Analytical testing, QC

MedPharm donates hand sanitizer to combat COVID-19

31-Mar-2020 By Jenni Spinner

The company has shifted production to manufacture sanitizer, intended to protect healthcare providers and other essential workers from coronavirus.

Gates Foundation enlists Novartis, GSK, others in COVID-19 fight

27-Mar-2020 By Jenni Spinner

The global collaboration brings together several pharmaceutical giants to accelerate the development and delivery of coronavirus tests and therapies.

zPredicta, LabCorp partner on 3D cell culture technology

26-Mar-2020 By Jenni Spinner

The collaboration supports the adoption of zPredicta’s 3D cell culture platform for preclinical testing and research studies.

FDA roundup of COVID-19 responses

25-Mar-2020 By Jenni Spinner

The federal agency has been busy in recent weeks, taking actions and issuing advice in the face of the global coronavirus pandemic.

PolarisQB, Fujitsu partner on drug discovery

24-Mar-2020 By Jenni Spinner

The two companies are combining their technologies to speed the process of bringing to market treatments for Dengue fever and other diseases.

Pharma events update: rescheduled, canceled, online

18-Mar-2020 By Jenni Spinner

This list includes the industry events that have been postponed or moved because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Agilex expands bioanalytical labs capacity to meet US, APAC demand

17-Mar-2020 By Vassia Barba

Agilex has expanded its bioanalytical laboratories by 30%, in order to accommodate demand coming mainly from US and APAC-based biotech companies.

QPS launches access-restricted laboratory

16-Mar-2020 By Jenni Spinner

The access-restricted bioanalysis lab will support research to develop treatments and vaccines for novel coronavirus and other viruses.

Altasciences acquires Alliance Contract Pharma

12-Mar-2020 By Jenni Spinner

The contract research organization has purchased Alliance Contract Pharma, a small-molecule contract manufacturing and analytical firm.

Genomic computation platform launches on Microsoft Azure

10-Mar-2020 By Vassia Barba

EPAM Cloud Pipeline, a cloud software application, is available on Microsoft Azure to support developers manage ‘constantly changing’ demands in analytics and modeling.

Thermo Fisher Scientific sets sights on Qiagen acquisition

10-Mar-2020 By Jenni Spinner

The purchase is aimed at expanding the company’s specialty diagnostics offerings in sample preparation technology, assay capabilities, bioinformatics and more.

Medidata in deal on AI biomarker identification for ALS developments

09-Mar-2020 By Vassia Barba

Project ALS has selected Medidata’s biomarker discovery solution for its research projects, aiming to improve understanding of the ALS disease process and develop new therapeutic strategies.

Lunac, Domainex join forces on anticoagulant discovery ‘urgent need’

05-Mar-2020 By Vassia Barba

Domainex is set to support Lunac’s discovery project for anticoagulant therapies with reduced bleeding risk, following the developer’s novel target validation.

Frontage continues build-out to meet late-stage developers demand

27-Feb-2020 By Vassia Barba

Frontage has announced completion of its Pennsylvania site expansion to boost its offering of bioanalytical services for late-stage cell and gene therapies developers.

CRO ‘adding expertise’ to respond to the evolution of biometrics

06-Feb-2020 By Vassia Barba

Acquisition of Clindata’s human health biometrics division is expected to increase Synteract’s geographical footprint along with the adaptability of its biometrics services solutions.