Broken String Felix Dobbs

Broken String Biosciences Closes $15M Series A Funding Round

Broken String Biosciences, a genomics company building a technology platform to drive the development of cell and gene therapies that are safer by design, has closed a US$15 million Series A investment round, co-led by Illumina Ventures and Mérieux Equity Partners, with contributions from HERAN Partners, and existing investors Tencent and Dieter von Holtzbrinck Ventures […]

Astrea Bio Chris Brown

Astrea Bio expands US manufacturing and warehousing capacity to cater to growing demand

Astrea Bioseparations will expand its manufacturing and warehousing capabilities in the US. The increased capacity reflects growing demand for the Company’s chromatography solutions in North American markets.

TherageniX Dr James Dixon

TherageniX awarded £995K grant to develop powdered gene therapy for bone regeneration

TherageniX, a University of Nottingham spin out pioneering a dry powder gene therapy formulation for bone graft augmentation, and its collaborator, the University of Nottingham, have been awarded a £995,000 grant from Innovate UK, the UK’s innovation agency. The funding will support the development of the company’s gene therapy in a powder, a non-viral gene delivery […]

Hayden Jeffreys

MolGen appoints Hayden Jeffreys as Global Vice President of Sales & Marketing

MolGen, a global solutions provider of innovative DNA/RNA extraction and lab automation, has appointed Hayden Jeffreys as Global Vice President of Sales & Marketing.

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Agilent Technologies sells Resolution Bioscience to Exact Sciences

Agilent Technologies will sell Resolution Bioscience to Exact Sciences, a leading provider of cancer screening and diagnostic tests. Financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed. Resolution Bioscience develops and commercializes next-generation sequencing-based precision oncology solutions. Agilent acquired the company in 2021.

SMi Systems

SMi Systems secures UK patent for breakthrough single-molecule imaging technology

SMi Systems has secured a patent from the UK Intellectual Property Office (IPO) for the single-molecule imaging technologies that underpin its super-resolution multi-omic platform. The patented technology consists of highly specialised optics that allow SMi to view single molecules at unprecedented resolution. When combined with the company’s uniquely designed consumables and deep learning techniques, the […]

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SSI Strategy and NDA Group combine to form best-in-class global life sciences consultancy

SSI Strategy will acquire NDA Group, a leading regulatory affairs and drug development consultancy. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Navigo Nostrum

Navigo Proteins and Nostrum Biodiscovery join forces to develop Affilin ligand discovery using AI and molecular modelling

Navigo Proteins and Nostrum Biodiscovery have joined forces to co-develop a new cutting-edge pipeline of de novo designed ubiquitin-based Affilin ligands, expanding Navigo’s proprietary Affilin technology.

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Take a 360° look at your medical biology practice at the JIB congress

Attend the Innovation Days in Biology (JIB) and stay connected to the scientific, technical, professional and organizational developments of medical biology. Medical biology is essential to the health of our fellow citizens, from diagnosis to treatment and follow-up, scientists are continually looking for innovation. There are many hot topics expected at the event in Paris […]

MEDICA LabMed

MEDICA LABMED FORUM: four exciting days devoted to hot issues, current trends and innovations in laboratory medicine

Cancer and coronary diseases, infections and new anti-bacterial active substances, digitalisation and artificial intelligence – these are some of the top issues to be discussed this year at the MEDICA LABMED FORUM, which is part of the MEDICA 2023 trade fair in Düsseldorf, Germany.