A biotech start-up formed by students from the 探花直播 of Cambridge鈥檚 Master鈥檚 in Bioscience Enterprise postgraduate business course has come second in a university 鈥淚dea Idol鈥 competition.
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探花直播Cambridge-based start-up Foresight Pharmaceuticals is commercialising a hormone-containing gel that will prevent the carriers of sexually-transmitted diseases from passing it on to their partners.. 探花直播team is made up of Arjun Goyal and Amal Ismail of Clare Hall and Grant Jackson of Downing College, 探花直播 of Cambridge and Phoebe Williams of Oxford 探花直播.

探花直播team initially entered the Cambridge 探花直播 Entrepreneurs 拢1k Challenge. This required them to write a 1,500 word executive summary of their business. Out of the numerous teams that entered seven were chosen, including Foresight Pharmaceuticals, with each winning a prize of 拢1,000. 探花直播teams now enter the final stage starting in April, with the chance to win a further 拢5,000.

After their initial success in the Cambridge 探花直播 Entrepreneurs 拢1k Challenge the team entered the Idea Idol Competition run by Oxford 探花直播鈥檚 student society for entrepreneurs.

探花直播society has over 3,000 student members and this year鈥檚 competition received hundred of entries. 探花直播entrants were whittled down to 25 who then had to submit a 1,500 word summary of their business idea. 探花直播summaries were reviewed by representatives from NESTA鈥檚 Future Innovators team, Credit Suisse and Uuni.

Foresight Pharmaceuticals was lucky enough to be one of the final six teams, the teams of finalists who then had the unenviable task of presenting a two minute pitch to a panel of esteemed judges. 探花直播panel included star of Dragon鈥檚 Den Deborah Meaden and Reshma Sohoni, CEO of Seedcamp, a company set up to provide seed funding and world-class connections for start-ups. 探花直播Cambridge Team finished an impressive second, securing a prize of 拢2000.

鈥淲hile previous MBE classes have enjoyed success in business plan competitions, this year鈥檚 class look set to surpass all expectation,鈥 Dr Linda Allan, Director of the Bioscience Enterprise Programme said. 鈥淣ot only has Foresight鈥檚 business model met with approval in Oxford but in addition the company is one of six MBE entries to reach the finals of the Cambridge 探花直播 Entrepreneurs competition.鈥

探花直播finalists for the 5k stage of the Cambridge Entrepreneurs competition were announced last week with students from the MBE class taking half of the final 12 places. 鈥淭his is amazing for a group of only 25 students competing with the whole 探花直播鈥 Dr Allan added.

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