Scientists at Thermo Fisher Scientific and BioAnalytix, Inc., of Cambridge, MA, are combining their expertise to develop advanced analytical profiling platforms and applications to characterize biologic and biosimilar drugs.
Biologic drugs, such as therapeutic monoclonal antibodies, are extremely large and complex biomolecules, and represent one of the most significant areas in the pharmaceutical industry today. Minor differences in biologic structure from drug to drug, or from manufacturing lot to manufacturing lot, however, can profoundly affect these drugs’ safety and efficacy profiles...
The Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening (SLAS) announced the formation of its Americas Regional Council.
Made up of seven life science research and development professionals, representing both technology users and providers, this Council is chartered to provide leadership and guidance to the Society’s activities and operations in the Americas. The members of the inaugural SLAS Americas Regional Council include...
EKF Diagnostics, the global diagnostics company, today highlights that the lead scientist working in collaboration with its Kidney Biomarker team to develop tests for progressive Diabetic Kidney Disease (DKD) will receive the 2014 Kelly West Award in Epidemiology at the American Diabetes Association (ADA) 74th Scientific Sessions.
Dr. Andrzej Krolewski, MD, PhD, Head of Section on Genetics and Epidemiology at the Joslin Diabetes Center and Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, receives this eminent award in recognition of his significant contribution to the field of diabetes epidemiology. At the ADA 74th Scientific Sessions (13-17th June, 2014, San Francisco), Dr. Krolewski will also deliver the Kelly West Award lecture...
The Program Committee is pleased to announce the call for papers for the Pittcon 2015 Technical Program.
Abstracts are currently being accepted for contributed oral and poster presentations in areas such as, but not limited to, analytical chemistry, applied spectroscopy, life science, bioanalysis, food science, nanotechnology, environmental science and pharmaceutical. The 2015 committee is especially interested in topics relevant to energy and fuels. Program Chairman Hub MacDonald commented, “Since this year’s conference will be in New Orleans with Louisiana holding the...
Distributors Mikro-Optik Tibbi Malzeme Ithalat Ihracat ve Ticaret Limited Sirketi and Gantenbein Ticaret Mürsel Gelincik ve Ortagi Adi Komandit Sirketi Have Been Acquired.
Leica Microsystems has strengthened the alliance with its Turkish distributors Mikro-Optik Tibbi Malzeme Ithalat Ihracat ve Ticaret Limited Sirketi and Gantenbein Ticaret Mürsel Gelincik ve Ortagi Adi Komandit Sirketi, thereby deepening its market presence in Turkey. All relevant assets of the two companies, both of Istanbul, with another office of Gantenbein's in Ankara, have been acquired as of June 4, 2014...
Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (Homerton) in east London has selected BridgeHead Software (BridgeHead), the specialist Healthcare Data Management company, to implement its Vendor Neutral Archive (VNA) for a comprehensive pan-organisational image management strategy, prior to its selection of a replacement PACS imaging system.
The BridgeHead VNA gives Homerton complete flexibility and neutrality on its ‘yet to be determined’ PACS as well as its underlying storage infrastructure. BridgeHead’s VNA also enables the Trust to take a more strategic approach to its data management, enabling it to more efficiently locate and share all patient data with multiple clinical teams across multiple healthcare departments...
Kinesis is pleased to announce that it has been appointed the exclusive distributor for the Rapid Extraction System (RES) developed and manufactured by CambTEK Limited.
Under this agreement Kinesis will be responsible for sales and service of the RES throughout the UK and Ireland. The RES was developed by CambTEK to address the long-standing issues of poor productivity and quality of data of solid dose testing, within the pharmaceutical and food industries. The RES is built on a scientific understanding of dissolution and liquid flow as opposed to the traditional invasive homogenization and automation of human processes...
Cherwell Laboratories, manufacturer of Redipor® prepared microbiological media, has completed an expansion programme at its Bicester-based facility.
Initiated in response to a significant increase in demand, Cherwell has doubled the size of its cleanroom manufacturing suite and recruited additional staff to support the higher production capacity. Cherwell is renowned for offering a flexible supply of quality prepared media products, and the expanded facility ensures increasing demand in the UK and mainland Europe can be accommodated...
Gene expression profiling can bring significant improvements to disease profiling and diagnoses based on genetic disposition.
Recent technology advances in this area are in fact enabling personalized medicine, where physicians provide patients with tailor-made treatment plans to fight diseases. Cases of cancer, cardiovascular diseases, and neurological disorders stand to benefit the most from these developments, since these conditions manifest differently in each patient. New analysis from Frost & Sullivan, Advances in Gene Expression Profiling, finds that...
Radiometer Limited, a leading provider of technologically advanced acute care testing solutions, is pleased to announce that following its recent acquisition of HemoCue, the Company will be offering sales and service support for HemoCue products to its UK customers.
HemoCue analysers and cuvettes, as well as Eurotrol solutions, can be ordered directly from Radiometer with immediate effect, and the Company’s highly trained engineers will offer a factory-supported, UK-based repair service for HemoCue-branded products from the 1st July 2014. The integration of HemoCue, a global provider of point-of-care testing solutions, into the Radiometer Group brings together two companies with...
Oxford Gene Technology (OGT), The Molecular Genetics Company, has announced that following its acquisition of Cytocell in March, it will directly sell Cytocell products to the North American market.
New and existing Cytocell customers in North America will now benefit from OGT’s expert and experienced sales and support infrastructure, which will be further enhanced through additional appointments in the coming months. OGT’s acquisition of Cytocell saw the addition of a portfolio of Fluorescence In Situ Hybridisation (FISH) probes to its CytoSure™ cytogenetics array and Genefficiency™ next generation sequencing products and...
Today GENALICE proudly announced the scheduled release of an upgraded version of its Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS) DNA data processing software solution GENALICE MAP, at the European Society of Human Genetics conference in Milan later this week.
Featuring the new 5-minute Variant Caller, the company is now capable of processing the DNA data of an entire human genome with 40x depth within 30 minutes on a commodity dual Intel Xeon E5 server. The company commercializes its software in a turnkey appliance, the GENALICE VAULT. This all-in-one bioinformatics tool is preloaded with the company’s breakthrough DNA processing solution GENALICE MAP...
Cresset, innovative provider of computational chemistry software and services, is pleased to announce that the Centre for Chemical Biology and Therapeutics (CCBT) at The Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine (inStem), a state-of-the-art research institute in Bangalore, India, has taken a three year license for use of Cresset’s Forge and Spark software tools for lead optimization and identification.
The CCBT, which is directed by Prof. Ashok Venkitaraman (University of Cambridge) in an international collaboration between Cambridge and inStem, seeks to pioneer new approaches for chemical biology and therapeutics through the development of new methods for small-molecule drug discovery. Cresset and Forge will be used in the new computational chemistry group in the CCBT. Dr. Kavitha Bharatham, who leads the...
Two of the world’s leading flow chemistry systems as well as the latest addition to the field of photochemistry technology will be on show at Chemspec Europe on 18-19 June and IMRET (Conference on Microreaction Technology) 23-25 June.
Both events take place in Budapest, Hungary. Manufactured by UK firm Vapourtec, the E-Series and R-Series continuous process technologies are already established as pioneering systems within flow chemistry and the UV-150 photochemical reactor, launched earlier this year, is making its mark with those interested in photochemistry. Vapourtec founder and MD Duncan Guthrie explained: “Chemspec Europe and IMRET are prime opportunities for chemists across the globe to uncover...
Scientists at Nuclea Biotechnologies, Inc. and Thermo Fisher Scientific are pooling their expertise to develop novel multiplexed research methods for high-throughput quantification of native insulin and its therapeutic analogs.
Monitoring the levels of these markers may be useful in predicting the response to therapy for Type 2 diabetes. Nuclea has extensive experience in developing and commercializing biomarkers and clinical tests. The Thermo Fisher Scientific Biomarker Research Initiatives in Mass Spectrometry (BRIMS) Center has successfully collaborated with numerous leading clinical researchers to apply mass spectrometry (MS) to biomarker discovery...
The Western European next-generation sequencing (NGS) market is poised for steady growth, owing to the emergence of new applications such as non-invasive prenatal testing and comprehensive oncology panels.
NGS manufacturers are further tapping into this space by forming partnerships with molecular diagnostic companies to quicken NGS adoption in clinics, particularly for oncology-based testing. New analysis from Frost & Sullivan, Western European Next-generation Sequencing Markets, finds that the market earned revenues of $381.9 million in 2013 and estimates this to reach $697.3 million in 2018...
This week an insight into the design strengths and manufacturing skills of British laboratory autoclave producer Priorclave are revealed in a new Corporate Video.
The short video clip takes the viewer on a journey that every autoclave built takes at the company’s manufacturing centre in South East London, from the design studio, through component production to final assembly, test and make-ready for delivery. The new Corporate Video also gives a brief look into the superb customer support programme from a dedicated service team that extends around the world...
LPW Technology, a global leader in the development and supply of optimised metal powders for additive manufacturing (AM), has formally established a US subsidiary, LPW Technology Inc.
Opening in June 2014, the LPW Technology Inc. office will be situated in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and will provide local support and sales to a growing number of customers in the US. Announcing the news, Phil Carroll, Managing Director of LPW Technology, said, “Our global client base continues to show encouraging growth and the time feels right for this significant expansion into the US...
Markes International’s Select-eV variable-energy ion-source technology has received an Honourable Mention at the Pittcon Editors’ Awards, following its introduction earlier this year.
Pittcon, The Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy, is widely regarded as one of the world’s best trade shows for innovations in analytical chemistry. It gives attendees the opportunity to observe many analytical instrument developments, all under one roof. This year, the conference attracted 16,200 attendees, including 935 exhibitors from 32 countries across 1,763 booths....
SP Scientific has announced further investment into its state-of-the-art training and demonstration laboratory facility at its Warminster, PA site.
The demonstration laboratory will now be able to offer customers and potential clients the opportunity to book an appointment to test / demo SP Scientific’s latest products including the AdVantage Pro, Benchtop Pro and LyoStar 3 Freeze Dryer with SMART™, ControLyo™ and TDLAS. If required, specialty items can be brought in upon customer request. The 1200 square foot facility will also continue to...
Nottingham-based Scientific Laboratory Supplies Ltd (SLS), the UK’s largest independent supplier of scientific equipment, chemicals and consumables has been confirmed as the single source distributor for the public sector Laboratory Consumables contract by UK Shared Business Services Ltd (UK SBS).
Under the contract, which SLS won ahead of two strong global competitor organisations, the company will manage the delivery of all consumable items to all participating public body organisations. The company expects to recruit a minimum of 5 internal staff and 4 external support staff as a direct result of the contract win. UK SBS is a key vehicle for meeting the challenge facing UK public services to increase efficiency...
Stepping up calls for a public interest test on major takeovers, Britain’s largest union, Unite expressed fears that Pfizer ‘could be back’ in the coming months despite the company conceding defeat in its takeover bid of AstraZeneca.
Under Takeover Panel rules, talks on a tie up could be reignited in three months if AstraZeneca invites Pfizer back to the negotiating table. If that does not happen, then Pfizer can make a new unsolicited bid in November later this year. Commenting, Tony Burke Unite assistant general secretary said: “Pfizer failed to convince hardly anyone that their bid was good for science and would secure skilled jobs and...
Biologic drugs, such as therapeutic monoclonal antibodies, are extremely large and complex biomolecules, and represent one of the most significant areas in the pharmaceutical industry today. Minor differences in biologic structure from drug to drug, or from manufacturing lot to manufacturing lot, however, can profoundly affect these drugs’ safety and efficacy profiles...
Made up of seven life science research and development professionals, representing both technology users and providers, this Council is chartered to provide leadership and guidance to the Society’s activities and operations in the Americas. The members of the inaugural SLAS Americas Regional Council include...
Dr. Andrzej Krolewski, MD, PhD, Head of Section on Genetics and Epidemiology at the Joslin Diabetes Center and Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, receives this eminent award in recognition of his significant contribution to the field of diabetes epidemiology. At the ADA 74th Scientific Sessions (13-17th June, 2014, San Francisco), Dr. Krolewski will also deliver the Kelly West Award lecture...
Abstracts are currently being accepted for contributed oral and poster presentations in areas such as, but not limited to, analytical chemistry, applied spectroscopy, life science, bioanalysis, food science, nanotechnology, environmental science and pharmaceutical. The 2015 committee is especially interested in topics relevant to energy and fuels. Program Chairman Hub MacDonald commented, “Since this year’s conference will be in New Orleans with Louisiana holding the...
Leica Microsystems has strengthened the alliance with its Turkish distributors Mikro-Optik Tibbi Malzeme Ithalat Ihracat ve Ticaret Limited Sirketi and Gantenbein Ticaret Mürsel Gelincik ve Ortagi Adi Komandit Sirketi, thereby deepening its market presence in Turkey. All relevant assets of the two companies, both of Istanbul, with another office of Gantenbein's in Ankara, have been acquired as of June 4, 2014...
The BridgeHead VNA gives Homerton complete flexibility and neutrality on its ‘yet to be determined’ PACS as well as its underlying storage infrastructure. BridgeHead’s VNA also enables the Trust to take a more strategic approach to its data management, enabling it to more efficiently locate and share all patient data with multiple clinical teams across multiple healthcare departments...
Under this agreement Kinesis will be responsible for sales and service of the RES throughout the UK and Ireland. The RES was developed by CambTEK to address the long-standing issues of poor productivity and quality of data of solid dose testing, within the pharmaceutical and food industries. The RES is built on a scientific understanding of dissolution and liquid flow as opposed to the traditional invasive homogenization and automation of human processes...
Initiated in response to a significant increase in demand, Cherwell has doubled the size of its cleanroom manufacturing suite and recruited additional staff to support the higher production capacity. Cherwell is renowned for offering a flexible supply of quality prepared media products, and the expanded facility ensures increasing demand in the UK and mainland Europe can be accommodated...
Recent technology advances in this area are in fact enabling personalized medicine, where physicians provide patients with tailor-made treatment plans to fight diseases. Cases of cancer, cardiovascular diseases, and neurological disorders stand to benefit the most from these developments, since these conditions manifest differently in each patient. New analysis from Frost & Sullivan, Advances in Gene Expression Profiling, finds that...
HemoCue analysers and cuvettes, as well as Eurotrol solutions, can be ordered directly from Radiometer with immediate effect, and the Company’s highly trained engineers will offer a factory-supported, UK-based repair service for HemoCue-branded products from the 1st July 2014. The integration of HemoCue, a global provider of point-of-care testing solutions, into the Radiometer Group brings together two companies with...
New and existing Cytocell customers in North America will now benefit from OGT’s expert and experienced sales and support infrastructure, which will be further enhanced through additional appointments in the coming months. OGT’s acquisition of Cytocell saw the addition of a portfolio of Fluorescence In Situ Hybridisation (FISH) probes to its CytoSure™ cytogenetics array and Genefficiency™ next generation sequencing products and...
Featuring the new 5-minute Variant Caller, the company is now capable of processing the DNA data of an entire human genome with 40x depth within 30 minutes on a commodity dual Intel Xeon E5 server. The company commercializes its software in a turnkey appliance, the GENALICE VAULT. This all-in-one bioinformatics tool is preloaded with the company’s breakthrough DNA processing solution GENALICE MAP...
The CCBT, which is directed by Prof. Ashok Venkitaraman (University of Cambridge) in an international collaboration between Cambridge and inStem, seeks to pioneer new approaches for chemical biology and therapeutics through the development of new methods for small-molecule drug discovery. Cresset and Forge will be used in the new computational chemistry group in the CCBT. Dr. Kavitha Bharatham, who leads the...
Both events take place in Budapest, Hungary. Manufactured by UK firm Vapourtec, the E-Series and R-Series continuous process technologies are already established as pioneering systems within flow chemistry and the UV-150 photochemical reactor, launched earlier this year, is making its mark with those interested in photochemistry. Vapourtec founder and MD Duncan Guthrie explained: “Chemspec Europe and IMRET are prime opportunities for chemists across the globe to uncover...
Monitoring the levels of these markers may be useful in predicting the response to therapy for Type 2 diabetes. Nuclea has extensive experience in developing and commercializing biomarkers and clinical tests. The Thermo Fisher Scientific Biomarker Research Initiatives in Mass Spectrometry (BRIMS) Center has successfully collaborated with numerous leading clinical researchers to apply mass spectrometry (MS) to biomarker discovery...
The short video clip takes the viewer on a journey that every autoclave built takes at the company’s manufacturing centre in South East London, from the design studio, through component production to final assembly, test and make-ready for delivery. The new Corporate Video also gives a brief look into the superb customer support programme from a dedicated service team that extends around the world...
Opening in June 2014, the LPW Technology Inc. office will be situated in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and will provide local support and sales to a growing number of customers in the US. Announcing the news, Phil Carroll, Managing Director of LPW Technology, said, “Our global client base continues to show encouraging growth and the time feels right for this significant expansion into the US...
Pittcon, The Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy, is widely regarded as one of the world’s best trade shows for innovations in analytical chemistry. It gives attendees the opportunity to observe many analytical instrument developments, all under one roof. This year, the conference attracted 16,200 attendees, including 935 exhibitors from 32 countries across 1,763 booths....
The demonstration laboratory will now be able to offer customers and potential clients the opportunity to book an appointment to test / demo SP Scientific’s latest products including the AdVantage Pro, Benchtop Pro and LyoStar 3 Freeze Dryer with SMART™, ControLyo™ and TDLAS. If required, specialty items can be brought in upon customer request. The 1200 square foot facility will also continue to...
Under the contract, which SLS won ahead of two strong global competitor organisations, the company will manage the delivery of all consumable items to all participating public body organisations. The company expects to recruit a minimum of 5 internal staff and 4 external support staff as a direct result of the contract win. UK SBS is a key vehicle for meeting the challenge facing UK public services to increase efficiency...
Under Takeover Panel rules, talks on a tie up could be reignited in three months if AstraZeneca invites Pfizer back to the negotiating table. If that does not happen, then Pfizer can make a new unsolicited bid in November later this year. Commenting, Tony Burke Unite assistant general secretary said: “Pfizer failed to convince hardly anyone that their bid was good for science and would secure skilled jobs and...