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Tristan backs £300m+ life sciences platform
Tristan Capital Partners’ debt fund has refinanced a £310m prime life science portfolio located across Cambridge and Oxford, Green Street News can reveal.
Centauri Therapeutics awarded £1M grant under new PACE programme to advance immunotherapy platform in anti-infectives
Funding to support further development of lead programme for a novel therapeutic targeting Gram-negative bacteria including Multi-Drug-Resistant strains Optimisation will also support application of the Alphamer® platform across other therapeutic indicat
Metrion Biosciences appoints Lee Patterson as CEO
Significant CRO C-suite experience expected to drive growth and commercial expansion into global marketsCambridge, UK, 25 November 2024: Metrion Biosciences, the specialist preclinical contract research organisation (CRO) and a leader in ion channe
Guardtech Group hoping to end golden year with more success at SME National Business Awards
Suffolk contamination control experts looking to add Best Enterprising Business prize to epic 2024 awards haul at glitzy Wembley Stadium showpiece on 6 December
Medicilon delivers fast turnaround time to meet your FDA submission deadline for SEND Format Conversion
Medicilon's preclinical pharmacology and toxicology research team is equipped with a professional send format conversion team and has established a send data conversion platform that is fully developed in terms of software, technology, specification and quality, to realize accurate data conversion and provide a good environment for electronic data submission.
Mapping 1.6 million gut cells to find new ways to treat disease
By combining 25 datasets, researchers have created the largest cohesive cell atlas of the human gut and uncovered a new way that stomach cells may play a role in Inflammatory Bowel Disease.
Early skeleton map reveals how bones form in humans
The first ‘blueprint’ of human skeletal development reveals how the skeleton forms, shedding light on the process of arthritis, and highlighting cells involved in conditions that affect skull and bone growth.
Human immune system is ‘ready to go’ long before birth
By creating the first spatial atlas of the developing human thymus, a vital organ that trains immune cells to protect against infections and cancer, scientists have discovered that the foundation for lifelong immunity is established earlier than previously thought.
Shining a light on the life sciences
The OBN Awards struck an optimistic tone as the best of the UK’s life sciences industry was celebrated
Glox Therapeutics awarded £1M PACE grant to accelerate development of precision antibiotics against antimicrobial-resistant pathogens
Novel therapeutics to address unmet clinical need for pneumonias caused by drug-resistant Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae PACE provides funding and support for innovative, high value, high risk, early phase drug discovery and diagnostic projects
COPD management: a critical look at gaps in pharmaceutical innovation
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) presents a major global health challenge, marked by chronic respiratory decline and frequent exacerbations. Despite advances in treatment, comprehensive management strategies remain limited, revealing significant gaps in patient care.
CrestOptics and Tomocube partner to advance 3D imaging with new multimodal imaging platform
First commercially available spinning-disk confocal holotomographic instrument, enabling advanced 3D imaging with fluorescence-based detection New system showcased at SPAOM24 (20th-22
Tagomics announces a multiomic profiling co-marketing agreement with Agilent
Exclusive program will provide customers with a single, unified workflow for comprehensive genomic profiling and genome-wide epigenetic analysis
Asimov and RevOpsis Therapeutics sign licensing agreement for high titer multispecific-expressing cell line
Strategic agreement will accelerate the manufacturing of fully human multispecific therapies for chronic retinal diseases with high unmet need using Asimov’s CHO Edge System
Steritas announces collaboration with argenx to advance evidence for novel steroid-sparing therapeutics
First-in-class steroid-toxicity outcome assessments licensed by argenx to support development of novel steroid-sparing therapeutics for autoimmune diseases
Enterprise Therapeutics publishes on medicinal chemistry of ETD001, a novel inhaled ENaC blocker for treatment of cystic fibrosis
Paper in the European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry discloses the optimisation process leading to the selection for development of ETD001, an inhaled ENaC blocker with a best-in-class profile ETD001 commenced Phase 2 clinical study in people with cystic fibrosis in Jul
The importance of choosing sustainable accommodation for winter travel
Winter is a time for cosy getaways, snowy adventures, and festive experiences, but it’s also a season that puts added pressure on the environment. Increased energy use for heating, high water demand, and waste generation can make winter travel a challenging time to be eco-friendly. One of the most impactful ways to reduce your environmental footprint during the winter months is by choosing…
Sapio Sciences collaborates with Waters Corporation to improve efficiency of laboratory operations
The advanced connectivity of Sapio LIMS with waters_connect for Quantitation liquid chromatography mass spectrometry (LC-MS) software
Mursla Bio’s EvoLiver surpasses current standards in liver cancer surveillance, data presented at AASLD Liver Meeting 2024
EvoLiver™ demonstrated 86% early-stage sensitivity at 88% specificity for liver cancer surveillance among cirrhotic, high-risk patients with diverse etiologies Validates clinical value of multi-omics content in organ-specific extracellular vesicles for liver cancer d
First ever UK-wide project launched to explore the inequality in access to psychological care within childhood brain tumour services
A pilot year-long project studying the inequality in access to psychological care within childhood brain tumour services, and the implications on access to clinical trials, has been launched by a team at the Great North Children’s Hospital in Newcastle. The project has been funded by children’s brain tumour charity, Tom’s Trust.
ARU is investigating link between fat and cancer
New research is being funded by US-based charity Colorectal Cancer Alliance.
CMS’ Alzheimer’s NCD: Outlier or harbinger of increased scrutiny?
Aduhelm was the first FDA-approved disease-modifying treatment for Alzheimer’s, sparking debate among providers, regulators, and patients.
Analytics for clinical development strategy: Integrated optimization of an oncology program
Achieving a return on invested capital (ROIC) that exceeds the cost of capital remains a challenge for pharmaceutical R&D. To make progress, there needs to be consistent and rigorous modeling of the clinical and commercial determinants of ROIC.
Cleancube Multi: Guardtech Group’s shipping container facilities helping NHS Aseptic Pharmacies MOVE forward
Suffolk contamination control experts’ award-winning Cleancube Mobile Cleanrooms proving to be perfect solution for Trusts that require facility upgrades