PerkinElmer, Inc. has announced  that its PKamp™ Respiratory SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR Panel has received clearance to be marketed as an in vitro diagnostic (IVD) device in more than 30 countries by meeting the requirements of the European In Vitro Diagnostic Directive (IVDD). This test is currently under review by the U.S. FDA for Emergency Use Authorization (EUA). The multi-analyte panel enables labs to detect and differentiate between SARS-CoV-2, influenza A viruses, influenza B viruses and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) in a single test...

After encouraging results obtained under named patient use in severe cases of COVID-19, F4 Pharma is now preparing clinical trials in several European centers with its substance FX06. There is emerging evidence that severe COVID-19 affects all organs through a systemic inflammation of the inner layer of the small blood vessels leading to increased permeability of the capillaries, which can finally result in multi-organ failure and death...

Sonic Healthcare UK’s Group Medical Director, Dr Rachael Liebmann, and Ann Hannah, Rapid Response Laboratories and Histology Manager, have been recognised in the Queen’s Birthday Honours. Dr Liebmann has been awarded an OBE (Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire) in the Queen’s Birthday Honours in recognition of her services to pathology. Ann Hannah has been awarded a BEM (British Empire Medal) for her services to healthcare during the Covid-19 pandemic....

INTEGRA Biosciences is offering you the chance to head back to the lab with brand new EVOLVE manual pipettes. Simply trade in your manual pipettes from any manufacturer to receive a minimum discount of 50 % off the EVOLVE range of pipettes. Visit the INTEGRA website to request more information and to be entered into a prize draw to win one of 40 Amazon gift cards worth $50...

ERS Genomics Limited, which was formed to provide broad access to the foundational CRISPR/Cas9 intellectual property (IP) co-owned by Professor Emmanuelle Charpentier, congratulates Emmanuelle on being awarded the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for her groundbreaking work on the CRISPR-Cas9 system. Emmanuelle receives the award jointly with her colleague Dr. Jennifer Doudna....

ILC Therapeutics, a Scottish biotech company, has announced that its unique synthetic Interferon called Alfacyte™ is fifteen to twenty times more effective at preventing the spread of SARS-CoV-2 (the virus which causes COVID-19) in cell culture than other commercially-available Interferons such as Interferon alpha 2 and Interferon beta 1a. COVID-19 tries to slow down the body’s innate Interferon response to viral infection and Alfacyte™ is designed to help accelerate this response and prevent disease progression....

With Müller + Müller now under the DWK Life Sciences umbrella, in conjunction with the substantial capital investment made in the Rockwood, TN (USA) facility, DWK Life Sciences has solidified its position as one of the world’s leading producers of precision glassware for primary packaging containers, addressing the demand for pharmaceutical, biotech and diagnostic applications....

PerkinElmer, Inc., a global leader committed to innovating for a healthier world, has announced that the first Turnkey Lighthouse lab in Newport, South Wales, is now processing COVID-19 testing samples as part of the Company’s collaboration with the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) in support of the UK Government’s Test and Trace strategy...

The UK Government has entered into a contract with Abingdon Health, on behalf of the UK-Rapid Test Consortium (“UK-RTC”), for the supply of the AbC-19^TM Rapid Antibody tests. As part of the contract the UK Government has placed its first order for one million COVID-19 rapid antibody tests. This follows an independent evaluation commissioned by the UK government of the AbC-19^TM Rapid Antibody test, which will be published in full in due course by PHE, after peer review....

The American scientist Christopher Zimmerman, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow at the Princeton Neuroscience Institute in Princeton, New Jersey, USA has won the 2020 Eppendorf & Science Prize for Neurobiology for his work on the neural circuits that govern thirst and drinking behavior. Zimmerman discovered that sensory signals originating throughout the body come together within individual neurons in the brain to produce the sense of thirst....

Accelerated Technology Laboratories, Inc. (ATL), a leader in Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS), continues the 2020 LIMS Webcast Series on Wednesday, October 14th with LIMS: A Critical Tool for Food Safety Testing. The webcast will focus on the pivotal role of a LIMS in helping food companies combat the challenges faced every day in delivering high quality products....

From October 1, 2020, until January 15, 2021, young researchers not older than 35 years, with an advanced degree, who are working in Europe can apply for the Eppendorf Award for Young European Investigators. This highly prestigious 20,000 EUR prize acknowledges outstanding contributions to biomedical research in Europe based on methods of molecular biology, including novel analytical concepts....

Poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid) (PLGA) is a polymer with broad utility, often used for the manufacture of highly monodisperse beads for controlled drug release and targeted drug delivery. Using microfluidic chips – such as those from Dolomite Microfluidics – to produce the beads provides the necessary precise regulation of bead size distribution, a factor that is of critical importance and can have a significant effect on the rate of drug release, as well as other features...

Global contract development and manufacturing organisation (CDMO), Sterling Pharma Solutions, has officially opened its new multi-million-pound Material Science Centre (MSC), after announcing the investment last year. The three-floor MSC comprises six ISO Class 8 cleanrooms, which house four milling and micronisation suites. The new facility, which is the latest step in the company’s continued growth plans...

Swedish Biomimetics 3000 Ltd, a life science technology company which has developed a world leading green technology platform used in the continuous manufacturing of pharmaceuticals, has established a new head office and scientific research facilities in Copenhagen. The company, which is called Swedish Biomimetics 3000 ApS, believes that it will benefit from the sector specific expertise in Denmark in expanding its capabilities. Going forward, the company will have key operations in both the UK and Denmark....

The European Laboratory Research & Innovation Group (ELRIG) UK, has announced the election of Melanie Leveridge as Chair. Melanie will guide the not-for-profit organisation serving the life science and drug discovery communities, to help drive further collaboration and knowledge exchange between academic and biopharma industry thought-leaders, through the provision of scientific meetings and conferences on an open access basis....

SP Industries, Inc. (SP), has hosted a visit by US Congressman, Brian Fitzpatrick, who was on a fact-finding mission to find out more about the work SP is doing to support Operation Warp Speed, and discuss SP’s plans for increasing capacity and capabilities. Operation Warp Speed (OWS), an initiative of the US Department of Health & Human Services (HHS), aims to...

In this new webinar, Granutools will join forces with the RCPE to give you new insight on the importance of electrostatics for pharmaceuticals powders. Together they will explain how the material properties, particle properties, and formulation properties will affect the tribo-charging and how it is possible to use the GranuCharge as a proxy of industrial processes like a twin screw feeder....

Easyfairs has announced that its Lab Innovations 2020 event, which was due to take place on 4 & 5 November at the NEC, Birmingham, is postponed to 3 & 4 November 2021. This decision has been made following consultation with the laboratory industry and due to the ongoing unforeseeable and unprecedented global scope of the Coronavirus pandemic which sees the UK government reviewing its decision to allow live events to run from 1 October....