February 15, 2022
Company to commercialize and create single-cell multi-omics products Seattle, WA -- Parse Biosciences, a company dedicated to providing scalable single-cell sequencing solutions, today announced $41.5M in Series B funding co-led by Marshall Wace and Janus Henderson Investors. Soleus Capital, Logos Capital and Bioeconomy Capital also participated in the round, bringing Parse Biosciences’ total funding to [...]
February 15, 2022
WALTHAM, Mass. -- Cell and gene therapy innovators can now leverage new integrated commercial packaging and distribution services from Thermo Fisher Scientific, designed to seamlessly transition therapies from clinic to commercial launch for patients across the U.S. and Europe. The Patheon Commercial Packaging Services for Cell and Gene Therapies (CGT) is an end-to-end solution combining the GMP [...]
Takara Bio USA Wins EU Opposition Hearing on its Foundational NGS Library Enrichment Patent
February 15, 2022
SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Takara Bio USA, Inc. (TBUSA) today announced that the European Patent Office has reviewed and confirmed the validity of TBUSA’s granted European patent EP 3105325, entitled "Methods of depleting a target molecule from an initial collection of nucleic acids, and compositions and kits for practicing the same." TBUSA’s patent was opposed [...]
Element Strengthens Leadership Team to Advance Novel Applications Development and Scientific Affairs
February 15, 2022
Element Biosciences, developer of a new and disruptive DNA sequencing platform, today announced the appointment of Shawn Levy, Ph.D., as Senior Vice President of Applications and Scientific Affairs. A world-renowned pioneer in genomics research, Dr. Levy brings more than 20 years of in-depth knowledge to support Element's growth and strategic plans for its first sequencing platform, AVITI™, [...]
February 15, 2022
BOSTON -- NanoMosaic Inc., the pioneer and leader in nanoneedle (MosaicNeedle™) technology detection for proteomics, genomics, and single-run experiment multi-omics applications, has announced its second commercial sale, to Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) as part of its Early Access Program. NanoMosaic previously announced that it had placed a beta system at MGH for proteomic neurological diagnostic [...]
Genomenon Scores $1.7M SBIR Grant to Curate Genetic Drivers of Disease
February 15, 2022
Genomenon announced Tuesday that it was awarded a $1.7 million Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant from the National Institutes of Health to help it organize and connect patient DNA to global genomic research in the areas of rare genetic diseases and cancer. The grant is the latest in a steady stream of company advances highlighted by the addition [...]
February 15, 2022
End-to-end solution combines cryogenic and cold chain logistics, serialization compliance and global distribution WALTHAM, Mass. -- Cell and gene therapy innovators can now leverage new integrated commercial packaging and distribution services from Thermo Fisher Scientific, designed to seamlessly transition therapies from clinic to commercial launch for patients across the U.S. and Europe. The Patheon Commercial Packaging Services for [...]
Thermo Fisher Scientific expands Millersburg, Pa. bioprocessing manufacturing site
February 15, 2022
$40 million expansion will support increased production of single-use technology for critical vaccines and biologics WALTHAM, Mass. -- Thermo Fisher Scientific is investing $40 million to expand its single-use technology (SUT) manufacturing facility in Millersburg, Pa. The expansion is part of the company’s $650 million multi-year investment, announced last year, to help ensure flexible, scalable and [...]
MilliporeSigma and Waters to Collaborate on Extractables and Leachables Reference Library
February 15, 2022
Library will enable analytical labs to identify potential E&L compounds in their samples using instruments from Waters and confirm the identity using MilliporeSigma's Supelco® reference materials Collaboration to provide testing labs with unrivalled confidence in their results and enhance consumer safety Burlington, Massachusetts – MilliporeSigma, the U.S. and Canada Life Science business of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, [...]
New Olympus Discovery Center Opens to Advance Human Disease Research
February 15, 2022
Facility brings new microscopy and imaging capabilities to Texas A&M researchers WALTHAM, Mass. — Olympus is proud to announce the opening of the Olympus Discovery Center at Texas A&M Health to support research focused on treating, alleviating and preventing human diseases. The new facility provides researchers with hands-on access to Olympus microscopy systems that meet [...]

