BC Platforms is excited to be a key part of the European Health Data and Evidence Network (EHDEN) community, to leverage harmonized data sources and contribute to work towards uncovering the transformational potential of real-world data (RWD) in helping to improve healthcare systems, and ultimately patient outcomes. EHDEN is a public-private partnership, established to support an EU wide [...]

Fluicell announces an agreement with Swift Analytical Ltd regarding distribution of BioPen System in the United Kingdom. Through the agreement with Swift Analytical, a company with a long-standing expertise in research tools for life science and microfluidic technology, Fluicell strengthen its position on the United Kingdom market. Victoire Viannay, CEO Fluicell:  With this agreement, we continue to [...]

Proteros will build a leading Center of Excellence for industrial cryo-EM applications to improve success rates in drug discovery Munich, Germany The new Center of Excellence will focus on technologically challenging targets, building on Proteros’ strength in protein science and heritage in protein crystallography and represents another step towards making cryo-EM a routine industrial application [...]

Dr. Crystal Cooper and Dr. Jess Wu from QUT analysing geological materials with their recently installed TESCAN TIMA. Sydney, Australia - With Australia having a vast wealth of mineral resources and mining being a key factor in the nations’ economy, understanding mineral deposits is of key importance. Queensland University of Technology (QUT) is one university [...]

APIS Assay Technologies Ltd expands bioinformatics expertise with acquisition of Beogenomics Image caption: Inside the laboratories at APIS - a Class 2 safety cabinet, where the company handles infectious material or potentially infectious materials.  Manchester, UK — Life Science Newswire — APIS Assay Technologies Ltd, a company combining outstanding In Vitro Diagnostics (IVD) experience with [...]

Faes Farma – a Spanish pharmaceutical company headquartered near Bilbao – is using a Syrris Asia Flow Chemistry System to develop novel synthesis pathways for new and existing APIs. Dr Pablo Morán, a Chemical Innovation Scientist in the company’s R&D department, explained: “We are interested in using flow chemistry to allow us to perform reactions that would be too dangerous in a batch set-up, because they [...]

BILLERICA, Mass.-- Bruker Corporation (Nasdaq: BRKR) today announced that it has appointed Bonnie H. Anderson to serve on its board of directors, effective as of September 3, 2020. Ms. Anderson is Co-Founder, Chairman of the Board and CEO of Veracyte, a global genomic diagnostics company that improves patient care by informing diagnosis and treatment decisions in [...]

New laboratory tool promises analytical power in a small footprint CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- miniPCR bio, a manufacturer of scientific tools for educators and researchers, today announced the launch of the GELATO™, an integrated DNA analysis system. GELATO™ combines gel electrophoresis with transillumination technology, allowing for simultaneous nucleic acid separation and visualization in a single, compact system. GELATO™ [...]

Applied Biosystems RapidHIT ID System plays key role in arrestee testing and investigative lead generation SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. -- The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has approved Thermo Fisher Scientific's Applied Biosystems RapidHIT ID System for use by accredited forensic DNA laboratories to process DNA reference samples and search resulting profiles against the U.S. [...]

CDx approval expands clinical utility of Oncomine Dx Target Test to identify candidates for GAVRETO 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 RET fusion-positive, metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients who are candidates for GAVRETO™ (pralsetinib), [...]