Acquisition of FloDesign Sonics marks next step in autologous manufacturing   Burlington, Massachusetts – MilliporeSigma today announced it has acquired FloDesign Sonics, of Wilbraham, Massachusetts,  developer of a unique acoustic cell processing platform for the industrialization of cell and gene therapy manufacturing. Financial details were not disclosed. “Chimeric antigen receptor T cell therapies, or CAR-T for short, employs the […]

DeNovix Inc. announced today that the CellDrop™ Automated Cell Counter, the first imaging cell counter to operate without the need for slides or plastic consumables, has been granted Patent No. 6579475 by the Japanese Patent Office (JPO). WILMINGTON, DE — DeNovix Inc. announces the award of Japanese Patent No. 6579475 covering their innovation in the […]

With the Techfors, INFORS HT is offering a bespoke solution for production-scale bioprocesses. The new pilot bioreactor differs from its predecessors not only in terms of looks. The user interface is consistently workflow-oriented and therefore makes operating the Techfors absolute child’s play. With the aid of the eve® bioprocess software, complex bioprocesses can not only […]

Marlborough, MA, United States and Dublin, Ireland – GE Healthcare (GEHC) and the National Institute of Bioprocessing Research and Training (NIBRT) in Dublin, Ireland are combining their expertise to deliver educational programming on biopharmaceutical and cell therapy development and manufacturing. As part of the collaboration, GE Healthcare and NIBRT will share programming, including GE Healthcare’s Fast Trak training and […]

BOCA RATON, FLORIDA—Arcline Investment Management (“Arcline”), a growth oriented private equity firm with $1.5 billion of capital under management, today announced that it has acquired a majority interest in Akron Biotechnology LLC (“Akron” or “The Company”). Akron will continue to be led by Claudia Zylberberg, PhD, the Company’s founder and CEO and a member of […]

HERCULES, Calif.–Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE: BIO and BIOb), a global leader of life science research and clinical diagnostic products, today announced that it has filed a patent infringement suit against 10X Genomics, Inc. in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware. In the lawsuit Bio-Rad asserts that 10X Genomics infringes U.S. Patent […]

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. — Fluidigm Corporation (NASDAQ:FLDM), an innovative biotechnology tools provider with a vision to improve life through comprehensive health insight, today announced that it has filed new legal action in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California seeking to stop the infringement of its patented technology by IONpath. In the complaint, Fluidigm alleges that […]

Delivers enhanced galactosylation for improved protein quality, and antibody binding and function SANTA ANA, California: FUJIFILM Irvine Scientific, Inc., a world leader in the optimization, development and manufacture of cell culture media and industrial cell culture solutions, today introduced BalanCD Gal Supplement. The new formula has been developed to increase galactosylation in biotherapeutic development, to help achieve […]

Cambridge, UK – Lightcast Discovery Ltd (“Lightcast”), an early stage developer of a next-generation microfluidic platform aiming to revolutionise complex cell analysis, today announces that it has raised £1.3 m (USD 1.6m) in seed financing from private investors to develop the capabilities and applications of its platform including continuing to expand its range of pilot studies. […]