Semarion, a University of Cambridge spin-out company from the Cavendish Laboratory combining materials engineering and cell biology to tackle unmet drug screening needs, announced the opening of its Early Adopter Programme for its SemaCyte Microcarrier Platform. The platform overcomes current limitations associated with adherent cell culture and assaying workflows by enabling small colonies of cells […]

Germany-based Hermes Pharma, a leading expert in user-friendly oral dosage forms, has announced it will invest €25 million to further bolster its manufacturing capabilities. The investment will arm the company with new equipment, increased production and storage capacity, and greater operational efficiency to meet the rapidly growing market demand for user-friendly oral dosage forms. As […]

Following agreement by the respective boards of directors, Thermo Fisher Scientific in mid-October announced plans to acquire Olink Holding for US$3.1 billion. The acquisition will enable Thermo Fisher to expand into proteomics and complement its platforms in life sciences and mass spectrometry. Olink offers solutions for advanced proteomics discovery and development.

HeartBeat.bio AG, a biotech company building a highly scalable human organoid and AI-supported drug discovery platform for heart disease, has closed a €4.5 million pre-series A round co-led by i&i Biotech Fund, Invest AG, aws Gründungsfonds II, and Tensor Ventures. The financing enables the completion of a ready-to-use, fully integrated, automated, high-throughput Cardioid Drug Discovery […]