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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Biogen’s regulatory application for the use of aducanumab in the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease, which removes amyloid from brains. Aducanumab is the first new Alzheimer’s drug in nearly 20 years, and there is reportedly mixed evidence over its efficacy. However, according to expert commentary, the “desperate […]

The New York Times has reported that the Chairman of the Chinese drug maker Sinovac said China had approved the company’s Covid-19 vaccine for children as young as three, which the media outlet explains would make the country the first in the world to endorse a vaccine for children of this age. The World Health […]

The deadlines for the Tony B. Academic Award and the Student Poster Award for SLAS Europe 2021 is June 14, a week prior to the conference, which takes place June 23-25 digitally. SLAS’ call for poster abstracts provide opportunities to receive recognition, experience and praise for original research by a range of industry professionals, academics, […]

Bio-Rad has introduced three StarBright Dyes designed for flow cytometry applications. StarBright Violet 570, 670, and 710 Dyes offer improved brightness and precise excitation and emission spectra, making them suitable for use in multicolour flow cytometry panels. The line offers researchers a range of fluorescent nanoparticles conjugated to highly validated flow antibodies. Key benefits of […]

The RECOVERY trial was established as a randomised clinical trial to test a range of potential treatments for patients hospitalised with Covid-19, who are at increased risk of blood clots forming in their blood vessels, particularly in the lungs. Between November 2020 and March 2021, the RECOVERY trial included nearly 15,000 patients hospitalised with Covid-19 […]

IDBS, innovator in Biopharmaceutical Lifecycle Management (BPLM), and Scitara, expert in laboratory IoT, have partnered to create a solution that will extend IDBS Polar BPLM’s laboratory data connectivity and instrument integration capabilities. This solution boosts the Polar workflow capabilities by addressing the challenge of sharing and digitalising laboratory data across the biopharmaceutical lifecycle, while ensuring […]

High-throughput screening remains one of the most powerful, unbiased approaches for small molecule drug discovery. In this whitepaper, “Disrupting Drug Discovery From Assay Development to Lead Compound”, SAMDI Tech CSO, Zack Gurard-Levin, discusses the important aspects to consider when choosing the right methodology for drug discovery. The whitepaper covers traditional label-dependent approaches versus novel label-free […]

By Naheed Kurji, Co-founder and Executive of the Alliance for Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare (AAIH), CEO of Cyclica; and Andreas Windemuth, Ph.D, Chief Science Officer of Cyclica Over the past decade, a new industry has arisen that seeks to apply artificial intelligence (AI), or more aptly machine learning (ML) technologies, to healthcare. This surge was […]

Levels of antibodies in the blood of vaccinated people that can recognise and fight the new SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant first discovered in India (B.1.617.2) are on average lower than those against previously circulating variants in the UK, according to new laboratory data from the Francis Crick Institute and the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) […]

Biopharmaceutical innovator Sanofi has launched a €3 million Planet Mobilisation fund to support employee ideas and projects that will further contribute to a healthier environment. In 2021, three Sanofi teams will have their projects implemented and funded. For several years, Sanofi has been implementing a global environmental roadmap, Planet Mobilisation, which is embedded in Sanofi’s […]