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Breakthrough in laboratory sterilisation: Azenta unveils revolutionary electron-beam tube technology

Azenta Life Sciences has achieved a significant milestone in sterile sample storage with the launch of advanced electron-beam (E-beam) treated tubes, marking a major shift towards chemical-free sterilisation in clinical and research laboratories. This breakthrough technology addresses critical contamination challenges whilst delivering unprecedented surface treatment uniformity.

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TQ Therapeutics secures strategic acquisition to accelerate automated cell therapy breakthrough

German biotechnology firm TQ Therapeutics GmbH has strategically acquired Juno Therapeutics GmbH, dramatically expanding capabilities for developing next-generation ultra-short extracorporeal cell and gene therapy systems that could transform patient access to personalised cellular treatments.

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Tagomics secures £860k grant to advance colorectal cancer detection platform

Tagomics Ltd has secured £860,000 in Innovate UK Biomedical Catalyst funding to develop a sophisticated diagnostic test for early colorectal cancer detection, forming part of a £1.2 million project that could transform cancer screening capabilities. The Cambridge-based biomarker discovery company will customise its proprietary Interlace platform to identify genetic and epigenetic mutations associated with colorectal […]

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Roche partners with Broad Clinical Labs for neonatal genome sequencing initiative

Roche has announced a strategic collaboration with Broad Clinical Labs to develop clinical applications for its Sequencing by Expansion (SBX) technology, with an initial focus on whole genome sequencing for critically ill newborns and their biological parents. The partnership aims to establish genomic sequencing as routine clinical practice in neonatal intensive care units.

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SpliceBio breaks gene therapy packaging barriers with US$135 million Series B funding

SpliceBio has secured US$135 million in Series B funding to tackle one of gene therapy’s most persistent technical barriers: the packaging capacity limitations that have rendered many genetic diseases untreatable. The Barcelona-based company’s breakthrough protein splicing technology promises to unlock therapeutic potential for conditions caused by genes too large for conventional delivery systems.

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Enterome secures $19 million funding to advance lymphoma immunotherapy

French clinical-stage biotechnology company Enterome SA has raised US$19 million in private financing to advance its lead OncoMimics™ immunotherapy candidate EO2463 for treating indolent non-Hodgkin lymphoma, with particular focus on patients in the “watch-and-wait” category who currently lack approved treatment options.

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osteolabs partners with Swiss laboratory to deploy calcium isotope breakthrough

German biotech company osteolabs GmbH has secured a pivotal distribution partnership with leading Swiss medical laboratory ‘labor team’, bringing cutting-edge calcium isotope technology to Switzerland and Liechtenstein’s healthcare systems and with the aim of transforming bone health diagnostics for over half a million patients.

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Biogen partners with City Therapeutics in $46 million RNAi collaboration targeting CNS disorders

Biotechnology giant Biogen has entered into a strategic research partnership with privately held City Therapeutics to develop novel RNA interference-based therapeutics for central nervous system diseases, combining next-generation RNAi engineering with proprietary drug delivery technologies.

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Roche announces US$50 billion US expansion targeting gene therapy and AI research capabilities

F. Hoffmann-La Roche has announced an ambitious US$50 billion investment initiative spanning five years, designed to transform the company’s United States pharmaceutical and diagnostics infrastructure. The comprehensive expansion programme addresses critical manufacturing bottlenecks whilst establishing cutting-edge research capabilities across multiple therapeutic domains, creating over 12,000 new positions in the biomedical technology sector.

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INTEGRA automation breakthrough transforms cellular transporter drug discovery

Austrian biotech Solgate has achieved a significant milestone in pharmaceutical research by deploying precision automated liquid handling systems to unlock therapeutic potential in solute carrier transporters, targeting one of medicine’s most underexplored protein families that orchestrate cellular traffic and drive diverse disease mechanisms.