The Siemens technology group and Sartorius Stedim Biotech (SSB), a leading international supplier for the biopharmaceutical industry, have agreed on long-term cooperation in the area of automation. This agreement provides that Sartorius Stedim Biotech will preferably use Siemens automation technologies, which will include....
Discovery Park, one of the UK’s leading science parks has announced a number of changes to its senior management team to drive forward the site’s future growth and development. The new team, detailed below, will provide additional insight, experience and knowledge of the life science sector that will support the evolution of Discovery Park as a global centre for the life sciences and technology and...
International competition rewards four top proteomics researchers for outstanding innovation and impact. Thermo Fisher Scientific, the world leader in serving science, recognize the winners of the 2018 Thermo Scientific Tandem Mass Tag (TMT) Research Award at the opening of a breakfast workshop held on June 6, 2018, in conjunction with the 66th American Society of Mass Spectrometry (ASMS) Conference
The Wasdell Group (Wasdell), a leading outsourcing partner to companies within the pharmaceutical, medical device and clinical trials industries, is investing £500k in a new laboratory at its Newcastle site. The purpose built 1,200 sq. ft facility will allow Wasdell to offer in-house microbiological and analytical services to its customers and will support the business’ manufacturing, packaging and quality control (QC) teams...
State-of-the-art facility in high-tech industrial park will accommodate the company’s continued growth trajectory. Hamilton Storage GmbH, a global leader in automated sample management systems, announces that it has relocated all operations to a high-technology industrial park in Domat/Ems, Switzerland. The Company is the first business to open within the industrial park and will be followed in due course by...
Inspired by the beauty and breadth of images submitted for Image of the Year 2017, Olympus continues its quest for the best light microscopy art in 2018. For the chance to win a microscope or camera, applicants can now submit their best life science light microscopy images. Olympus’ Image of the Year European Life Science Light Microscopy Award 2018 recognizes the very best in...
SP Scientific, a leading innovator in freeze drying and lyophilization equipment, has announced the dates, venues and agendas for its September 2018 international ‘Insights in Lyophilization Science’ tour. With informative seminar programs published for Basel (Switzerland), Dublin (Ireland), Boston (USA) and Warminster (USA), attending the tour is a must for anyone involved or interested in lyophilization science...
Expanding global oncology testing for clinical trials. Pharmaceutical Product Development, LLC (PPD), a leading global contract research organization (CRO), and NeoGenomics Laboratories, Inc., a leading provider of cancer-focused genetic testing services, are forming a strategic alliance to provide a seamless and fully integrated global pathology and molecular testing solution....
FUJIFILM Corporation (President: Kenji Sukeno) announced today that it has completed the acquisition of Irvine Scientific Sales Company, Inc. (ISUS) and IS JAPAN CO.,LTD. (ISJ), leading companies in cell culture media for about US$800 million on June 1 in the United States. To advance its growth strategies in the healthcare area, Fujifilm continues to invest in contract development and manufacturing of biopharmaceuticals...
AMSBIO, a global provider of gene editing and personalized medicine technologies, has launched a service for high throughput gene expression analysis. Based on the NanoString nCounter platform, the service works with a large array of sample types, including formats such as formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded (FFPE), which have been difficult to analyse by more traditional quantitative PCR...
Nosopharm, a company dedicated to the research and development of new anti-infective drugs, announces that it has renewed its partnership with the French National Institute of Agricultural Research (Inra). This partnership with Inra’s Diversity, Genomes and Insects-Microorganisms Interactions laboratory (DGIMI) aims...
Robert Gordon University (RGU) has received a boost this week with the news that the Scottish Government’s new Chief Scientific Advisor Marine has chosen to be based at the university’s School of Pharmacy and Life Sciences. Professor Colin Moffat, a marine scientist and researcher, has recently been appointed as Chief Scientific Advisor Marine to the Scottish Government...
The family and employees of Peter Huber Kältemaschinenbau AG mourn the loss of their founder, long-standing CEO and Chairman of the Supervisory Board Peter Huber. The company founder died on June 12, 2018 aged 77. Peter Huber was born on 16 February 1941 in Offenburg. After training as a machinist, he first worked in the family electrical business. In 1965, at the age of 24, Peter Huber took part in one of the first refrigeration courses at the "Karlsruhe Institute of Technology"
On Wednesday 23rd May 2018, over 1200 scientists, technicians, speakers and exhibitors descended on the East Midlands Conference Centre at the University of Nottingham for the fifth Scientific Laboratory Show and Conference. Organised by Scientific Laboratory Supplies (SLS), the day brought together delegates from across the community, offering opportunities to meet like-minded people, learn new things and discover the very best scientific technology and equipment for the laboratory....
Further growth expected with announcement of new distributor in Bulgaria. Cherwell Laboratories, manufacturer of Redipor® prepared microbiological media, announced a 21% increase in Redipor sales to its distributors during its 2017/18 financial year. Cherwell’s continuing growth in export sales, largely across Europe, can be attributed to renewed strategic focus on overseas markets...
At the most important trade show for the process industry, more than 3,700 exhibitors from 55 countries showcased the latest equipment and innovative processes for the chemical, pharma and food industry. Whether in the classic process technology hall, the pump exhibition or in the plant engineering section, many stands were so crowded that visitors had to take some time to pass through the halls...
Uniqsis reports how the Institute of Physics at the University of Tartu (Estonia) has selected a FlowSyn™ continuous flow reactor with Flow-UV™ detector to assist them in development of novel nanomaterials for use in next generation applications. The material science research group of Dr Aile Tamm evaluated different technological approaches to synthesise nanomaterials before investing in the Uniqsis FlowSyn system...
Funding will enable company to conduct research program on collaborative large scale three-dimensional data management for biomolecules. Discngine, a software company specialized in developing applications for life sciences research, announces that it has received funding of €600,000 ($743K) from Bpifrance....
SYGNIS AG has announced the completion of the acquisition of TGR Biosciences (TGR), the Australian research reagents company. TGR and its highly complementary technologies and products along with its strong customer base will significantly contribute to the overall performance of the SYGNIS Group. SYGNIS is currently assessing the impact the acquisition will have on its previous 2018 full year financial guidance and will announce this as soon as this...
With 3,737 exhibitors from 55 countries, ACHEMA has opened today in Frankfurt. The most important event of the process industry worldwide shows equipment and processes for the chemical, pharma and food industry. Over the next 5 days, the organizers expect around 170,000 participants from all over the world....
The major £64m project to construct a new state-of-the-art food and health research facility on Norwich Research Park has utilised Vulcathene Chemical Drainage extensively throughout the laboratories in the new centre. The Quadram Institute will bring together scientists, clinical researchers and a healthcare clinic under one roof to develop solutions to worldwide challenges in human health, food and disease.....
Investment to fund expansion of operations and progression of drug target pipeline. PhoreMost, the UK-based biopharmaceutical company dedicated to drugging ‘undruggable’ disease targets, has announced it has completed an £11m ($15m) Series-A investment round. The investment will be used to expand operations on the Babraham Research Campus and progress several novel drug targets from...
The Siemens technology group and Sartorius Stedim Biotech (SSB), a leading international supplier for the biopharmaceutical industry, have agreed on long-term cooperation in the area of automation. This agreement provides that Sartorius Stedim Biotech will preferably use Siemens automation technologies, which will include....
Discovery Park, one of the UK’s leading science parks has announced a number of changes to its senior management team to drive forward the site’s future growth and development. The new team, detailed below, will provide additional insight, experience and knowledge of the life science sector that will support the evolution of Discovery Park as a global centre for the life sciences and technology and...
International competition rewards four top proteomics researchers for outstanding innovation and impact. 
The Wasdell Group (Wasdell), a leading outsourcing partner to companies within the pharmaceutical, medical device and clinical trials industries, is investing £500k in a new laboratory at its Newcastle site. 
State-of-the-art facility in high-tech industrial park will accommodate the company’s continued growth trajectory. Hamilton Storage GmbH, a global leader in automated sample management systems, announces that it has relocated all operations to a high-technology industrial park in Domat/Ems, Switzerland. The Company is the first business to open within the industrial park and will be followed in due course by...
SP Scientific, a leading innovator in freeze drying and lyophilization equipment, has announced the dates, venues and agendas for its September 2018 international ‘Insights in Lyophilization Science’ tour. 
Expanding global oncology testing for clinical trials. Pharmaceutical Product Development, LLC (PPD), a leading global contract research organization (CRO), and NeoGenomics Laboratories, Inc., a leading provider of cancer-focused genetic testing services, are forming a strategic alliance to provide a seamless and fully integrated global pathology and molecular testing solution....
FUJIFILM Corporation (President: Kenji Sukeno) announced today that it has completed the acquisition of Irvine Scientific Sales Company, Inc. (ISUS) and IS JAPAN CO.,LTD. (ISJ), leading companies in cell culture media for about US$800 million on June 1 in the United States. 
AMSBIO, a global provider of gene editing and personalized medicine technologies, has launched a service for high throughput gene expression analysis. Based on the NanoString nCounter platform, the service works with a large array of sample types, including formats such as formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded (FFPE), which have been difficult to analyse by more traditional quantitative PCR...
Nosopharm, a company dedicated to the research and development of new anti-infective drugs, announces that it has renewed its partnership with the French National Institute of Agricultural Research (Inra). This partnership with Inra’s Diversity, Genomes and Insects-Microorganisms Interactions laboratory (DGIMI) aims...
Robert Gordon University (RGU) has received a boost this week with the news that the Scottish Government’s new Chief Scientific Advisor Marine has chosen to be based at the university’s School of Pharmacy and Life Sciences. Professor Colin Moffat, a marine scientist and researcher, has recently been appointed as Chief Scientific Advisor Marine to the Scottish Government...
On Wednesday 23rd May 2018, over 1200 scientists, technicians, speakers and exhibitors descended on the East Midlands Conference Centre at the University of Nottingham for the fifth Scientific Laboratory Show and Conference. Organised by Scientific Laboratory Supplies (SLS), the day brought together delegates from across the community, offering opportunities to meet like-minded people, learn new things and discover the very best scientific technology and equipment for the laboratory....
Further growth expected with announcement of new distributor in Bulgaria. Cherwell Laboratories, manufacturer of Redipor® prepared microbiological media, announced a 21% increase in Redipor sales to its distributors during its 2017/18 financial year. Cherwell’s continuing growth in export sales, largely across Europe, can be attributed to renewed strategic focus on overseas markets...
At the most important trade show for the process industry, more than 3,700 exhibitors from 55 countries showcased the latest equipment and innovative processes for the chemical, pharma and food industry. Whether in the classic process technology hall, the pump exhibition or in the plant engineering section, many stands were so crowded that visitors had to take some time to pass through the halls...
Uniqsis reports how the Institute of Physics at the University of Tartu (Estonia) has selected a FlowSyn™ continuous flow reactor with Flow-UV™ detector to assist them in development of novel nanomaterials for use in next generation applications. The material science research group of Dr Aile Tamm evaluated different technological approaches to synthesise nanomaterials before investing in the Uniqsis FlowSyn system...
Funding will enable company to conduct research program on collaborative large scale three-dimensional data management for biomolecules. Discngine, a software company specialized in developing applications for life sciences research, announces that it has received funding of €600,000 ($743K) from Bpifrance....
SYGNIS AG has announced the completion of the acquisition of TGR Biosciences (TGR), the Australian research reagents company. TGR and its highly complementary technologies and products along with its strong customer base will significantly contribute to the overall performance of the SYGNIS Group. SYGNIS is currently assessing the impact the acquisition will have on its previous 2018 full year financial guidance and will announce this as soon as this...
With 3,737 exhibitors from 55 countries, ACHEMA has opened today in Frankfurt. The most important event of the process industry worldwide shows equipment and processes for the chemical, pharma and food industry. Over the next 5 days, the organizers expect around 170,000 participants from all over the world....
The major £64m project to construct a new state-of-the-art food and health research facility on Norwich Research Park has utilised Vulcathene Chemical Drainage extensively throughout the laboratories in the new centre. 
Investment to fund expansion of operations and progression of drug target pipeline. PhoreMost, the UK-based biopharmaceutical company dedicated to drugging ‘undruggable’ disease targets, has announced it has completed an £11m ($15m) Series-A investment round. The investment will be used to expand operations on the Babraham Research Campus and progress several novel drug targets from...