MINNEAPOLIS, Dec. 4, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Bio-Techne has further added to its cell therapy portfolio by expanding the range of Tocris Bioscience-branded cGMP small molecules to include the commonly used stem cell compounds, Y-27632 (ROCK inhibitor) and CHIR 99021. Y-27632 is a ROCK inhibitor used in stem cell cryopreservation, expansion and differentiation protocols to enhance stem cell survival... Read more
Zurich, Switzerland and Dortmund, Germany – 4 December 2018 – The European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) Brain Tumor Group and Protagen AG today announced a collaboration to utilize Protagen’s Cancer Immunotherapy Array to identify autoantibody biomarkers that investigate the immunological profile and immuno-competence of long-term Glioblastoma survivors. Glioblastoma is the most... Read more
— Pilot study to evaluate use of Cofactor assay in Genocea’s neoantigen vaccine clinical trial —December 04, 2018 09:00 AM Eastern Standard Time SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Cofactor Genomics, a clinical RNA sequencing and translational assay developer, today announced a pilot study to evaluate use of Cofactor’s ImmunoPrismTM assay in Genocea Biosciences’ Phase 1/2a clinical trial testing the... Read more
December 03, 2018 02:00 AM Pacific Standard Time BEIJING–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Sartorius Stedim Biotech (SSB), a leading international supplier of the biopharmaceutical industry, through its China affiliate, and Beijing-based Immunochina Pharmaceuticals, announced today that both parties have entered into a collaboration. Under the terms of the relationship, Immunochina will gain preferred access to SSB’s bioprocess technology platform... Read more
Date: 12/03/2018 HERCULES, Calif.–Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE: BIO and BIOb), a global leader of life science research and clinical diagnostic products, today announced expanded global access of the company’s quality controls across multiple Abbott clinical diagnostics platforms that now includes the Abbott Alinity ci-series instruments. “We are pleased to fulfill this need and offer customers... Read more
Hilden, Germany, Germantown, Maryland, Fort Myers, Florida, November 30, 2018 – QIAGEN N.V. (NYSE: QGEN; Frankfurt Prime Standard: QIA) and NeoGenomics, Inc. (NASDAQ: NEO) today announced a master service agreement to accelerate the availability of innovative companion diagnostics that enable precision medicine for cancer patients. The partnership between QIAGEN and NeoGenomics, a leading provider of... Read more
FRANKLIN LAKES, N.J., Nov. 29, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) (NYSE: BDX), a leading global medical technology company, today announced the launch of a new software application designed to help hospitals and health systems identify drug diversion at the 2018 American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) Midyear Meeting. Addiction to prescription narcotics in... Read more
The VENTANA pan-TRK (EPR17341) Assay1 is the first assay of its type to detect tropomyosin receptor kinase (TRK) with anticipated use across multiple solid tumor types The assay is expected to provide improved data on the prevalence of TRK proteins in tumor tissue studies The significance of TRK fusion proteins is currently being investigated in various... Read more
27 NOV 2018 | DARMSTADT, GERMANY MilliporeSigma’s proxy-CRISPR wins Special Recognition Market Disruptor — Products award Burlington, Massachusetts, November 27, 2018 – MilliporeSigma today announced that it has won two R&D 100 Awards. The 56th annual R&D 100 Awards program, honoring the 100 most innovative and significant technologies introduced in the past year, recognized MilliporeSigma for its BioReliance® Viral and Gene Therapy Assay... Read more
26.11.2018 – 14:00 Life science group AddLife is continuing on its growth journey and is now taking an important step in its expansion and internationalisation strategy by acquiring Austrian Biomedica Medizinprodukte GmbH (“Biomedica”). Biomedica, which is the parent company of a group with sales of about EUR 65 million, engages in operations in 13 countries... Read more