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AMSBIO is launching a new range of human iPSC-derived cells and human iPSC differentiation reagent kits optimized for high-throughput experiments in areas including drug discovery and toxicity screening.

BERLIN, GERMANY and SOMERSET, N.J. – September 21, 2020 — T-knife GmbH, a next-generation adoptive T-cell company using its proprietary humanized T-cell receptor (HuTCR) mouse platform to treat solid tumors, and Catalent, the leading global provider of advanced delivery technologies, development, and manufacturing solutions for drugs, biologics, cell and gene therapies, and consumer health products, today announced they have signed an agreement to provide technology transfer and CGMP clinical manufacturing of T-knife’s T1367 T-cell receptor (TCR) program.

Reading Scientific Services Ltd (RSSL) has expanded its pharmaceutical assessment capabilities with the introduction of a robust analytical method designed to determine the presence of nitrosamines. Using highly-sensitive mass spectrometers in conjunction with a range of separation techniques, the new service can not only reach exceptionally low regulatory thresholds, but also accommodate a wide variety of pharmaceutical products and active species.

Developed through deep relationships across the local and global ecosystem, the Deloitte Life Sciences Catalyst exists to solve the business challenges that keep life sciences leaders and innovators up at night.


The Deloitte Life Sciences Catalyst launched in Cambridge on Tuesday 22 September. The virtual event involved a panel of esteemed experts who explored the contribution of the life sciences sector to economic growth and a discussion of the support available for companies in this space.

Research Triangle Park, NC, USA and Cambridge, UK, 22 September 2020 – Inivata, a leader in liquid biopsy, today announces the appointment of Peter Collins as Chief Business Officer, effective immediately. Peter will be responsible for leading all business development, partnering and commercial activities.

We all hope that a COVID-19 vaccine is on the horizon - but the global cold chain must be prepared to distribute these vaccines around the world.


This is an unprecedented task, with a large number of transfer points across vast geographic regions. Vaccines may have to travel from manufacturing facilities to storage and distribution centres, and then onwards to healthcare facilities for local administration or cold storage.


Determining the temperature requirements of potential COVID-19 vaccines

Benefits of the programme include access to the Babraham Research Campus bio-incubator facilities, an extended programme of mentoring and support and £10k undiluted funding 

Cambridge, UK., 21 September 2020: Arecor Limited (“Arecor” or “the Company”), the biopharmaceutical company advancing today’s therapies to enable healthier lives, today announces that its abstract titled ‘Phase I study investigating the PD, PK and safety of AT247 in comparison to insulin aspart, NovoRapid®, and fast insulin aspart, Fiasp®, has been selected for oral presentation at the upcoming European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) virtual meeting which will be held from 21-25 September 2020. Abstract #55 is available online.

Growth continues at Discovery Park as new tenants arrive


Psyros Diagnostics & VisusNano join innovation community


Sandwich, Kent, September 21 2020 – The innovation community is continuing to evolve at Discovery Park, the Life Sciences Opportunity Zone for ambitious and growing life sciences companies, as new tenants move in and others continue to develop. New entrants Psyros Diagnostics and VisusNano have both taken laboratory and office space at the Park.

StemFit® for Mesenchymal Stem Cells (MSC) is the latest addition to the StemFit® family of stem cell media.  It is a chemically defined and human/animal origin free medium, optimized for the isolation and culture of MSCs from bone marrow (BM-MSC), umbilical cord (UC-MSC), and adipose (ADSC) under serum-free, human platelet lysate free conditions.

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