2024

New £10 million robotic AI laboratories will ‘supercharge’ iiCON’s infection R&D activity

A Community Innovation Team holds a-pop-up event at the Liverpool Womens Hospital during vaccine equity programme

Reports & Insights February 2024

New project uses power of storytelling to tackle health inequalities

Reports & Insights February 2024

New £1.5 million novel technologies initiative launches to accelerate new approaches to infection transmission

Reports & Insights January 2024

Infectious disease leaders mark ten years since O’Neill Review on AMR

News January 2024

Tackling antibiotic resistance when treating pneumonia

News December 2023

iiCON hosts pitching event for US investors & innovative UK start-ups

News November 2023

iiCON welcomes global clinical leader as new Director of Experimental Medicine

Reports & Insights November 2023

iiCON: Annual Report 2023

Reports & Insights November 2023

Working together to combat Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR)

Reports & Insights November 2023

Collaboration to improve in vivo antibiotics testing

News October 2023

iiCON supports dozens of life-saving solutions in first three years

Reports & Insights September 2023

Apply now to pitch at gobal VC funding event

Reports & Insights August 2023

Remodelling drug development

News August 2023

A model approach to gonorrhoea treatment

News August 2023

iiCON strengthens team following ongoing growth

Reports & Insights August 2023

iiCON welcomes LifeArc as new partner

New Microbials Accelerator Programme now taking applications

News March 2023

Double win for iiCON’s Director at the Northern Leadership Awards 2023

News March 2023

iiCON demonstrates CHICK START’s AMR efficacy

News February 2023

New testing facility targets Liverpool’s health challenges

Reports & Insights February 2023

iiCON: Annual Report 2022

News February 2023

Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine awarded £4.7 million to establish a new Human Challenge Facility, for infectious disease research.

News January 2023

Liverpool vaccine equity programme launches new phase

News December 2022

Advanced sensor technology fights vector-borne diseases

News December 2022

Research at the Royal will explore new infection tackling tech

News November 2022

iiCON investigates efficacy of advanced medical cleaning process

News October 2022

Merseyside SMEs lead on life science innovation thanks to iiCON support

Reports & Insights October 2022

Applying the lessons of COVID-19 to Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) challenges

News September 2022

It is with great sadness that iiCON acknowledges the passing of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II

Landmark Liverpool City Region infection innovation centre celebrates key development milestone

iiCON to expand pipeline following Research England funding boost

iiCON supports Wirral SME with advanced product testing

iiCON and leading centres of academic industry co-innovation showcased during regional tour

Liverpool vaccine equity programme marks key milestone with celebratory learning day

iiCON supports Merseyside SMEs to turbo-charge regional innovation

Reports & Insights April 2022

Leveraging global learnings to combat Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR)

News April 2022

iiCON supports 11 new products to market in first 18 months

News April 2022

Global insights support programme to boost vaccine uptake in Liverpool

News April 2022

iiCON launches project to track resistant bacteria within the community

News April 2022

iiCON and LSTM recognised at BioNow Awards

News March 2022

iiCON supports Merseyside company to test innovative COVID air steriliser

News January 2022

iiCON project leverages sensor technology for breakthrough diagnostic tool

News January 2022

iiCON validated COVID test used to deliver large-scale testing in Africa

Victorian nurses caring for a dying man

Reports & Insights January 2022

The ongoing battle to combat Tuberculosis

News January 2022

A trio of iiCON projects progressing innovative diagnostic solutions

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Reports & Insights January 2022

Shaping global health policy through the evaluation & validation of game-changing diagnostics

Female scientist working in high-security laboratory

News January 2022

iiCON & LSTM secure funding for next-generation robotic labs

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News December 2021

iiCON supports Wirral SME with specialist antimicrobial testing

News November 2021

iiCON launches new website to showcase industry offering

News November 2021

BactiVac and iiCON strengthen collaborative partnership with MOU

Reports & Insights November 2021

iiCON: Annual Report 2021

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News November 2021

iiCON and CN Bio announce COVID-19 research collaboration

News October 2021

Professor Janet Hemingway announced as RSTMH President

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News October 2021

Plans revealed for new multi-million infection innovation and training centre

Professor Janet Hemingway standing in front of the Accelerator Building

News October 2021

iiCON secures over £150 million investment and creates 176 jobs in year one

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News September 2021

iiCON supports Liverpool SME developing ‘game-changing’ lateral flow test technology

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News September 2021

Infex Therapeutics progresses novel therapies for resistant infections to clinical trials

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News September 2021

Revolutionising the clinical trial pathway to accelerate the drug development journey

Reports & Insights September 2021

Human Challenge: Small Scale – Big Impact

Young female professor in lab coat

Reports & Insights September 2021

Revolutionising the clinical trial pathway

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Technology transfer agreement for iiCON validated COVID test will see product used across Africa.

iiCON joins Liverpool-London knowledge exchange programme to accelerate solutions to combat infectious diseases.

Professor Janet Hemingway standing in front of the Accelerator Building

iiCON leverages £148 million funding injection