New Life Sciences Jobs in East Kilbride

Strathaven based MSP Linda Fabiani, has welcomed the creation of 23 new pharmaceutical life sciences jobs in East Kilbride – and the safeguarding of more than 60 posts – with the help of Scottish Government Regional Selective Assistance (RSA) support.

Controlled Therapeutics (Scotland) Limited, a subsidiary of US-based Cytokine PharmaSciences Inc (CPSI), has accepted a £930,000 RSA grant to create the new jobs and safeguard the other posts.

CPSI specialises in developing products, primarily in the area of women’s health, which help the delivery of drugs to women in labour.

Ms Fabiani, who is the Scottish Government Minister for Europe, External Affairs and Culture, commented following the announcement by Enterprise Minister, Jim Mather MSP:

“This is welcome news for East Kilbride. The grant from the Scottish Government will support the continuation of research and development work and investment in new equipment to expand the manufacturing capacity.

“Scotland already has a positive reputation in life sciences and growth in the level of research and development is helpful in boosting productivity and increasing our economic growth.

“Regional Selective Assistance (RSA) support is a scheme which complements the Scottish Government’s drive to create a more successful economy and provide opportunities for towns such as East Kilbride, which is well placed to take advantage of such opportunities.

“Cytokine PharmaSciences are investing more than 6 million US Dollars in Scotland, which is a significant amount of money at a time of economic uncertainty and a great endorsement of the workforce at the East Kilbride plant.”