Companies are exploring new markets for innovative assets to add value to their pipeline, finds Frost & Sullivan
In recent years, the global pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry has outperformed other sectors in terms of stock market indices. The appeal of orphan drugs and systems that reduce the cost of healthcare will continue to attract investors to fund the industry. Analysis from Frost & Sullivan, Funding Patterns in the Global Pharma and Biotech Industry, reveals the volume of venture capital (VC) deals fell by 41.2 percent between 2010 and 2014, while...
Quotient Clinical, the Translational Pharmaceutics® Company, has announced a significant expansion of its pharmaceutical sciences capabilities, doubling capacity through the acquisition of a second GMP manufacturing facility and the construction of new formulation development and pharmaceutical analysis laboratories.
The new laboratories, based within the company’s existing Nottingham facility, were commissioned in response to an increasing customer demand for Quotient’s formulation development services, and have a footprint of approximately 8,000 square feet. The new GMP manufacturing facility is located in the MediCity innovation hub in Nottingham, and has a footprint of 3,000 square feet. It comprises eight multipurpose suites, offering the opportunity to...
Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS) specialist, Autoscribe Informatics, has posted another impressive set of sales figures for FY 14-15.
The company reports a worldwide increase in sales and support of 22.7% compared to the previous year. The outstanding performance amongst these figures was an increase in system sales of 73.6% in the UK. Autoscribe Managing Director, John Boother, said: “This is another great set of results and the company continues to enjoy a sustained period of growth due to the effort invested both in developing our products and enhancing our...
Protagen AG, a company concerned with the development of advanced diagnostic tools to address some of the most severe autoimmune diseases, has received the ISO 13485 certification, and now officially complies with the internationally recognized quality standard for medical devices.
The ISO 13485 certification covers the development, production and distribution of in-vitro diagnostics (IVD) for autoimmune diseases. The certificate demonstrates that Protagen has successfully implemented a quality management system that conforms to the world-wide standard for medical device and diagnostic manufacturing. Stefan Mu?llner, Protagen CEO, stated, “We have been ISO 9001 certified for some years now. The addition of the new...
For the tenth time the Huber publishing house for Neue Medien GmbH (New Media) selects outstanding companies from the industry for the INDUSTRIEPREIS (industry award) within the time period of the HANNOVER MESSE.
And the winners are chosen: the FRITSCH Jaw Crusher PULVERISETTE 1 premium line belongs in the category „Research and Development“ to the best solutions of the INDUSTRIEPREIS 2015 as well as again the Disk Mill PULVERISETTE 13 premium line that was already nominated in 2014. FRITSCH Jaw Crusher PULVERISETTE 1 premium line convinces. The extra powerful FRITSCH Jaw Crusher PULVERISETTE 1 premium line ensures with...
BioTek is pleased to announce the appointment of Fisher Scientific as an exclusive supplier partner in the UK for their complete line of microplate instrumentation including the award winning Cytation™ series of Cell Imaging Multi-Mode Readers.
BioTek also opened its new UK office in Swindon, and along with Fisher Scientific, will bring enhanced sales, applications, technical assistance and service to support both new and existing customers. BioTek and Fisher Scientific believe the UK's biotechnology and life science sectors are growing and continue to demonstrate high quality scientific research; supported by the government's focus and investment. BioTek's new direct office and...
Imperial Innovations Group has secured a new GBP 50 million loan from the European Investment Bank (EIB) to support investment in the UK biotech and life science sector.
The new support from Europe’s long-term lending institution will be used by the leading technology commercialisation company to strengthen support for harness research ideas and turn them into commercial success. Imperial Innovations works with Europe’s top four research intensive universities in Imperial College, Oxford, Cambridge, and UCL to identify exciting university research at an early stage and develop it to build substantial, high quality...
Cellectricon, a leading provider of advanced cell-based discovery services, has appointed Dr Edwin Johnson, Director of The Stockholm Brain Institute, as the first member of its new Scientific Advisory Board.
To be established over the next few months, the new, hand-picked Board will bring together the most highly experienced scientists with extensive drug discovery backgrounds in the fields of Chronic Pain and CNS research, extending Cellectricon’s expertise in these areas. “Cellectricon is assembling a first-class team of scientists and engineers - all focused on the challenging task of developing enhanced assay technologies for early...
Analytik Jena AG is supporting science education in the crisis-ridden country of Ukraine.
Donetsk National University, which recently had to leave its conflict-torn home to move to the western Ukrainian town of Vinnytsia, is now receiving a large donation of equipment from Jena. In the words of Torsten Olschewski, General Manager of the Analytical Instrumentation business unit at Analytik Jena AG: “Due to the difficult circumstances, the University is lacking technical equipment in all of its fields of endeavor, including analytical...
The hotly anticipated Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) conference, returns to Lab Innovations, taking place at Birmingham’s NEC on 4 & 5 November 2015.
The two day free-to-attend programme will focus on an array of critical industry themes, including 3D Printing, Science in Space, Laboratory Safety, Best Practices and Tax Relief. Dr Geraint Morgan, Project Officer within the Faculty of Science at The Open University, will be taking to the stage on day one of the show to present ‘Down to Earth’ - a look at the first ever landing of a space craft on a comet. He will explore how the European Space...
Analytik, leading suppliers of innovative analytical instrumentation, have joined SEAHA as an industrial partner and will help in the supervision of a student in the use of spectral imaging techniques to evaluate historical artefacts.
The EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Science and Engineering in Arts, Heritage and Archaeology (SEAHA) is an 8-year initiative (2014-2022) to establish an infrastructure to meet challenges set by the heritage sector, industry and government. Analytik have joined this project as an industrial partner and student supervisor. Analytik are leading suppliers of portable and handheld spectrometers including Visible and Near-Infrared (Vis-NIR)...
NLSDays September 9-10 is the Nordic region’s premier event for investors and global companies looking for biopharma, medtech and digital opportunities.
With still two and a half months to go, Nordic Life Science Days today announced that the region’s premier life sciences event is already on course for record numbers. The meeting has grown rapidly year by year and we expect more than 1000 delegates for the combined conference, partnering and exhibition to be held at Stockholm’s new Waterfront convention centre on September 9-10. For the growing number of international visitors in...
Lonza has announced that it has reached an exclusive agreement with TAP Biosystems, part of the Stedim Biotech Group, to distribute the company’s RAFT™ (Real Architecture For 3D Tissue) 3D Cell Culture System.
The RAFT™ System uses a patented absorber technology to create cell layers in high-density collagen that mimic the in vivo environment. This system enables researchers to generate more biologically meaningful data from their cell culture studies. The versatile RAFT™ Kit is available in a number of formats and is appropriate for analysis using a wide variety of imaging, biochemical and histological techniques. In combination with Lonza’s human...
Markes International’s operations at its UK headquarters in Llantrisant, near Cardiff, are set to expand still further with the acquisition of another building.
The new building, which is adjacent to the company’s existing manufacturing facility and Technical Centre, comprises nearly 3000 square feet of office space, which initially will be allocated to the company’s expanding Engineering operations. This news comes as the company looks to further its success in the export market, having won a Queen’s Award for Enterprise in April. “The new accommodation will not only give us room for growth but will...
Canadian company MetaOptima Technology Incorporated is one of five new companies to join MediCity, the UK’s rapidly-expanding innovation hub for consumer healthcare, medical technology, diagnostics and beauty products.
Four further companies, uMotif Digital Health, Clearview Med. UK, MindforYou and Saflushmyss are now part of a globally-driven community of 33 start-up and growing companies who have chosen the Nottingham Enterprise Zone hub on the Boots site in Beeston as their base. MetaOptima technology is applied to the identification and management of skin conditions, in particular the early detection of skin cancers. The team has developed the first home...
Synexus continues to expand across Eastern Europe with three new Dedicated Research Centres in Bulgaria, Poland and Romania, bringing the total to nine centres in Eastern Europe and a total network of 25 across Europe and Africa.
These new centres will provide the company’s clients in pharma and CROs with an expanding pool of patients. The population of Central and Eastern European countries exceeds that of either the US or the five largest Western European markets combined[i], coupled with its excellent healthcare professionals, which is the reason it has continued to remain important to the clinical trials market. Synexus which is based in the UK is the world’s...
The 2015 Supporting World Class Science Conference will be held at the University of Leeds on September 16-17. Highlights include:
A keynote entitled ‘Is Science Facilities Management Rocket Science? By Kim Toufectis of NASA, one of the world’s largest employers of scientists and engineers, and covering topics such as the impact of changing science requirements on lab design, and successful project management. More than 20 case studies of new and refurbished laboratories from all branches of STEM research and teaching (aquaria and marine science, biology, chemistry...
Animal models are an efficient and cost-effective way to understand underlying mechanisms of several human conditions, says Frost & Sullivan
The use of small animal models in basic and preclinical research is now an integral part of developing and testing new pharmaceutical drugs prior to commercialisation. Small animal imaging is an efficient and cost-effective research platform for the timely validation and commercialisation of novel drug agents. Moreover, it is a highly essential technology to understand underlying mechanisms of conditions such as cancer, diabetes, and...
Lab Innovations has signed a new partnership with the British Measurement and Testing Association (BMTA).
As part of the deal, the BMTA will run a paid-for conference at Lab Innovations 2015, which returns to Birmingham’s NEC on 4 & 5 November 2015. The BMTA represents the interests of the measurement and testing industry in the UK and in Europe, while Lab Innovations, as the UK’s only show dedicated to the latest laboratory technology and consumables, analytics and biotech equipment, features the latest testing and measurement equipment and...
CLSI Excellence Awards are bestowed upon volunteers who are dedicated and committed to CLSI’s mission, and are recognized for significantly contributing their services to the development, implementation, and promotion of consensus standards.
The winners were nominated by their peers and then selected by the CLSI Awards Committee. CLSI volunteers are essential to the organization’s mission to develop best practices in clinical and laboratory testing, and promote their use worldwide. CLSI congratulates all of the 2015 Excellence Awards winners...
Eikonix, the scientific digital imaging specialists, are pleased to announce they will be distributing the Nanohybrids range of silica-coated gold nanorods in the UK.
NanoHybrids harness the power of nanotechnology and molecular targeting to enable improved and non-invasive detection of diseased tissue. The products are highly monodisperse gold nanoparticles provide exceptional signal strength and high thermodynamic stability, and are suitable for functionalisation and antibody conjugation.
Ingenza Ltd, a world leader in the application of industrial biotechnology and synthetic biology, is pleased to announce that it is collaborating with global healthcare company GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) on an innovative research project.
A vital part of any collaboration is the selection of a trusted partner. Andrew Collis, Synthetic Biochemistry Lead in GSK Global Manufacturing and Supply, explained why the company chose to work with Ingenza: “In any external collaboration, it is essential to partner with a company that can quickly and efficiently deliver GSK’s proof of concept. It is important to choose a partner that will interact well with our own scientists, with an established track record in the field....
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In recent years, the global pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry has outperformed other sectors in terms of stock market indices. The appeal of orphan drugs and systems that reduce the cost of healthcare will continue to attract investors to fund the industry. Analysis from Frost & Sullivan, Funding Patterns in the Global Pharma and Biotech Industry, reveals the volume of venture capital (VC) deals fell by 41.2 percent between 2010 and 2014, while...
The new laboratories, based within the company’s existing Nottingham facility, were commissioned in response to an increasing customer demand for Quotient’s formulation development services, and have a footprint of approximately 8,000 square feet. The new GMP manufacturing facility is located in the MediCity innovation hub in Nottingham, and has a footprint of 3,000 square feet. It comprises eight multipurpose suites, offering the opportunity to...
The company reports a worldwide increase in sales and support of 22.7% compared to the previous year. The outstanding performance amongst these figures was an increase in system sales of 73.6% in the UK. Autoscribe Managing Director, John Boother, said: “This is another great set of results and the company continues to enjoy a sustained period of growth due to the effort invested both in developing our products and enhancing our...
The ISO 13485 certification covers the development, production and distribution of in-vitro diagnostics (IVD) for autoimmune diseases. The certificate demonstrates that Protagen has successfully implemented a quality management system that conforms to the world-wide standard for medical device and diagnostic manufacturing. Stefan Mu?llner, Protagen CEO, stated, “We have been ISO 9001 certified for some years now. The addition of the new...
And the winners are chosen: the FRITSCH Jaw Crusher PULVERISETTE 1 premium line belongs in the category „Research and Development“ to the best solutions of the INDUSTRIEPREIS 2015 as well as again the Disk Mill PULVERISETTE 13 premium line that was already nominated in 2014. FRITSCH Jaw Crusher PULVERISETTE 1 premium line convinces. The extra powerful FRITSCH Jaw Crusher PULVERISETTE 1 premium line ensures with...
BioTek also opened its new UK office in Swindon, and along with Fisher Scientific, will bring enhanced sales, applications, technical assistance and service to support both new and existing customers. BioTek and Fisher Scientific believe the UK's biotechnology and life science sectors are growing and continue to demonstrate high quality scientific research; supported by the government's focus and investment. BioTek's new direct office and...
The new support from Europe’s long-term lending institution will be used by the leading technology commercialisation company to strengthen support for harness research ideas and turn them into commercial success. Imperial Innovations works with Europe’s top four research intensive universities in Imperial College, Oxford, Cambridge, and UCL to identify exciting university research at an early stage and develop it to build substantial, high quality...
To be established over the next few months, the new, hand-picked Board will bring together the most highly experienced scientists with extensive drug discovery backgrounds in the fields of Chronic Pain and CNS research, extending Cellectricon’s expertise in these areas. “Cellectricon is assembling a first-class team of scientists and engineers - all focused on the challenging task of developing enhanced assay technologies for early...
Donetsk National University, which recently had to leave its conflict-torn home to move to the western Ukrainian town of Vinnytsia, is now receiving a large donation of equipment from Jena. In the words of Torsten Olschewski, General Manager of the Analytical Instrumentation business unit at Analytik Jena AG: “Due to the difficult circumstances, the University is lacking technical equipment in all of its fields of endeavor, including analytical...
The two day free-to-attend programme will focus on an array of critical industry themes, including 3D Printing, Science in Space, Laboratory Safety, Best Practices and Tax Relief. Dr Geraint Morgan, Project Officer within the Faculty of Science at The Open University, will be taking to the stage on day one of the show to present ‘Down to Earth’ - a look at the first ever landing of a space craft on a comet. He will explore how the European Space...
The EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Science and Engineering in Arts, Heritage and Archaeology (SEAHA) is an 8-year initiative (2014-2022) to establish an infrastructure to meet challenges set by the heritage sector, industry and government. Analytik have joined this project as an industrial partner and student supervisor. Analytik are leading suppliers of portable and handheld spectrometers including Visible and Near-Infrared (Vis-NIR)...
With still two and a half months to go, Nordic Life Science Days today announced that the region’s premier life sciences event is already on course for record numbers. The meeting has grown rapidly year by year and we expect more than 1000 delegates for the combined conference, partnering and exhibition to be held at Stockholm’s new Waterfront convention centre on September 9-10. For the growing number of international visitors in...
The RAFT™ System uses a patented absorber technology to create cell layers in high-density collagen that mimic the in vivo environment. This system enables researchers to generate more biologically meaningful data from their cell culture studies. The versatile RAFT™ Kit is available in a number of formats and is appropriate for analysis using a wide variety of imaging, biochemical and histological techniques. In combination with Lonza’s human...
The new building, which is adjacent to the company’s existing manufacturing facility and Technical Centre, comprises nearly 3000 square feet of office space, which initially will be allocated to the company’s expanding Engineering operations. This news comes as the company looks to further its success in the export market, having won a Queen’s Award for Enterprise in April. “The new accommodation will not only give us room for growth but will...
Four further companies, uMotif Digital Health, Clearview Med. UK, MindforYou and Saflushmyss are now part of a globally-driven community of 33 start-up and growing companies who have chosen the Nottingham Enterprise Zone hub on the Boots site in Beeston as their base. MetaOptima technology is applied to the identification and management of skin conditions, in particular the early detection of skin cancers. The team has developed the first home...
These new centres will provide the company’s clients in pharma and CROs with an expanding pool of patients. The population of Central and Eastern European countries exceeds that of either the US or the five largest Western European markets combined[i], coupled with its excellent healthcare professionals, which is the reason it has continued to remain important to the clinical trials market. Synexus which is based in the UK is the world’s...
A keynote entitled ‘Is Science Facilities Management Rocket Science? By Kim Toufectis of NASA, one of the world’s largest employers of scientists and engineers, and covering topics such as the impact of changing science requirements on lab design, and successful project management. More than 20 case studies of new and refurbished laboratories from all branches of STEM research and teaching (aquaria and marine science, biology, chemistry...
The winners were nominated by their peers and then selected by the CLSI Awards Committee. CLSI volunteers are essential to the organization’s mission to develop best practices in clinical and laboratory testing, and promote their use worldwide. CLSI congratulates all of the 2015 Excellence Awards winners...
A vital part of any collaboration is the selection of a trusted partner. Andrew Collis, Synthetic Biochemistry Lead in GSK Global Manufacturing and Supply, explained why the company chose to work with Ingenza: “In any external collaboration, it is essential to partner with a company that can quickly and efficiently deliver GSK’s proof of concept. It is important to choose a partner that will interact well with our own scientists, with an established track record in the field....