Heidelberg – PROGEN Biotechnik GmbH, established manufacturer of premium research antibodies and AAV gene therapy tools, has signed a non-exclusive distribution agreement with Thermo Fisher Scientific for selected proprietary antibodies, including top-selling immunochemicals. Since 1983, PROGEN has developed a widely cited portfolio of over 1.000 primary and secondary antibodies for basic and applied life sciences. […]

COLUMBIA, Md. — Shimadzu Scientific Instruments, Inc. (Shimadzu) and Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, MO have entered into a joint research agreement to apply mass spectrometry technology toward the development of tools to quantitate nicotinamide mononucleotide (NMN) and related compounds in biological specimens. The key objective of the collaboration, with Professor Shin-ichiro […]

SOMERSET, N.J. and ATHENS, Ohio – Catalent, the leading global provider of advanced delivery technologies, development, manufacturing, and clinical supply solutions for drugs, biologics, cell and gene therapies, and consumer health products, and Stirling Ultracold, the innovative developer and manufacturer of ultra-low temperature (ULT) freezers for life science and biopharma research, today announced a partnership whereby […]

Supporting families of children with developmental differences SEATTLE and GAITHERSBURG, MD. – The University of Washington’s School of Medicine Brotman Baty Institute for Precision Medicine is collaborating with Illumina, Inc. (Nasdaq: ILMN) and GeneDx, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of BioReference Laboratories, Inc., an OPKO Health company, to study early detection of developmental differences in […]

Toxys and Unilever will start a collaborative R&D project to further validate and develop the ReproTracker assay, a human cell assay for in vitro teratogenicity testing. LEIDEN, The Netherlands and BEDFORD, UK — Toxys and Unilever Safety and Environmental Assurance Centre (SEAC) have entered into an agreement to further validate and expand the ReproTracker assay. Testing for developmental toxicity […]

Cleveland, UK —  Leading UK peptide and antibody producers, Cambridge Research Biochemicals (CRB) have today signed a new distribution agreement with Fluoroprobes, LLC (FPL) and Click Chemistry Tools (CCT) to add FPL and CCT’s generic fluorescent activated dyes and click chemistry enabled click-reactive dyes to their existing service portfolio. The distribution agreement grants CRB the rights to market […]

Series of collaborations with leading universities will serve the ever-growing Korean biopharma industry address the workforce skills gap Cytiva is building its presence in the Korean market by expanding collaborations with top academic institutions. On April 27, we signed a memorandum of understanding with Seoul National University (SNU), considered the most prestigious national research university […]

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. & FRANKFURT — Twist Bioscience Corporation (Nasdaq: TWST), a company enabling customers to succeed through its offering of high-quality synthetic DNA using its silicon platform, and Vivlion GmbH, a company providing next-generation CRISPR gRNA libraries and screening services for the global R&D market, today announced a collaboration for the generation of […]

A partnership between UC Davis and Maurice J. Gallagher Jr., chairman and CEO of Allegiant Travel Company, has led to a new rapid COVID-19 test. A recent study published Nature Scientific Reports shows the novel method to be 98.3 percent accurate for positive COVID-19 tests and 96 percent accurate for negative tests. “This test was made from […]

Shoreline Biome’s microbiome products now available in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. FARMINGTON, Conn.— Shoreline Biome, a microbiome research company that develops complete solutions for characterizing microbiome populations down to the strain level, has entered into an exclusive distribution partnership with BioCat GmbH, a leading provider of life sciences solutions, for the promotion, sale and support […]