Thermo Fisher Scientific Earns NSF/ANSI 456 Vaccine Storage Certification for its High-Performance Refrigerators and Freezers

Thermo Fisher Scientific Earns NSF/ANSI 456 Vaccine Storage Certification for its High-Performance Refrigerators and Freezers Thermo Scientific TSX and TSG Series meet stringent requirements for ensuring the safe storage and efficacy of temperature-sensitive vaccines, including those for COVID-19 CARLSBAD, Calif., Jan. 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — High-performance pharmacy refrigerators and freezers from Thermo Fisher Scientific, already certified... Read more

Roche’s Evrysdi (risdiplam) granted FDA priority review for treatment of pre-symptomatic babies under 2 months of age with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA)

Interim data submitted to the FDA show majority of pre-symptomatic babies treated with Evrysdi for at least one year were able to sit, stand and walk within timeframes typical of healthy babies, as well as maintain swallowing Evrysdi is approved in 70 countries and submitted in a further 31 with more than 4,500 patients treated... Read more

The Lancet publishes studies showing Roche’s faricimab improved and maintained vision in two leading causes of vision loss, extending time between treatments up to four months

Two papers in The Lancet highlight one-year results from Roche’s phase III trials evaluating faricimab in neovascular or “wet” age-related macular (nAMD) and diabetic macular edema (DME) Across four studies, about half of eligible faricimab patients were able to go four months between treatments, and approximately three-quarters could be treated every three months or longer... Read more

A Digital Teaching Laboratory for Microscopy Focused Education

Dr. Glen Marrs is the microscopy facility director at Wake Forest University (USA). He caught our attention when we learned of his Microscopy Training Center, an extensive teaching laboratory designed to promote microscopy education. The center currently supports eight courses ranging from Parasitology, Developmental Biology, Developmental Neurobiology, Mycology and – of course – Biological Microscopy.... Read more