$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 […]

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 […]

Wiesbaden / Giessen – Beteiligungs-Managementgesellschaft Hessen mbH (“BMH”), the medium-sized investment and venture capital company of the State of Hesse, is investing in Green Elephant Biotech GmbH. In addition to the lead investor BMH, a consortium of industry-experienced business angels also participated in the pre-seed funding round in the total mid-six-figure range. With “CellScrew”, Green […]

Kinetic River Corp. is proud to announce today the successful completion of a Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) project funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The competitive $1.5-M grant was awarded to Kinetic River by the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS), which fosters research focused on development of innovative […]

SINGAPORE — GenScript Biotech Corporation (Stock Code: 1548.HK), the world’s leading life science research tools and services provider, today announced the opening of more than 30,000-square-feet facility for highly automated protein and gene preparation services. The state-of-the-art site marks a significant expansion of the company’s advanced protein and gene platforms, and is designed to provide […]

TOKYO – FUJIFILM Corporation (President and CEO, Representative Director: Teiichi Goto) announces the launch of its life sciences strategic investment fund managed by the Life Sciences Corporate Venture Capital (LS-CVC), a newly established group within the Fujifilm’s Life Sciences Strategy Headquarters in Tokyo. Fujifilm is initially investing 7B¥ to start the fund, targeting cutting-edge biotechnology […]

BOSTON — At the annual Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening (SLAS) International Conference and Exhibition in Boston, BioAuxilium Research Inc., a biotech tool company focused on facilitating access to fully validated assay kits to the biomedical research community, today announced the expansion of its no-wash THUNDER™ time-resolved Förster resonance energy transfer (TR-FRET) technology portfolio by introducing new cell signaling […]

VectorBuilder Inc. and Pall Corporation are establishing the VectorBuilder-Pall Center for Gene Therapy to optimize adherent cell-based GMP manufacturing of viral vectors for cell therapy, gene therapy and vaccine applications. Situated within VectorBuilder’s GMP facilities, the center will feature Pall’s small-scale iCELLis™ Nano and clinical-scale iCELLis 500+ bioreactors. This integration of the companies’ technical knowledge […]

SANTA CLARA, Calif., and LIVERMORE, Calif. — Applied Cells, a leading provider of cell preparation and isolation solutions for tumor biology research, today announced a joint marketing agreement with S2 Genomics to further the field of tumor biology. The joint program leverages S2 Genomics’ Proprietary Singulator™ 100 System for dissociation of solid tissue into cell and nuclei suspensions […]