US-based contract research organization (CRO) Pharmaceutical Product Development (PPD) is expanding its cGMP cell-based assay laboratory in Middleton, Wisconsin, US. The cell lab facility has been added with an approximate 6,800ft2 space, ...
Royal DSM, a life sciences and materials sciences firm based in the Netherlands, has opened new enzyme solutions, oils and fats unit office and laboratory in San Diego, California, US. The new facilities are expected to support the ...
Certara, a US-based healthcare company, and ChemAxon, a provider of cheminformatics software platforms and desktop applications for the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries, have signed a partnership agreement. The partnership will ...
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US-based biotechnology firm DART Therapeutics is developing a selective androgen receptor modulator (SARM) drug candidate for Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). DMD is a pediatric rare disease that affects approximately one in 3,600 boys ...
The bicycle industry may not be as sexy as social media or biotechnology, but Patrick Keating believes it offers plenty of opportunity for investors. Keating, an American financier who lives in France, founded what he hopes will be the ...
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Vienna-based biotech company Marinomed Biotechnologie's antiviral nasal spray, which is based on proprietary technology platform Mavirex, has secured the approval in Canada as a 'natural health product'. The approval of the spray followed ...
King’s College London, The Wellcome Trust and Advent Venture Partners have set up a new UK biotechnology company, CoCo Therapeutics. CoCo Therapeutics will work to develop new treatments for Alzheimer's disease, which is based on ...
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Rainbow BioSciences' biotech division Rainbow Coral (RBCC) has revealed that it is currently working on a potential joint venture agreement with a privately held drug delivery company to develop and market a sustained-release drug delivery ...
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Abbott has entered into a collaboration agreement with Janssen Biotech and Pharmacyclics to develop a molecular companion diagnostic test for investigational leukemia therapy. Under the agreement, Abbott will leverage its proprietary ...
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U3 Pharma, an antibody targeted cancer drug development affiliate of Daiichi Sankyo, has signed a research collaboration deal with AbCheck. AbCheck's commercial multi antibody discovery platforms include AbSieve, which combines the ...
The European Commission and the European Medicines Agency have issued orphan drug designation to PROLOR Biotech's hGH-CTP. The longer-acting version of human growth hormone, hGH-CTP, is being developed to treat growth hormone deficiency. ...
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Pharmaceutical and biotech companies are outsourcing research in order to develop innovative products that meet the rising demand for therapeutics across a range of diseases. The willingness of contract research organisations (CROs) to ...
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The Australian sharemarket has closed slightly weaker, snapping a 10-day winning streak, after markets in the US fell. At 4.15pm AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index had fallen 17.9 points, or 0.37 per cent, at 4878.8 points, and the ...
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TAP Biosystems, a leading supplier of innovative cell culture systems and consumables for life science applications today announced that with its latest installation of CompacT SelecT™, the technology remains the most widely adopted ...
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Finland -based implantable medical devices manufacturer BonAlive Biomaterials has announced the signing of a multi-year exclusive distribution agreement with Olympus Biotech, a wholly owned company of Olympus Corporation focused on ...
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