Ovizio raises €8m ($9.1m) with US and Belgian investors

Brussels, Belgium – Ovizio Imaging Systems, an innovative Belgian company developing cell counting solutions based on quantitative microscopy for life sciences applications, today announces it has secured a funding round of €8m ($9.1m) co-led by New Science Ventures, a US-based venture capital firm, and a private investor. This funding round also includes Qbic, Nausicaa Ventures, [...]

GE Healthcare Life Sciences and Emerson team up to drive biopharma manufacturing efficiency

CHALFONT ST. GILES, UK and AUSTIN, TX, USA – GE Healthcare’s Life Sciences business and Emerson Process Management, a global business of Emerson (NYSE: EMR), today announced a collaboration aimed at increasing productivity and improving efficiency in the production of biopharmaceuticals such as monoclonal antibodies and vaccines. The two companies will collaborate to integrate Emerson’s [...]

Takara Bio Europe AB to launch Cellartis® iPS Cell to Hepatocyte Differentiation System

Göteborg, Sweden, Takara Bio Europe AB, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Takara Bio Inc., announced today that it is launching the Cellartis iPS Cell to Hepatocyte Differentiation System and related ancillary products. This system provides a complete solution for directed differentiation of disease-specific or patient-specific human inducible pluripotent stem (hiPS) cells to hepatocytes by combining a [...]

FEI Extends Capabilities for In Situ Electron Microscopy

Hillsboro, Ore. — FEI has extended its capabilities for in situ electron microscopy, allowing materials scientists and engineers to observe changes in morphology and dynamic properties – in real time – as the sample interacts with in situ stimuli and environments at the micro-, nano-, and even atomic-scale. “We have expanded our NanoEx™ family as [...]

ViaCyte Licenses Cell Differentiation Technology to Takara Bio Inc.

SAN DIEGO — ViaCyte, Inc., a privately-held regenerative medicine company with the first pluripotent stem cell-derived islet replacement therapy for the treatment of diabetes in clinical-stage development, today announced that the Company has entered into a non-exclusive licensing agreement with Takara Bio, Inc. Takara will utilize certain portions of ViaCyte’s cell differentiation technology to expand [...]

SCIEX Launches New M3 MicroLC System

Framingham, MA — SCIEX, a global leader in life science analytical technologies, today introduced the M3 MicroLC System, a new fully-integrated micro-scale LC system designed for biopharmaceutical applications such as antibody drug development, where sample size is limited. The M3 MicroLC System improves the sensitivity of LC-MS workflows, enabling researchers to reach lower limits of [...]

Dassault Systèmes Launches Three Industry Solution Experiences for Life Sciences

VELIZY-VILLACOUBLAY, France — Dassault Systèmes (Euronext Paris: #13065, DSY.PA), the 3DEXPERIENCE Company, world leader in 3D design software, 3D Digital Mock Up and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions, today announced the launch of three industry solution experiences for life sciences, focused on BioPharma. “ONE Lab,” “Designed to Cure” and “Made to Cure for BioPharma” complement [...]

Bruker Appoints Robert Rosenthal to Board of Directors

BILLERICA, Mass.-- Bruker Corporation (NASDAQ:BRKR) today announced that it has appointed Dr. Robert Rosenthal to its Board of Directors, effective immediately. Prior to joining Taconic Biosciences, Dr. Rosenthal held a variety of senior management positions with companies involved in the development of diagnostics, therapeutics, medical devices, and life sciences tools, most recently as Chairman and [...]

Hamilton Adds Online, Real-Time Viable and Total Cell Density Monitoring to Bioprocess Measurement Offerings

RENO, Nev. – Hamilton Company introduces the Incyte capacitance sensor for viable cell density monitoring in bioprocessing, along with the Dencytee optical sensor for total cell density measurement. The two sensors deliver real-time insight into cellular health during a process – data that can be used to optimize product yield and quality. The sensors can [...]

SCIENION and Greiner Bio-One enter a collaboration for the development of rapid diagnostic tests

Berlin, Germany, and Kremsmünster, Austria: The emerging field of rapid diagnostic tests is becoming increasingly important in a variety of applications. For infectious diseases, the time to diagnosis is a critical factor for ensuring successful management. This collaboration will focus on the development of new tests that will optimize patient care by providing sensitive and [...]

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