Phenotypic Drug Discovery With High Content Screening Sponsored by PerkinElmer Early drug discovery used to be conducted mainly in a target-agnostic fashion, focusing on qualitative readouts from a living system - cells, tissue, or organisms - and asking the question, did this entity affect the phenotype? Target Based or Phenotypic… Read More
Advanced Therapeutic Antibody Discovery with Multiplexed Screening Sponsored by Sartorius Antibody-based therapeutics are the fastest growing and most successful therapeutic modality for treating diseases such as cancer, cardiovascular disease, autoimmune disorders and infectious disease. It is predicted that by the year 2020 there will be 70 therapeutic antibodies on the… Read More
Newly developed recombinant antigens derived specifically from 2019-nCoV for use in infectious disease research, and assay and vaccine development. The Native Antigen Company, one of the world’s leading suppliers of reagents that enables research into vaccines and diagnostics for emerging and endemic infectious diseases, today announced… Read More
Highly scalable kits enable researchers to prepare liquid-stable antigen and antibody conjugates with a wide range of labels including enzymes, fluorochromes, and biotin. The Native Antigen Company, one of the world’s leading suppliers of reagents that enables research into vaccines and diagnostics for emerging and endemic… Read More
PhoreMost enters multi-project drug discovery collaboration with Otsuka Pharmaceutical. PhoreMost Limited, the UK-based biopharmaceutical company dedicated to drugging ‘undruggable’ disease targets, today announced it has entered into a multi-project collaboration with Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., the world-leading pharmaceutical company dedicated to the research and development of highly-innovative… Read More
14 July 2020 SCIEX has celebrated its 50th anniversary with a digital product launch. SCIEX virtual product experience introduced products that enable customers to Run Fast, Go Beyond and Power Up. “Half a century ago, SCIEX set out with a mission to develop analytical technologies for aerospace. Today,… Read More
13 July 2020 Image: National Cancer Institute Scientists have revealed details of the discovery of a new cancer drug that could be used to treat a range of cancer types, including some blood cancers and solid tumours. The drug, fadraciclib, was jointly discovered by scientists at The Institute… Read More
7 July 2020 Rutherford’s independent network currently consists of four cancer treatment centres in Newport, Reading, Bedlington and Liverpool. It will draw patients from all over the UK offering pharma and CROs access to patients through more than 170 referring oncologists. Each of the Rutherford Cancer Centres has… Read More
29 June 2020 Image: Mark Fletcher-Brown The AMR Centre has combined forces to attract investment to combat the global threat of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) resulting in a successful bid for a £114 million project supported by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) The funding was secured by a North… Read More
26 June 2020 Image: Conor Samuel A Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine-led consortium has received an £18.6 million grant from the UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) Strength in Places Fund (SIPF) to deliver a major project to tackle infectious diseases, including COVID-19. The funding award recognises Liverpool City… Read More
25 June 2020 Teknova has appointed Stephen Gunstream as chief executive officer. Gunstream has nearly 20 years of experience in the life sciences industry, including positions as Vice President and General Manager for the research and clinical business at BD Biosciences and Chief Commercial Officer at Integrated DNA Technologies. Read More
22 June 2020 SLAS Transformed is an interactive event focused on omics, synthetic biology and genome editing along with applicable implications for the current pandemic. The two-day event runs from 23-24 June 2020, offering 30-minute scientific research presentations, live exhibitor presentations and one-on-one networking sessions. It will span multiple… Read More
17 June 2020 This is the second tranche of growth capital loan signed with the European Investment Bank in May 2019. The new funds will be used for the development, manufacture and commercialisation of in vitro diagnostics for infectious diseases Mobidiag, a revenue generating, molecular diagnostics company with… Read More
The Finnish molecular diagnostics company announced it has received CE-IVD markings for its Novodiag Covid-19 and Amplidiag Covid-19 molecular diagnostic tests for the early detection of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. These tests complement Mobidiag’s already available antibody test, Anti-SARS-CoV-2 Rapid Test, that the company is distributing from its joint… Read More
02 June, 2020 The developer and manufacturer of innovative laboratory tools for process optimisation, safety and scale-up, has announced the appointment of a new General Manager and Senior Vice President of North American Operations. Mert Sahin has been appointed as General Manager and Senior Vice President of H.E.L… Read More
Collaborative Drug Discovery (CDD), owner of the CDD Vault, a comprehensive drug discovery informatics platform for research laboratories, has asked researchers what they think biotechnology world will look like after Covid-19. A few responses are listed below. “Covid-19 may be the tipping point that shifts us from the… Read More
