MILFORD, MA — KPM Analytics, a global leader in scientific instrumentation for analyzing critical parameters in the food, agriculture, industrial, and environmental sectors, continues to invest and expand its global footprint and infrastructure to better serve its growing customer base.Today, the company announced a number of facility relocations and upgrades for some of their manufacturing […]

NEW ORLEANS and CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Obatala Sciences, a biotechnology company that manufactures stem cell and hydrogel products to enable next-generation therapeutics discovery, has been granted an exclusive license from Harvard University to commercialize innovations that enable the study of human fat tissue in vitro. Obatala and Harvard Office of Technology Development announced the agreement today. Obatala […]

Agreement to leverage manufacturing capacity to continue to drive global supply of vaccines CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Moderna, Inc. (Nasdaq: MRNA), a biotechnology company pioneering messenger RNA (mRNA) therapeutics and vaccines, today announced that it has entered into an agreement with Thermo Fisher Scientific (NYSE: TMO) for fill/finish sterile manufacturing services and supply packaging for Moderna’s […]

EMERYVILLE, Calif. — Today, Berkeley Lights, Inc. (Nasdaq: BLI), a leader in digital cell biology, announced the release of its TechAccess Subscription model to enable broader customer access to their cutting-edge, 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 […]

Renowned Queen’s University Belfast scientist recognized for his research in food authenticity SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced that Chris Elliott has received an Agilent Thought Leader Award. Dr. Elliott is Professor of Food Safety in the School of Biological Sciences and founder of the Institute for Global Food Security (IGFS) […]

70th Startup Highlights the World-Class, Basic-Research Institute’s Culture of Encouraging Entrepreneurship Among its Scientists GRENOBLE, France – Armed with exclusive access to 11 CEA-Leti patents covering specialties such as DNA extraction and microscopic-sample diagnostics, CEA-Leti startup Direct Analysis has developed a pathogenic-bacteria-detection system for food manufacturers that takes one-fourth of the time of existing tests, can […]

Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, is further pushing its science and technology based strategic growth trajectory with two appointments to key senior leadership positions on Group level. Roman Werth will take over Strategy, M&A and M Ventures Laura Matz will become Chief Science and Technology Officer Isabel de Paoli, Head of Strategy and Transformation, has decided […]

Ajdovscina, Slovenia Ribbon cutting attended by the Prime Minister of the Republic of Slovenia, Janez Janša Innovative products for the purification of advanced agents such as mRNA or adenoviruses for the manufacture of vaccines or therapeutics Sartorius, a leading international partner of life science research and the biopharmaceutical industry, will open its expanded production facilities […]

Largest organ-on-a-chip screen on a 3D angiogenesis assay Leiden – MIMETAS, the global leader in human-relevant organ-on-a-chip models, has just opened their Phenotypic Screening Center. The center facilitates large-scale screening campaigns on Organ-on-a-Chip models, a powerful technology that improves the human physiological relevance of cultured tissues by utilizing microfluidic techniques. In contrast to other Organ-on-a-Chip […]

CEDAR PARK, Texas VUV Analytics, Inc. announced today that ASTM has published a new test method, ASTM D8368, for use on the VUV Analyzer Platform for Fuels. This new method was developed for the Determination of Total Saturates, Aromatics, Polyaromatics, and Fatty Acid Methyl Esters (FAMEs) in diesel fuels, including conventional, renewable, synthetic and biodiesel […]