The Business Magazine Thames Valley June 2013

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Futura Medical, the Guildford-based pharmaceutical group that develops innovative products for consumer healthcare, gained one of the largest share price rises among listed Thames Valley companies during April. Its price rocketed over 30%.

The AIM-listed group announced that it has signed a licensing deal with Church & Dwight, the major US consumer products group whose brands include Trojan condoms, for the marketing and distribution of Futura’s latest novel condom. Trojan is the number one condom brand in North America and the world’s second biggest condom brand by product sales.

Chief executive James Barder recently described 2012 as “a watershed year” for the group after it regained the worldwide licensing rights to its lead products, and said it opened “an exciting new chapter

in the commercialisation of these assets”.

Most successful among the larger companies was GlaxoSmithKline, the research-based pharmaceutical and healthcare group, which announced first-quarter results that included “continued delivery of financial efficiencies, strong cash generation and returns to shareholders”. It announced an 18p dividend.

The biggest rise in the month was that of one of the smaller companies, Resource Holding Management, formerly RedHot Media International whose principal activities are advertising and media brokerage and consultancy. It announced that conditional approval had been given for its sale to the founder, with the deal expected to be completed this month.

Large (over £1 billion) Closing price

GLAXOSMITHKLINE

INTL.CONS.AIRL.GP.(CDI) VODAFONE GROUP SEGRO

DIXONS RETAIL

ULTRA ELECTRONICS HDG. ELECTROCOMP.

BRITISH SKY BCAST.GROUP ICTL.HTLS.GP. SPECTRIS

29/03/13 1538.5 253.2 186.6 254.3 33.79 1720 251 883

2007 2456

Closing price 30/04/13 1660.5 272

196.2 266.4 35.1 1650 240.4 844

1898 2110

Medium (£250 million to £1 billion) Closing price

BIG YELLOW GROUP GALLIFORD TRY DAIRY CREST

SHANKS GROUP NANOCO GROUP

OXFORD INSTRUMENTS

FIDESSA GROUP GENUS

29/03/13 355 918

428.6 78.5

156.25 1655

MORGAN ADVANCED MATERIAL 282.4 SDL

393.9 1945 1578

FUTURA MEDICAL SINCLAIR PHARMA

PINEWOOD SHEPPERTON COSTAIN GROUP VERNALIS

XP POWER (DI) RM

ACAL

TISSUE REGENIX GROUP ALBEMARLE & BOND HDG.

29/03/13 56

26.75 269

273.75 22.75 1260 79

235.5 12.75 214

Sub £50 million Closing price

RESOURCE HOLDING MAN. PIPEHAWK

TALENT GROUP

OXFORD TECHNOLOGY 2 VCT LOK'N STORE GROUP ANGLE

PETARDS GROUP

WATER HALL GROUP ZINCOX RESOURCES MILESTONE GROUP

29/03/13 7.25 2.25 1.25 14

117 59

22.5 2

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Closing price 30/04/13 403.5 985.5 459.7 81.75 160

1540 261.5 363.9 1795 1355

Small (£50 million to £250 million) Closing price

Closing price 30/04/13 73

28.25

278.38 276

22.75 1200 74.25 211

10.88 134

Closing price 30/04/13 15.5 3

1.63 16

133

50.5 18.5 1.63 18

0.38

Change in share price 7.9% 7.4% 5.1% 4.8% 3.9% -4.1% -4.2% -4.4% -5.4%

-14.1%

Change in share price 13.7% 7.4% 7.3% 4.1% 2.4% -6.9% -7.4% -7.6% -7.7%

-14.1%

Change in share price 30.4% 5.6% 3.5% 0.8% 0.0% -4.8% -6.0%

-10.4% -14.7% -37.4%

Change in share price 113.8% 33.3% 30.4% 14.3% 13.7% -14.4% -17.8% -18.5% -28.0% -36.7%

Skills for Business

Health technology project boosted by £70,000 grant

A project led by Buckinghamshire New University is celebrating a boost of almost £70,000 from a government grant and is looking to get ahead of the game in identifying health technology needs and solutions.

The ITALIA (Innovative Telehealth and Assisted Living Ideas and Applications) project is among 12 university and NHS recipients of grants totalling £750,000 awarded by the Intellectual Property Office to create products and services for business and society.

The grants have been awarded by the government body in its annual Fast Forward Competition, where universities and public sector research bodies are encouraged to work on projects that would benefit from research.

The ITALIA project, which received a grant of £69,692, runs over 12 months and will develop innovative new ideas in telehealth, which involves health-related services and information ranging from health professionals talking with patients over the telephone, to complex surgery being completed in different areas of the world.

The project will be run by the Centre of Excellence for Telehealth and Assisted Living (CETAL) at Bucks New University, in partnership with Buckinghamshire Business First (BBF); Buckinghamshire County Council; Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust; the National Spinal Injuries Centre (NSIC) at Stoke Mandeville Hospital; Aylesbury Vale District Council; and GrowthAccelerator.

CETAL director, Firas Sarhan, said: “This project will be a great opportunity to have private and public sector round-table discussions to address key issues related to how technology, in particular telehealth, can be used to remote-manage patients.

“The essence of our project will be the development of telehealth solutions to address key health issues faced by clinicians, and help them collect and analyse essential

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From left: Jim Sims of BBF; Firas Sarhan; and Rosa Wilkinson, director of innovation, Intellectual Property Office

patient-related clinical data, permitting effective management through interaction between clinicians and patients at home.

“A classic example will be the use of ‘telemonitoring’ which involves remotely monitoring patients who are not at the same location as the healthcare provider. This is expanding rapidly for patients with chronic conditions, as it detects a patient’s disease symptoms earlier. This can lead to improved clinical outcomes, greater patient self-management and less costly interventions by other health bodies.”

CETAL provides education for carers and health professionals, and consultancy to healthcare providers. It focuses on research, evaluation, and teaching and learning, and aims to help people continue to live in their own homes by using technology to detect a deterioration in their medical condition. This gives a better picture of their progress to medical professionals, reducing the need for hospital and GP appointments.

Details: Firas Sarhan firas.sarhan@bucks.ac.uk 07825-725881

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