In the latest of a string of senior appointments, Boyds, the leading consultancy business that supports the development of pharmaceutical and biotech products for patient benefit, has recruited Consultant Pharmaceutical Physician, Susan Tansey.
Dr Tansey joins Boyds with more than 20 years’ experience in rare disease clinical trials. A paediatrician specialising in respiratory paediatrics and neonatology, Susan joined the pharmaceutical industry in 1998 and has worked in clinical development across several therapeutic areas, including vaccine research.
Previously, Susan was Vice President and…
Cambridge, UK, 9 September 2019: Sphere Fluidics, a company commercializing single cell analysis systems underpinned by its patented picodroplet technology, today introduced the Cyto-Cellect™ Human IgGK Detection Kit, to be used in conjunction with the Cyto-Mine® Single Cell Analysis System for rapid and cost-effective measurement of antibody class and productivity in cell line development.
The Cyto-Cellect Human IgGK Detection Kit has been developed to provide Cyto-Mine users with an easy-to-use, standardized assay format for the detection of secreted human antibodies in picodroplets. The…
Sandwich, Kent, September 9 2019 – The Chairman of Discovery Park, a thriving high-quality science park playing a key role in the South East of England’s life sciences community, will be addressing important drivers in the development of the Park at a series of conferences in the Autumn. At events organized by CRACK IT, Life Sciences Integrates, and Cancer Research UK Martino Picardo is looking forward to talking about his experience in open innovation, pre-competitive collaboration and entrepreneurship. Activities in these areas are part of the growth strategy for Discovery Park and its…
Cambridge, UK, 9th September 2019: Mogrify Ltd (Mogrify), a UK company aiming to transform the development of cell therapies, today announced the appointment of Dr. Jane Osbourn, OBE as Chair of the Board. In addition to this role, Dr. Osbourn will become a Member of the Scientific Advisory Board and support the Company’s executive team in therapeutic program selection, industrial partner development, mentoring and investor relations.
Dr. Osbourn has over 30 years’ experience in biologics discovery and development. Most recently, she was Vice President for Research and Development and Site…
Cambridge, UK, 9 September 2019: Sphere Fluidics, a company commercializing single cell analysis systems underpinned by its patented picodroplet technology, today introduced the Cyto-Cellect™ Human IgGK Detection Kit, to be used in conjunction with the Cyto-Mine® Single Cell Analysis System for rapid and cost-effective measurement of antibody class and productivity in cell line development.
The Cyto-Cellect Human IgGK Detection Kit has been developed to provide Cyto-Mine users with an easy-to-use, standardized assay format for the detection of secreted human antibodies in picodroplets. The…
Leading pharmaceutical and biotech product development consultancy Boyds has enhanced its clinical and medical affairs services offering following the acquisition of Blue Duck Consulting.
Since 2013, Blue Duck has provided expert preclinical and clinical drug development strategies and specialist monitoring and project management of clinical operations services in a range of therapeutic areas, led by its founder Dr Karen O’Hanlon, who joins Boyds as Director of Clinical Operations.
An experienced programme manager with 17 years’ experience in preclinical, clinical and analytical drug…
Cambridge, UK, 05 September, 2019: Owlstone Medical, the global leader in Breath Biopsy® for applications in early disease detection and precision medicine, today announced the introduction of a new ReCIVA® Breath Sampler and CASPERTM Portable Air Supply, designed to support internal biomarker discovery programs and those of academic and biopharma clients, and to measure levels of known volatile organic compounds (VOCs) on breath.
The discovery of biomarkers, whether in blood, tissue, or breath, can be difficult. Issues can arise throughout the process, with two of the most challenging being…
Leiden, 03 September 2019: Today, Batavia Biosciences announced that the company has signed a license agreement to utilize Horizon Discovery’s GS knockout CHO K1 cell line expression system for the development of high yield antibody-expressing cell lines. Initially, Batavia will deploy the system for production of a potent Zika virus neutralizing antibody, working in collaboration with Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) and IDBiologics, a company which focuses on developing human antibodies for the prevention, treatment and cure of infectious diseases.
The Zika virus…
AMSBIO reports on a paper** from the Malmberg Lab at Oslo University Hospital and the Norwegian Radium Hospital Institute for Cancer Research (Norway) that suggests a mechanism by which Natural Killer (NK) cell education operates through modulation of the lysosomal compartment under the influence of inhibitory receptor–ligand interactions.The research reveals that educated NK cells expressing self-MHC specific inhibitory killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptors (KIR) accumulate granzyme B and Chondroitin Sulfate-4 in dense-core secretory…