Malvern Panalytical releases Hydro Insight: A deeper level of materials insights

Malvern Panalytical, a leading analytical instrumentation supplier, today launches the Hydro Insight, a game-changing dynamic imaging accessory for its Mastersizer 3000 particle sizing instrument. The Hydro Insight provides an ‘extra pair of eyes’ for researchers, scientists, and quality control managers. Through real-time particle imaging, this tool helps them to see beyond particle size – powering [...]

VectorBuilder and Univercells Technologies announce strategic partnership for optimized custom viral vector production

VectorBuilder – a global leader in vector design, optimization and GMP manufacturing – has formed a worldwide strategic partnership with Univercells Technologies, a provider of novel biomanufacturing technologies for flexible and scalable viral vector production. VectorBuilder’s manufacturing center in Guangzhou, China, will work with Univercells Technologies to develop and optimize platform processes for the production [...]

MIMETAS and Roche Enter into a Collaboration to Develop Human Disease Models for Drug Development

Risk-sharing alliance on tailor-made phenotypic models for IBD and HBV Upfront payment and milestone payments for MIMETAS Access to know-how on novel disease models and assays for Roche Option to exclusively license of disease models and assays for Roche LEIDEN, The Netherlands -- MIMETAS, a leader in organ-on-chip-based disease models and technology, and Roche, a world-leading pharmaceutical [...]

Bionano Genomics Announces Significant Progress in China with WeHealth Shanghai’s Adoption of Bionano’s Saphyr System and the Demonstration by Various Institutions of Optical Genome Mapping in Reproductive Health and Genetics

SAN DIEGO -- Bionano Genomics, Inc. (Nasdaq: BNGO) announced significant progress in China with the adoption of its Saphyr® System for optical genome mapping (OGM) by WeHealth Shanghai, a leading provider of genome analysis services in reproductive health. The adoption was announced at the Structural Variation Symposium in Shanghai, organized with support from the Shanghai [...]

GE Healthcare and SOPHiA GENETICS to collaborate to match treatments to multimodal patient data and cancer type

Chicago/Boston — GE Healthcare and SOPHiA GENETICS today announced that they have signed a letter of intent to collaborate on advancing cancer care, with the goal of better targeting and matching treatments to each patient’s genomic profile and cancer type, helping to ensure the most effective and personalized treatment. The companies aim to develop new artificial intelligence (AI)-powered [...]

New DECTRIS CEO: “Our employees’ knowledge and abilities are our greatest asset”

Christian Brönnimann strengthens the DECTRIS management in January 2022 by handing over the CEO’s mantle to CTO Matthias Schneebeli. The decision is only one example of a company-wide trend to distribute responsibilities and leadership, and it’s a natural next growth move after the company delivered a record-high number of X-ray and electron detectors in 2020. Dr. [...]

SomaLogic Customizable Protein Panels With Industry-Leading 7,000-Plex Assay Now Available

NEW YORK & BOULDER, Colo. -- CM Life Sciences II (NASDAQ: CMIIU) and SomaLogic, Inc., a global leader in proteomics technology, announced today that their new customizable protein panel products are now available to pharma, biotechnology and academic research customers seeking the power of the company’s proteomics menu of 7,000 proteins. "Our customers have expressed [...]

Sartorius strengthens product portfolio for cell and gene therapies by acquiring a majority stake in CellGenix

Göttingen Portfolio expanded by cell culture components, such as growth factors, cytokines, and media CellGenix site in Freiburg to be expanded into a center of excellence for the development and production of cell culture components The life science group Sartorius, through its subgroup Sartorius Stedim Biotech, has acquired a majority stake in the reagent manufacturer [...]

Techcomp Europe Acquires Majority Shareholding in Mass Spectrometer Manufacturer, Isotopx Limited

Techcomp Instruments Limited (“Techcomp”) is delighted to announce that Techcomp Europe has successfully completed the acquisition of a majority shareholding in Isotopx Limited, based in Middlewich, Cheshire. For the past 13 years Isotopx has been at the forefront of mass spectrometer design and innovation. The whole team at Isotopx, led by CEO and founder Zenon [...]

Pall Corporation Secures Multi-Million Dollar Contract With Exothera

Manufacturing partnership enables suspension-based manufacture of gene therapies and viral vector-based vaccines PORT WASHINGTON, N.Y. – Pall Corporation, a global leader in filtration, separation and purification, today announced a new contract worth more than $7M with full-service contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) Exothera S.A. The new contract with Pall will establish a suspension-based manufacturing platform [...]

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