BioIVT Announces the Launch of its Next-generation Sequencing Service

World |  News | 0 Comment | 17 Dec, 2019

BioIVT, a leading provider of research models and services for drug and diagnostic development, on 16 Dec 2019, launched its Next-generation Sequencing (NGS) Service, which combines th...Read more

Novoheart licenses Harvard technology to develop Next-Gen human heart-in-a-jar

World |  News | 0 Comment | 17 Dec, 2019

Novoheart, a global stem cell biotech company that invented and commercialized the world's first and only "human heart-in-a-jar" model for drug discovery and development, announced an exclu...Read more

Takeda, MiTest Health to launch innovative Disease Risk Prediction Tool

World |  News | 0 Comment | 16 Dec, 2019

Takeda Pharmaceuticals USA and MiTest Health LLC ("MiTest"), a pioneering health technology company, have announced an exclusive partnership to optimize MiTest's personalized risk and outco...Read more

The Union welcomes WHO recommendations to treat drug-resistant TB

World |  News | 0 Comment | 13 Dec, 2019

The Union welcomes the rapid communication from the World Health Organization (WHO) on the treatment of drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB). The WHO rapid communication document, issued ...Read more

Researchers unfold genetic code that controls cell function and disease

World |  News | 1 Comment | 12 Dec, 2019

A research team led by Queen’s University Belfast has made a breakthrough discovery around how and why only certain DNA elements are chosen to regulate gene expression within the vast...Read more

Roche receives CE Mark for Accu-Chek SugarView app

World |  News | 0 Comment | 10 Dec, 2019

Roche has obtained the CE Mark for its Accu-Chek SugarView app. This paves the way for the launch of the innovative diabetes management solution in Europe and further countries around the w...Read more

Sanofi to acquire Synthorx for $2.5 B

World |  News | 0 Comment | 09 Dec, 2019

Sanofi and Synthorx, a clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on prolonging and improving the lives of people suffering from cancer and autoimmune disorders, entered into a definitive...Read more

GE Healthcare to personalise tissue regeneration

World |  News | 0 Comment | 09 Dec, 2019

GE Healthcare Life Sciences and Advanced Solutions Life Sciences (ASLS) will enter into a strategic R&D and distribution partnership that sets out to personalize tissue regeneration. Th...Read more

Amazon Web Services collaborates with Novartis

World |  News | 0 Comment | 06 Dec, 2019

Amazon Web Services has announced a multi-year strategic collaboration with Novartis to reimagine this pharmaceutical company’s core pharmaceutical manufacturing, supply chain, and de...Read more

Novoheart, AstraZeneca to develop Human Heart-in-a-Jar model

World |  News | 0 Comment | 27 Nov, 2019

Canada headquartered Novoheart, a global stem cell biotechnology company, is pleased to announce a collaboration with global biopharmaceutical company AstraZeneca, in an effort to develop t...Read more

Ferring and Blackstone invest $570M for bladder cancer therapy

World |  News | 0 Comment | 26 Nov, 2019

Swiss firm Ferring Pharmaceuticals and US based Blackstone Life Sciences have announced the joint investment of over $570 million in nadofaragene firadenovec (rAd-IFN/Syn3), an investigatio...Read more

Thermo Fisher Scientific invests $6 M to expand Viral Vector Manufacturing Facility

World |  News | 0 Comment | 22 Nov, 2019

Thermo Fisher Scientific, the world leader in serving science, on 22nd Nov 2019, unveiled the $6 million expansion of its gene therapy and viral vector services site in Alachua, Florid...Read more

Novo Nordisk explores liver cell targets with Dicerna

World |  News | 0 Comment | 20 Nov, 2019

US based Dicerna™ Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Denmark headquartered Novo Nordisk A/S have announced an agreement to discover and develop novel therapies for the treatment of l...Read more

FDB invests $55M to expand gene therapy process

World |  News | 0 Comment | 18 Nov, 2019

FUJIFILM Diosynth Biotechnologies (FDB), a leading global biologics Contract Development and Manufacturing Organization (CDMO) with locations in Teesside, UK, RTP, North Carolina, ...Read more

International Diabetes Federation reports 463 Million Diabetics Worldwide

World |  News | 0 Comment | 15 Nov, 2019

On World Diabetes Day, the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) is releasing new figures that highlight the alarming growth in the prevalence of diabetes around the world. 38 million mor...Read more

Philips launches AI based clinical product for aiding cognitive assessment

World |  News | 0 Comment | 14 Nov, 2019

Royal Philips, a global leader in health technology has announced the U.S. debut of its new cognitive assessment platform IntelliSpace Cognition. Leveraging the power of artificial intellig...Read more

Mylan and Pfizer announce Viatris as new company name

World |  News | 0 Comment | 14 Nov, 2019

Mylan N.V. and Pfizer Inc. have  announced that the name of the new company to be formed by the planned combination of Mylan and Upjohn, a division of Pfizer, will be Viatris (pro...Read more

Merck licenses CRISPR gene-editing technology to Evotec

World |  News | 0 Comment | 13 Nov, 2019

Merck, a leading science and technology company, has announced that it has signed a license agreement providing Evotec SE access to Merck's foundational CRISPR intellectual proper...Read more