Torrey Pines

Torrey Pines unveils new EchoTherm programmable 5-position stirring hot plate

Torrey Pines Scientific has unveiled its new EchoTherm Model HS65 Programable Digital Stirring Hot Plate with five stirring positions for use in chemical, pharmaceutical, environmental, biochemical, and other laboratories.

Micronic Push Cap Decapper

Micronic’s tube decapper boosts lab productivity

Targeting the ever-growing requirement for higher sample throughput, the robust Push Cap Decapper CP620 from Micronic enables labs tasked with opening multiple sample storage tubes with TPE Septum Caps to achieve significant productivity gains.

BioPharma Dynamics

BioPharma Dynamics expands portfolio of cell media solutions for the cell and gene therapy industry

BioPharma Dynamics, a leading life sciences solution provider, has expanded their extensive portfolio for the cell and gene therapy market to offer a range of chemically defined T-cell media, DMSO-free cryopreservation solutions, and recombinant growth factors.

ziath mohawk

Fast and simple retrieval of whole tissue samples

The new Mohawk 48 tube selector and picker from Ziath is designed to select and pick wide, heavy, or tall tubes – making it perfect for retrieving individual whole tissue samples from storage. This new system uses 48 solenoid pins to enable a specific frozen or thawed sample tube to be raised and selected when […]

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Calypso Biotech begins dosing of first Eosinophilic Esophagitis patient in trial of CALY-002

Calypso Biotech, a leader in the development of Interleukin-15 (IL-15) targeted therapies, has begun dosing of the first Eosinophilic Esophagitis patient in the multiple dosing part of the Phase 1 clinical trial of CALY-002, a novel humanized – and highly differentiated – monoclonal antibody neutralizing IL-15. The ongoing Phase 1 clinical study of CALY-002 includes […]

Proton DX Leigh Howes

ProtonDx appoints new head of sales for European commercial expansion

ProtonDx, an in vitro diagnostics company designing, manufacturing and marketing rapid, accurate, multi-pathogen, point-of-need diagnostic solutions, has appointed Leigh Howes as its new head of sales.

sotio

SOTIO exercises option for novel antibody-drug conjugate with LegoChem Biosciences

SOTIO Biotech, a clinical stage immuno-oncology company owned by PPF Group, has exercised its first of five exclusive, target-specific options with LegoChem Biosciences for antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) SOT106, which is currently being evaluated in preclinical studies across a multitude of solid tumour indications.

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Nykode Therapeutics and Richter-Helm BioLogics form strategic manufacturing partnership

Nykode Therapeutics, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company dedicated to the discovery and development of novel immunotherapies, has entered into a strategic manufacturing partnership with Richter-Helm BioLogics to supply plasmid DNA for Nykode’s wholly owned and partnered product portfolio.

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BARDA issues $19M contract to Hologic to support IVD approval of COVID assays

Hologic has been awarded a US$19 million contract from the U.S.-based Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) to support research and development efforts for its Panther Fusion SARS-CoV-2/Flu A/B/RSV assay and Aptima SARS-CoV-2 assay.

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Researchers scale production of designer immune cells for drug discovery

To prevent testing on animals and create even more precise ways of testing therapeutics, the pharmaceutical industry is increasingly turning to human immune cells. However, the availability of cells like these has been limited to date. Now, Fraunhofer researchers have succeeded in scaling the production of customized immune cells from laboratory up to industrial level.