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Beckman Coulter installs the world’s 100th DxA Automation System

San Paolo Hospital in Savona, Italy, has upgraded its Corelab-related analytical equipment. In collaboration with Beckman Coulter, the San Paolo diagnostic laboratory has installed Beckman Coulter’s DxA 5000 Laboratory Automation System, an innovative, high-throughput automation system that rapidly increases test processing. This latest installation of Beckman Coulter’s DxA Automation System marks the 100th installation worldwide […]

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New study recommends switch to volumetric DBS sampling devices to ensure accuracy of PKU monitoring

Swedish medtech start-up Capitainer says its qDBS card has scored highly in a major new study published in Clinica Chimica Acta on the advantages of volumetric microsampling DBS devices in monitoring of patients with phenylketonuria (PKU). The study was necessary according to the authors, because although measurement of dried blood spot phenylalanine (Phe) is central […]

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EpiEndo commences LPS Challenge Trial for lead candidate EP395

EpiEndo Pharmaceuticals, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing disease-modifying therapeutics for chronic respiratory disorders, has received regulatory and ethics approval to commence a Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) challenge clinical trial with lead molecule EP395. EP395 is an orally available macrolide or ‘Barriolide’ with reduced antimicrobial activity which aims to address the unmet medical need for a treatment for […]

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Lifespin launches commercial access to its metabolic profiler software and database for pharma and biobank services

Lifespin, based in Regensburg, Germany, with offices in Boston, Massachusetts, has launched a new commercial service that, for the first time, will provide the pharma­ceutical and biobanking industry with access to its proprietary metabolic database, as well as its advanced interpretive software to assist in various phases of drug research, development, and manufacturing.

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Absolute Antibody expands production to support demand for its recombinant antibodies

Absolute Antibody, an industry-leading provider of recombinant antibody products and services, is expanding its manufacturing facility in northeast England. The increased laboratory space includes a major investment in new automation for Next Generation Sequencing (NGS), expression and purification (HPLC) to enhance recombinant antibody production workflows. The additional space and equipment will enable Absolute Antibody to […]

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BD, Accelerate Diagnostics announce global commercial collaboration

BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) and Accelerate Diagnostics, an innovator of rapid in-vitro diagnostics in microbiology, announced a worldwide commercial collaboration agreement where BD will offer Accelerate’s rapid testing solution for antibiotic resistance and susceptibility. The test offers results in hours, versus one to two days with some traditional laboratory methods.

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ProBioGen and City of Hope ink license to use AGE1.CR.pIX vaccine manufacturing platform for cytomegalovirus vaccine

ProBioGen and City of Hope, one of the largest cancer research and treatment organizations in the United States, have signed an non-exclusive commercial license agreement that will allow City of Hope to manufacture its innovative synthetic MVA-based CMV vaccine using ProBioGen’s cell-based and scalable viral manufacturing platform AGE1.CR.pIX.

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Mogrify and Astellas initiate research collaboration on in vivo regenerative medicine approaches to address sensorineural hearing loss

Biopharmaceutical company Mogrify and Astellas Pharma have initiated a collaborative research agreement on in vivo regenerative medicine approaches to address sensorineural hearing loss.

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Indica Labs to collaborate with iCAIRD for development of an AI-based algorithm for automated reporting of lymph node status in colon cancer

Indica Labs, an industry leader in quantitative digital pathology and image management solutions, and The Industrial Centre for Artificial Intelligence Research in Digital Diagnostics (iCAIRD), will collaborate on the development of an AI-based digital pathology solution for the detection of cancer within lymph nodes from colorectal surgery cases. The primary aim of the research project […]

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Biomarkers for the early diagnosis of sepsis in burns: systematic review and meta-analysis

Li AT, Moussa A, Gus E et al. Ann Surg 2022;275(4):654–662