Integrated, modular ultra-high performance liquid chromatography earns recognition in Analytical/Test category for 2016 by R&D Magazine

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today announced that the R&D 100 Awards Committee has selected the Thermo Scientific Vanquish Flex UHPLC system instruments among R&D Magazine’s 100 Most Innovative Products of 2016. The R&D 100 Awards, known as the “Oscars of Innovation,” recognize the year’s most significant technology advances across industry...

A brand-new 200m² Competence Center has opened in the Dubai Science Park.

This permanent demonstration space will offer year-round technical support to help local partners and customers optimize lab processes for heightened accuracy, better materials use and enhanced cost-savings. METTLER TOLEDO has launched its new Dubai Free Zone Competence Center on 9 November 2016.....

Pittcon, the world’s leading conference and exposition for laboratory science, is pleased to announce the unveiling of the Pittcon Today Excellence Awards, a series of honors designed to recognize ingenuity and innovation at this year’s conference.

For the first time in the conference’s more than sixty year history, the awards will take place in advance of the March event, giving both exhibitors and judges the opportunity to take a deep dive into what innovation looks like in today’s scientific landscape....

J.G. Finneran Associates, manufacturer of glass and plastic products for the global chromatography, biotechnology and environmental markets, has built a new 10,200 square foot addition to their Vineland, New Jersey headquarters. 

A Spanish contract development and manufacturing organisation (CDMO) has grown by more than 50 per cent in the last two years as it continues to expand its international customer base and strengthen its specialist production capabilities. 

Idifarma’s revenue is estimated to reach around €5.3 million in 2016, growing from €3.5 million in 2014. To meet increased demand for its clinical and commercial capabilities, the team is expected to reach 100 employees in 2016, growing by a third from 75 in 2014....

Hamburg-based Eppendorf AG have acquired Calibration Technology Ltd, headquartered in the National Technology Park Limerick, Ireland, on November 1.

The company will continue to be managed as a wholly owned subsidiary of Eppendorf AG by its current Managing Director, Brian Kelly. The acquisition of Calibration Technology Ltd will enable Eppendorf to expand its service presence into Ireland....

Seward Ltd, Seward Ltd is pleased to announce that it has merged with its sister company, C-Tech Electronics Ltd, to form a new vertically integrated manufacturing company called FermionX Ltd.  

There will be no change to Seward’s name; and its high standard of operations known and expected by its customers will also remain the same, but with the added benefit of increased technical resource for R&D, customer support and manufacturing....

Appointment of Professor Gerard Evan further supports Affimer immuno-oncology therapeutics programme

Avacta Group plc, the developer of Affimer^® biotherapeutics and research reagents, has announced it has appointed Professor Gerard Evan, FRS, to its therapeutics Scientific Advisory Board. Professor Evan brings world-leading expertise in immuno-oncology and cancer stem cell research...

Recipharm has announced an investment of over €1.2 million to enhance its small scale GMP active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) development and manufacturing capabilities in Paderno Dugnano, Italy. 

The investment, which is in response to growing demand for Recipharm’s custom synthesis and early phase API manufacturing capabilities, has seen the opening of a new GMP kilo laboratory. The new area enhances the output of the facility’s existing laboratories and offers a fully GMP compliant service....

BBI Solutions is showcasing its Morffi™ signal enhancement technology on Stand F26 in Hall 1 at MEDICA 2016.

This year’s exhibition, which takes place in Dusseldorf from the 14^th to the 17^th of November, will give delegates a chance to explore this innovative technology and learn about the complete range of high quality raw materials and services the company offers to the IVD industry. Morffi technology can improve performance for lateral flow immunoassays by increasing signal intensity and sensitivity up to 10-fold, as well as offering a faster time to result.

Lonza, a global leader in chemical and biological manufacturing, held the grand opening of its state-of-the-art pharmaceutical Drug Product Services laboratories in the Stücki Science Park Basel (CH).

Scientists in the new 1300 m² facility will focus initially on formulation development, drug product analytical development and quality control. Approximately 75 guests and Lonza participants attended the ribbon-cutting event, which featured a tour of the facility, hands-on experimental stations, and a virtual reality journey into the world of Drug Product development, manufacture and administration....

DHL Customer Solutions & innovation has appointed Scott Allison as President, DHL Life Sciences & Healthcare.

In his new role, Scott will be in charge of global key account management for DHL’s largest customers in Life Sciences and Healthcare, driving growth and development of the sector and overseeing strategy and solutions development in addition to his commercial duties. Previously Senior Vice President, DHL Technology Americas, Scott is a supply chain professional with over 25 years of experience and has been with the Deutsche Post DHL Group since 1992...

Specialised Imaging Ltd reports as of 1st October 2016 the formation of a new division - Wegapixel focusing on the design and development of advanced CMOS imaging sensors.

Wegapixel has been set-up as a turn-key solutions provider for custom CMOS image sensors. In addition to conventional imager design, the company brings together unique expertise in many application areas including high speed imaging, electron microscopy, X-ray digital imaging as well as UV and IR imaging....

Content was king at Lab Innovations 2016. When the show closed its doors on Thursday it had delivered over 20 hours of educational content including seminar programmes from Campden BRI, NetComposites, the Science Council and the Royal Society of Chemistry.

Medicxi will invest up to €9m ($10m) in the asset-centric company to show clinical efficacy of Mavalon’s GDNF-inducer drug candidate, an mGluR3 PAM molecule discovered by Domain Therapeutics.

Domain Therapeutics, a biopharmaceutical company that specializes in the discovery and development of G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) drugs, today announces the creation of Mavalon Therapeutics, a company focused on stopping the progression of Parkinson’s disease. Medicxi, a venture fund dedicated to financing asset-centric companies, has committed up to €9m ($10m) in Mavalon. Over the past two decades, biotech companies and clinicians have tried to...

Horizon announces new bioproduction outlicense deal with a minimum value of £500,000

Novel licensing model allows early access over a 5 year period to bioproduction cell line innovations as well as for immediate use of Horizon’s GS Null CHO K1 bioproduction cell line for drug manufacturing. Horizon Discovery Group plc (LSE: HZD), the world leader in the application of gene editing technologies, announces a new licensing agreement with an unnamed commercial partner for access to Horizon bioproduction cell lines....

This year's MicroTAS Video Competition has been won by Enrica Rollo from EPFL (École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne) in Switzerland, for her entertaining comparison between cleanrooms and kitchens.

The annual competition – run by microfluidics specialist Dolomite and Lab on a Chip, and supported by the Chemical and Biological Microsystems Society – embraces the lighter side of life sciences and chemistry, while giving delegates a chance to win €2,500 worth of Dolomite microfluidics equipment. Enrica's winning entry was a recipe for a 'Micropillars Chocolate Cake', providing an imaginative yet informative explanation of how micropillar electrodes...

Hookipa Biotech AG announces the award of a fifth major grant from the Austrian Research Promotion Agency (Forschungs-Förderungs-Gesellschaft, FFG), the leading public funding agency for translational research in Austria.

A EUR 4.16 million grant has been awarded for the second year of a multi-year research and development project. The grant will be used to further substantiate the broad applicability of Hookipa’s arenaviral vector technologies for the development of innovative cancer immunotherapies and to progress the development of Hookipa’s lead oncology product HB201 for the treatment of HPV...

BioHub at Alderley Park, operated on behalf of Manchester Science Partnerships by life science incubation specialist, The BioCity Group, has been named as "Best UK Life Science Incubator" at the OBN Awards.

The OBN Awards celebrate innovation and achievement across the UK life sciences Industry, with categories covering Biotech, Medtech, Synthetic Biology and Digital Health and recognise achievements from emerging to late stage R&D companies to large pharma and life sciences investors. Judges were asked to consider which incubator provides the best service to start-up and emerging companies....

Combined expertise will create best-in-class assay systems for drug potency, stability testing and other applications

ATCC, a global leader in biological materials development, management and standards, and BioAgilytix, a leading provider of contract testing services with a specialization in biologics, today announced a strategic partnership to develop new and custom cell-based assays to accelerate and enhance biopharmaceutical research and development. The partnership combines ATCC's deep expertise in developing, authenticating, banking, and provisioning cells with...

Test equipment specialist Testo Ltd. has supplied its latest temperature and humidity data logging system, Saveris 2, to Stansted Laboratories? facility in Barking, East London.

Stansted Laboratories is a highly successful UKAS accredited laboratory of 20 staff analysing over 50,000 samples a year in a purpose built facility.  It specialises in microbiological analysis of water and air, with its main income derived from Legionella testing of water and drinking water bacteriological analysis....