This approval marks the Oncomine Dx Target Test’s 8th CDx therapy selection indication CARLSBAD, Calif. — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted premarket approval to Thermo Fisher Scientific’s Oncomine Dx Target Test as a companion diagnostic (CDx) to identify patients whose tumors have a HER2 (ERBB2) activating mutations (SNVs & Exon 20 Insertion) in […]

Cytiva’s MSAT laboratory receives the highest level of My Green Lab Certification This is the first step in Cytiva’s goal to certify a lab at each facility site Logan, Utah: Cytiva announced that its Manufacturing Science and Applied Technology (MSAT) laboratory received the highest level of My Green Lab Certification — which is considered the global gold […]

San Diego, CA – Proteintech Group today announces that it has established a new subsidiary company, Proteintech Genomics, based out of the thriving life sciences hub of San Diego, California. Proteintech Genomics is building out fully optimized and highly multiplexed proteomic assays to enhance multiomic capabilities across a number of spatial and single cell analysis […]

CEN has approved latest version of EN590 which includes the AFIDA test method EN17155 as an alternative test method for Cetane Number determination. AFIDA represents the latest Cetane measurement technology, ICN and is being widely adopted by refineries and test houses across the world. The AFIDA technique is fully automated, with a carousel for rapid […]

Element Biosciences Inc., developer of the Element AVITI System, a new and disruptive DNA sequencing platform, announced today it will implement no price increases to the entire range of AVITI reagents, including the sequencing kit, the Adept™ and Elevate™ kits. This effort to democratize their technology and make it more broadly available and affordable, will take effect immediately […]

The prizes go to scientists from the US, Germany and China The WITec Paper Awards 2022 have been given to scientists from the US, Germany and China, recognizing their work in cement chemistry, pharmacy and methane hydrate chemistry. Every year, the WITec Paper Award highlights three scientific publications that contain data acquired with a WITec […]

Speakers will outline critical steps needed to achieve health equity SAN DIEGO — Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ: ILMN), a global leader in DNA sequencing and array-based technologies, today announced that on September 30, its Illumina Genomics Forum (IGF) will feature Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, who will deliver a keynote address on […]

Norcross, Georgia, USA. – Micromeritics announced three significant new investments to support fast-growing APAC markets. The company established direct sales, service, and support operations in South Korea through the acquisition of Protech Korea, its long-time distributor. The new Micromeritics Korea is headquartered in Daejeon, a center for both academic and industrial innovation. Protech has effectively established […]

EMERYVILLE, Calif. — Berkeley Lights, Inc. (Nasdaq: BLI), a leader in digital cell biology, and the Jaime Leandro Foundation for Therapeutic Cancer Vaccines (JLF), today announced the discovery, functional characterization, and recovery of a patient-derived T cell receptor sequence against a cancer neoantigen. Together, Berkeley Lights and JLF were able to measure and identify T cells […]

$76 million investment increases the site’s capacity to produce critical raw materials used in the development and manufacturing of vaccines and biologic therapies GRAND ISLAND, N.Y. – To meet increasing global demand for cell culture media used in the manufacturing of new vaccines and biologics, Thermo Fisher Scientific has expanded its dry powder media manufacturing facility […]