An independent report has been released today by Stevenage Bioscience Catalyst (SBC) that demonstrates its key role in delivering economic benefit from life sciences research and innovation in the UK.
SBC was formed in 2012 through a collaboration between the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), GlaxoSmithKline, Wellcome and Innovate UK. Located on the GSK Campus in Stevenage, it is home to the Cell and Gene Therapy Catapult Manufacturing Centre, LifeArc, Cytiva and around 40 thriving start-ups.
Entitled ‘Stevenage Bioscience Catalyst’s key role in delivering…
Metrion Biosciences Limited (“Metrion”), the specialist ion channel contract research and drug discovery company, today announced the appointment of Dr Rory Curtis as Vice President US Commercial Operations. The appointment represents the next phase in the Company’s expansion plans and business growth, driven by its ion channel discovery capabilities.
Rory is based in Buffalo, NY, and will be responsible for Metrion’s business development operations throughout the United States, including supporting and expanding the Company’s existing client base and leading the development of new business…
NEW YORK and LONDON, December 7, 2021—ATP (Apple Tree Partners), a leader in life sciences venture capital, today announced the launch of Adendra Therapeutics Ltd. (“Adendra”), a company that will discover and develop treatments for cancers and autoimmune diseases by applying new insights into regulation of adaptive immune responses by dendritic cells. Adendra is funded with a $53 (£40) million Series A investment from ATP and founded by ATP as a spin-out of breakthrough biology conducted at the Francis Crick Institute in London in the lab of immunologist Caetano Reis e Sousa, D.Phil., whose…
• Appointment of Dr Gary Clark as Head of Screening Technologies supports Metrion’s cell biology initiative and introduction of new screening platforms
• Service capabilities expanded by addition of 384-well high throughput assay platforms and automated low volume liquid handling systems
Metrion Biosciences Limited (“Metrion”), the specialist ion channel contract research and drug discovery company, today announced it has expanded its capabilities and expertise through the addition of automated low volume liquid handling capability and 384-well electrophysiology and fluorescence-based high…
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Cambridge, UK, 1 December 2021: CN Bio, a leading Organ-on-a-chip Company (OOC) that designs and manufactures single- and multi-organ microphysiological systems (MPS), has been recognised by The Scientist for developing a Top 10 Innovation of 2021. This year’s list includes CN Bio’s PhysioMimix™ Multi-Organ MPS; a next-generation OOC platform that provides advanced insights into the potential effects of novel therapeutics that were previously only achievable using animal models.
Annually, the industry-leading publication, The Scientist, publishes a list of innovations and solutions that its…
Alderley Park, Cheshire – One of the UK’s leading infectious disease biotech companies has announced a breakthrough in laboratory trials of a new drug to treat COVID-19 and new variants of the disease, such as the Omicron variant.
Infex Therapeutics’ COV-X program inhibits a new protease target that is responsible for viral replication across the broad spectrum of SARS-CoV-1, MERS-CoV and SARS-CoV-2. As such, this new approach is unaffected by changes to coronavirus spike protein that is the focus of current concerns about vaccine effectiveness.
Exciting laboratory results at Infex have…
What can patent data reveal about global progress in green innovation, and what might be achieved in years to come?
Appleyard Lees’ inaugural ‘Inside Green Innovation: Progress Report 2021’, analyses patent filings across several areas of green innovation, including food and agriculture, bioplastics and plastics recycling, and renewable energy storage.
This data-driven report gets behind the rhetoric, to shed light on the state of progress in the development of green technologies. How close are we to finding the technological solutions that will be so important for achieving sustainability?…
AstraZeneca will today, in the presence of His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales, formally unveil The Discovery Centre (DISC) in Cambridge, UK – a state-of-the-art research and development (R&D) facility designed to the world’s highest environmental standards and accommodating over 2,200 research scientists.
The new £1bn facility will include the most advanced robotics, high-throughput screening and AI-driven technology. It will support AstraZeneca’s focus on specialised and precision medicines and foster the discovery and development of next generation therapeutics, including nucleotide…
Drawing upon over 30-years’ experience of serving the glycobiology research community - AMSBIO has established a comprehensive portfolio of high-quality reagents including unique ranges of antibodies, lectins, enzymes, assay kits and standards, backed by in-depth technical support.
Glycobiology (the study of the structure, biosynthesis, and biology of carbohydrates) is a complex and dynamic area of research that combines enzymology, molecular and cellular biology, organic chemistry and materials science. Widely acknowledged as critical for both cellular biology and studies of carbohydrate-…