LGC acquires Virusys Corporation, complementing and strengthening its portfolio of antibodies and antigens for infectious disease

LGC Clinical Diagnostics, a business unit of LGC, today announced the acquisition of Virusys Corporation, a developer and manufacturer of monoclonal antibodies and viral antigens. Virusys’ monoclonal antibody technologies and virology expertise are highly complementary to LGC Clinical Diagnostics’ existing antigen product portfolio and will enable LGC to provide customers with antibody technologies to accelerate [...]

Sartorius commits to climate neutrality by 2045

Long-term climate target complements existing climate strategy Decarbonization to be carried out jointly with suppliers and customers Transition to 100% electricity from renewable sources planned by 2030 Sartorius commits to extending its medium-term climate targets with targets approved by the Science Based Targets initiative The life science group Sartorius is expanding its climate strategy and [...]

OGT and Intelliseq forge partnership to advance clinical and biological insight from NGS data

Oxford, UK – OGT, a Sysmex Group Company and leading global provider of genomic research and diagnostic solutions, is delighted to announce its new partnership with Intelliseq, a genome informatics company and innovative provider of Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS) analysis solutions. This collaboration combines OGT's expansive SureSeq™ NGS portfolio with Intelliseq's state-of-the-art iFlow™ engine, resulting in a thorough and [...]

Csols Inc. Launches New QMS, LMS, And MES Validation Services

Trust CSols for your QMS, LMS, or MES validation. CSols is the premier lab informatics solutions provider in North America Expanded enterprise system validation services enhance the value chain for clients Clients can expect the same validation excellence for their QMS, LMS, and MES that they currently receive through our laboratory informatics and enterprise system [...]

BioLizard launches new AI-empowered “BioVerse” platform to facilitate data-driven R&D for global life sciences community

Launch of BioVerse to meet industry needs for fully tailored R&D software solutions Platform’s scope of use comprises three applications for AI-empowered multi-omics data analytics, microbiome data analysis and unbiased literature review BioLizard is supporting biotech, pharmaceutical and diagnostic companies to enable data-driven discovery, preclinical, translational and clinical R&D processes GHENT, Belgium -- BioLizard, the [...]

PacBio Announces Complete Computational Workflow for Human Whole Genome Sequencing Data Analysis

PacBio WGS Variant Pipeline Will Bring Standardization to PacBio HiFi Data Analysis MENLO PARK, Calif. -- PacBio (NASDAQ: PACB), a leading developer of high-quality, highly accurate sequencing solutions, today announced the availability of PacBio WGS Variant Pipeline – a complete, standardized computational method for HiFi whole genome sequencing (WGS) data analysis. The new software pipeline will enable customers [...]

Bionano Prices $80.0 Million Financing in Convertible Notes and Warrants, Announces Preliminary Q3 2023 Results, and Implements Streamlined Operational Plan

Bionano announced today that it has priced a financing to raise an aggregate of $80.0 million in a registered offering and concurrent private placement of senior secured convertible notes due 2025 and warrants Preliminary Q3 revenue expected to be between $9.1 and $9.3 million, which would represent an estimated increase of 26% to 29% over Q3 2022 and would be [...]

Eppendorf realigns Management Board structure

Eppendorf SE returns to a structure with only one CEO The previous Co-CEOs, Eva van Pelt and Dr. Peter Fruhstorfer, leave the company by mutual agreement The position of the CEO will be filled Until further notice Dr. Wilhelm Plüster will take on the role as spokesperson for the Management Board The Management Board is [...]

Multiply Labs Collaborates with Industry Leaders University of California San Francisco, Cytiva, Thermo Fisher Scientific and Charles River to Deliver a Successful Proof-of-Concept of Robotic Cell Therapy Manufacturing

Multiply Labs collaborated with these life science industry leaders to demonstrate automated cell therapy manufacturing tasks, with an emphasis on cell expansion. The results of the proof-of-concept support the reproducibility of manual processes by robotic systems. SAN FRANCISCO -- Multiply Labs, a robotics company developing industry-leading automated manufacturing systems to produce individualized drugs (including but [...]

Green knowledge delivered to your door: Starlab is organising a series of international events to promote sustainability in laboratories

Due to the increasing importance of sustainability at universities, clinics and laboratories, laboratory product manufacturer Starlab is expanding its green activities. This year, the company’s Sustainability Weeks include a total of 87 events, including 56 in the UK, 16 in France, 5 in Italy and 10 in Germany. The company is also offering 5 publicly [...]

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