DefiniGEN, the world leader in human iPSC differentiation and disease modelling, announces the appointment of Professor Sir John Savill as a Non-Executive Director of the Board. Sir John will bring his expertise in translational science to DefiniGEN enabling the company to accelerate the development of new products and services which can improve the efficiency and economics of drug development....
Lunaphore Technologies SA, a Swiss Company developing innovative next-generation devices for cancer tissue diagnostics, and A. Menarini Diagnostics S.r.l., one of Europe’s leading diagnostic solution providers and part of the Menarini Group, jointly announce the start of a strategic partnership bringing to the market a new and innovative system, using Lunaphore’s technology....
USP has updated the General Chapter <591> «Zinc Determination» monograph to include ion chromatography as the preferred method for measuring zinc oxide. USP 41–NF 36 was developed in partnership with Metrohm and replaces manual titration methods. The new method is approved by the FDA and benefits users with more ease of use and reliability. Zinc oxide is used in various skin care creams, drugs, and drug products....
Evotec AG has announced a strategic alliance with Novo Nordisk to discover and develop novel small molecule therapies to treat patients suffering from diabetes and obesity as well as co-morbidities such as nonalcoholic steatohepatitis ("NASH"), cardiovascular diseases, and diabetic kidney disease. Evotec will apply its drug discovery platform, especially in ligand-based design...
The University of Glasgow has opened an innovative new structural biology centre, home to a cutting-edge electron microscope – the first of its kind in Scotland – which will be used to image biological molecules at the atomic level. The technology will be used to support vital research into diseases posing the greatest threat to human and animal health, providing greater capabilities in areas such as vaccine development, cancer research, and drug design and discovery....
Optibrium™, a developer of software for drug discovery, has announced it had signed a collaboration agreement with Intellegens, a company developing novel artificial intelligence (AI) software. The collaboration will provide Optibrium clients with access to advanced, proprietary deep learning methods that will extend and improve predictive models to guide the more efficient design and selection of high quality drug candidates.
Evotec AG (Frankfurt Stock Exchange: EVT, TecDAX, ISIN: DE0005664809) today announced that CENTOGENE AG, the worldwide leader in elucidating rare disease genetics for patients, clinicians and pharmaceutical partners, and Evotec entered into a global strategic collaboration agreement for joint drug discovery projects, developing compounds to treat rare genetic diseases. Evotec and CENTOGENE initiated the collaboration to develop a...
Inoviem Scientific, a Contract Research Biotech (CRB), announces a service-based partnership with XoNovo, a preclinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing a proprietary small molecule for the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases. Financial terms of the partnership were not disclosed. The partnership aims to generate crucial information concerning...
With the updates to Canada's cannabis laws set for implementation in October 2018, scientists operating within this highly regulated, growing market can now access an end-to-end analytical solution that aligns with the testing standards set by Health Canada. Thermo Fisher Scientific is supporting regulatory laboratories, contract research organizations and licensed dealers, producers and suppliers across this emerging sector with a diverse and comprehensive product portfolio....
Tecan is offering its customers unprecedented insight into how their Fluent® and Freedom EVO® liquid handing platforms are being used, thanks to its Introspect™ and Common Notification System (Tecan CNS™) software tools. As laboratories and laboratory equipment become ever more connected with the Internet of Things (IoT), this powerful combination of monitoring solutions can provide valuable data on automated liquid handling platform usage...
Accelerated Technology Laboratories, Inc. (ATL), a leader in Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS), continues the 2018 LIMS Webcast series on Wednesday, September 19th with Top 10 Reasons to Purchase a LIMS. This webcast will be ideal for organizations who know they need to automate their laboratory and want guidance on performing a needs assessment, gathering business requirements and return on...
Partnership expands number of free extensions available through StarDrop. EnamineStore contains over 3.3 million screening compounds, and 7.8 million building blocksp. Optibrium™, a developer of software for drug discovery, today announced a collaboration with Enamine, a chemical research organisation and compound supplier. The collaboration provides StarDrop™ users with easy access to EnamineStore...
Researchers from Brighton and Sussex Medical School (BSMS) have found an unexpectedly close link between a herpes virus and the occurrence of immune cells damaging cardiovascular tissue. Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is a very common virus similar to the herpes virus that causes cold sores and is generally considered harmless. The immune system usually controls the virus and most people don't even realise they have it...
Schauenburg Analytics, parent company of Markes International and SepSolve Analytical, is set to officially open new state-of-the-art laboratories and training facilities in Offenbach am Main, Germany, on 18 September 2018. Both Markes International and SepSolve Analytical are undergoing rapid expansion, with Markes manufacturing instrumentation for thermal desorption and related sampling techniques....
Biomass Energy Lab (BEL) is an independent global service provider offering specialized services comprised of inspection, logistics and certification of biomass and biofuel products. A new case study from Autoscribe Informatics shows how the introduction of the Matrix Gemini LIMS (Laboratory Information Management System) has transformed the efficiency of the laboratory...
Powder flow specialists, Freeman Technology will continue their ‘Powder Flow Seminar’ series on October 3rd 2018 at LPW Technology’s facility in Imperial, PA. The free one-day event will hear leaders in the field discuss the applications of powder rheology in Additive Manufacturing. The seminar will include presentations from John Yin, Product Manager at Freeman Technology, who will provide an introduction to understanding powder...
Evotec AG has announced that CHDI Foundation, Inc. has extended its collaboration with Evotec through to 2023. Over this period, CHDI may fund up to 75 full-time scientists at Evotec. The collaboration was initiated in 2006 and has grown considerably over this period to fully utilise Evotec's best-in-class integrated neuroscience platform....
Inlabtec AG reports how 20/30 Labs Ltd., a leading accredited UK microbiological testing laboratory specializing in the analysis of waters, has received approval by the United Kingdom Accreditation Body (UKAS) for the Serial Diluter for routine sample processing. As an established contract laboratory - 20/30 Labs receives hundreds of water samples each day....
Sartorius Stedim Biotech a leading international supplier for the biopharmaceutical industry, and Repligen Corporation a global life sciences company focused on bioprocessing technologies, have entered into a collaboration agreement to integrate Repligen’s XCell™ ATF cell retention control technology into SSB’s BIOSTAT® STR large-scale single-use bioreactors...
Amazon Filters has installed a combination SupaPore FPW / SupaPore VPBA filtration system at a leading antibiotics manufacturer’s fermentation plant enabling them to reduce production downtime resulting in significant cost savings. Efficient antibiotic production requires high quality ammonia being used to adjust the pH of the fermentation process....
AMSBIO produce a growing range of experimental cell lines, recombinant proteins and screening services to advance the search for new Chimeric Antigen Receptor (CAR T) cell therapies to treat cancers. For years, the foundations of cancer treatment were surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation therapy....
Ubiquigent Limited, a company specialising in providing ubiquitin cell-signalling system drug discovery services, research tools and novel targeted chemistry, has announced that it has launched REDOXprofiler™. The new service, validated following a collaboration with Medivir AB, enables the rapid identification of REDOX cycling compounds....