Cambridge technology innovators partner with Microsoft Genomics Microbiomic research into immune disorders and antibiotic resistance First microbiome partnership for Microsoft   LONDON — The data scientists and developers behind a ground-breaking microbiome data platform, today, announced their partnership with Microsoft Genomics, a Microsoft Azure service dedicated to meeting the computational challenges of the genomics era. […]

Distributor will supply Chirascan circular dichroism spectrometers and SX stopped-flow spectrometers to Ireland and Northern Ireland Surrey, UK and Dublin, IRELAND: Applied Photophysics, a leading provider of systems for biophysical characterization of biomolecules, today announced that it has signed a distribution agreement with material characterisation specialist, Particular Sciences. The distributor will supply industry and researchers in both […]

MILPITAS, Calif.–Applied StemCell, Inc. (ASC), a leading gene-editing company, announced that it has joined the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Genome Editing Consortium. Applied StemCell brings to the Consortium its expertise in TARGATT™ CRISPR/Cas9 gene-editing tools and induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) technology for the advancement of drug discovery and therapeutic applications. As part […]

Cambridge, UK – Cresset, innovative provider of software and contract research services for small molecule discovery and design, and Elixir Software, provider of real-time workflow tracking applications, have formed an alliance whereby the combination of their technologies will form the basis of a new groundbreaking application, which will radically increase the efficiency of drug discovery by […]

Hedera’s Next-generation Distributed Ledger Technology Moves Beyond Traditional Blockchain to Provide Certara with a Near Real-time, Public, Scalable Platform to Address Key Clinical Research, Regulatory Reporting and Supply Chain Challenges PRINCETON, NJ – Certara®, the global leader in model-informed drug development, regulatory science, market access and real-world evidence solutions, today announced that it has formed a […]

MINNEAPOLIS, Oct. 12, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Bio-Techne has entered into a strategic cooperation agreement with Micropoint Bioscience of Shenzhen, China. Chuck Kummeth, President and CEO of Bio-Techne, Yan Pingyi, Chairman of Micropoint Bioscience, and Wang Bin, Executive Vice President, Shenzhen Association of Medical Devices, all attended the meeting and signing ceremony. Micropoint Bioscience is a […]

Royalty bearing license agreement to commercialise a product incorporating the Affimer technology Wetherby and Cambridge, UK, 10 October 2018: Avacta Group plc (AIM: AVCT), the developer of Affimer® biotherapeutics and reagents, is pleased to announce that it has agreed a commercial license with New England Biolabs® (NEB®) (Ipswich MA, USA), a global leader in the discovery and production of enzymes […]

Menlo Park, CA – Personalis, Inc., a provider of advanced genomic sequencing and analytics for immuno-oncology, today announced an extension to their contract with the US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to sequence a further 34,000 whole human genomes for the VA’s Million Veteran Program (MVP).  This brings the total of all Personalis contracts from […]

FUJISAWA CITY, Japan & DUBLIN–GenAhead Bio Incorporated (“GenAhead”) and ERS Genomics Limited (“ERS Genomics”) announced today a non-exclusive license agreement to provide GenAhead with access to ERS Genomic’s CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing technology patents. ERS Genomics holds rights to the foundational CRISPR/Cas9 patent portfolio from Dr. Emmanuelle Charpentier, co-inventor of the breakthrough gene editing technology. GenAhead had its start […]

FDA employs Certara Phoenix®, Simcyp® and Synchrogenix GlobalSubmit software platforms to efficiently assess and evaluate sponsor submissions data  PRINCETON, NJ – Certara®, the global leader in model-informed drug development, regulatory science, market access and real-world evidence solutions, today announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has renewed, and in many cases increased, its number of […]