PARIS and CAMBRIDGE, UK – January 11, 2021 – Sanofi and Kymab, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing fully human monoclonal antibodies with a focus on immune-mediated diseases and immuno-oncology therapeutics, have entered into an agreement under which Sanofi will acquire Kymab for an upfront payment of approximately $1.1 billion and up to $350 million upon achievement of certain milestones.
The transaction will result in Sanofi having full global rights to KY1005, a fully human monoclonal antibody that has a novel mechanism of action. KY1005 binds to OX40-Ligand and has…
Wädenswil/Zurich, Switzerland and Saffron Walden, UK, 12th January 2021 / Domainex Ltd., a leading provider of integrated drug discovery services, is pleased to announce that it has invested in the WAVEdelta instrument from Creoptix AG. This instrument utilizes Grating-Coupled Interferometry (GCI) to measure target binding on sensor chips, generating binding affinity and on/off rate kinetics in a high throughput manner. This system achieves superior resolution in signal and time compared to traditional Surface Plasmon Resonance (SPR) and will further strengthen Domainex’s leading position in…
Tokyo, Japan and Cambridge, UK, 11 January 2021 – Sosei Group Corporation (“the Company”; TSE: 4565), today announced its Chief Financial Officer, Chris Cargill, will present at the 39th Annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference, which will take place virtually, on Thursday, 14 January 2021.
The presentation will begin at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Standard Time, and will be video broadcasted live in English to registered conference attendees via the Digital Conference Book. For non-attendees, an audio link to the Company’s virtual session presentation can be accessed here. Presentation slides will be…
A new way for Cambridge businesses and research institutions to connect to key sites and communities across Europe is now available thanks to Light Blue Fibre, bandwidth infrastructure provider euNetworks, and the UK Innovation Corridor’s most advanced data centre, Kao Data.
Light Blue Fibre, which was launched as a joint venture by University of Cambridge and Cambridgeshire County Council in 2019 is now being enabled by euNetworks, which specialises in data-centre-to-data-centre connectivity across the UK and Europe.
Light Blue Fibre delivers over 100km of ducting and wholesale dark fibre in…
Cambridge, UK, 11 January 2021: Mogrify Limited (Mogrify®), a UK company aiming to transform the development of ex vivo cell therapies and pioneer the field of in vivo reprogramming therapies, and the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology (LMB), a world-class research laboratory dedicated to understanding important biological processes at the molecular level, today announced an exploratory research collaboration. The project aims to develop novel protein expression systems by leveraging recent advances in direct cell reprogramming to help improve the production of proteins which are not…
With facilities already in Shanghai and Beijing, Biocair recently announced the opening of its new office in Guangzhou.
Strategically located close to Guangzhou Airport, the new office improves operational capacity, and employs a team of logistics experts with comprehensive knowledge of the local customer base, transport network and import / export regulations. Temperature-controlled vehicles will join Biocair China’s existing fleet to provide efficient, secure and compliant transportation for time and temperature-sensitive biological materials.
APAC General Manager, Kevin Xu, commented:
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NORWICH, UK – 07 January 2021: Leaf Expression Systems (Leaf), a contract development and manufacturing organisation based in Norwich, UK, has announced today that it has produced three further products to support research into the Novel Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2, 2019-nCoV) pandemic.
The products developed include:
Recombinant Human Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2 (ACE2), which acts as a receptor for human coronaviruses SARS and SARS-CoV-2, as well as human coronavirus NL63/HCoV-NL634.
Recombinant SARS N-protein and Recombinant MERS N-protein which both serve multiple critical functions during…
AMSBIO has introduced a series of kit products based upon high-quality SARS-CoV-2 antigen proteins to improve the efficiency of anti-SARS-CoV-2 drugs and vaccines development.These new kit products include SARS-CoV-2 inhibitor screening kits, antibody titer serologic assay kits, antigen detection kit and antigen pre-coated plates.SARS-CoV-2 is an enveloped positive-stranded RNA virus that consists of four structural proteins including spike glycoprotein, envelope protein, membrane protein, and nucleocapsid protein. Researchers have identified the spike glycoprotein as the most important…
Cambridge 04 January 2021: Babraham Bioscience Technologies Ltd (BBT), the organisation which oversees the development and day-to-day management of the Babraham Research Campus is pleased to welcome three new members to its board.Professor Wolf Reik FRS, acting Director, Babraham Institute has been nominated by the Babraham Institute to represent its Trustees shareholder interests. Wolf replaces Clive Page, Professor of Pharmacology and Director of the Sackler Institute of Pulmonary Pharmacology at King’s College London, who is stepping down after many years…