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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 […]

Bruker has launched new products, as outlined June 1-3, 2021 at the eXceed Symposia 2021. The products include timsTOF trueSCP and timsTOF Pro 2. Mass spectrometric proteomics has become a staple of modern research in understanding biological function and disease mechanisms. Healthy or diseased tissues that seem homogenous are composed of cells with a variety […]

Berkeley Lights has released its TechAccess Subscription model to enable broader customer access to their single-cell screening technology. The new offering brings requested volume and throughput flexibility to customers who want to access the company’s cell line development and antibody discovery workflows. The all-inclusive subscription provides customers with a comprehensive suite of products, including a […]

University of Queensland scientists have successfully protected mice from the Covid-19 virus by administering a US-developed vaccine candidate with a ‘patch’, rather than a needle. The University of Texas Hexapro vaccine candidate, delivered via the UQ-developed and Vaxxas-commercialised high-density microarray patch (HD-MAP), provided protection against Covid-19 disease with a single, pain-free ‘click’ from a pocket-sized […]

Eli Lilly’s tirzepatide, a once-weekly dual glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide (GIP) and glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor agonist (GLP-1RA), recently demonstrated that it was able to not only reduce HbA1c levels in type 2 diabetes (T2D) patients, but also confer weight loss when compared to insulin glargine in the SURPASS-4 trial. Tirzepatide has the potential to achieve […]

Women may have a stronger immune response to a common form of skin cancer than men, according to early research on mice and human cells. Led by University of Manchester scientists at the Cancer Research UK Manchester Institute, the team publish their findings in Clinical Cancer Research. Men have more skin squamous cell carcinoma (cSCC) […]

Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute have identified a protein that helps tumours evade the immune system and, in certain types of cancers, is linked to a poorer chance of survival. The protein could become a target for future cancer treatments. A crucial part of the immune system’s response to cancer is a group of […]

Neo Kuma Ventures has invested in seven innovative healthcare companies. The initial investments have proved successful with three of the seven companies going public this year, yielding between +180% and +680% return on initial investment. Following the launch of its fund in December 2020, Neo Kuma has invested more than £5 million across ATAI Life […]

An electron microscope, reported to break new ground in biological imaging, is being installed at the Franklin’s new building on Harwel Campus. The machine can image biological samples at up to a million frames per second, which is one thousand times faster than the current standard. It is the first of three instruments being developed […]

We know there are operational vulnerabilities in pharmaceutical research and in the drug discovery pipeline. Bringing new drugs to the market is slow and expensive, with high costs, failure rates and cycle times. With low reproducibility and inefficient processes delaying the path to approval, the current pandemic is prompting a fundamental reassessment of strategic priorities. […]