Analytical testing, QC

Nasal powder shows promise in boosting immune defense

27-Aug-2024 By Liza Laws

The INNA-051 formulation is designed to enhance the body’s natural immune response, targeting individuals aged 60 and over who are at increased risk for complications from respiratory viral infections.

Lonza boosts clinical services with new bottling capabilities

15-Aug-2024 By Liza Laws

Lonza, a global leader in the pharmaceutical, biotech, and nutraceutical markets, has announced a significant expansion of its clinical manufacturing services at its small molecules site in Bend, Oregon.

FDA approves Rusan Pharma’s manufacturing facility in India, paving the way for expanded US presence

23-Jul-2024 By Liza Laws

Rusan Pharma Private Limited has announced that its active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) manufacturing facility in Ankleshwar, Gujarat, has been granted Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) approval by the FDA.

JOGO Health and Mayo Clinic announce partnership to change understanding and treatment of tremors

17-Jul-2024 By Liza Laws

JOGO Health, a leader in non-invasive digital therapeutics, has announced a pivotal collaboration with the Mayo Clinic to study tremors.

NIH awards Cellibre $2M to advance sustainable cannabinoid ingredient production

12-Jul-2024 By Liza Laws

Cellibre, a leader in sustainable biochemical manufacturing, has secured a $2 million grant from the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

ReciBioPharm’s Edita Botonjic-Sehic on analytics, AI, and continuous RNA manufacturing

12-Jul-2024 By Liza Laws

RNA therapeutics have emerged as a transformative approach to treating many conditions, but the industry still typically relies on inefficient batch manufacturing methods.

Esteve invests €100 million in Spanish API manufacturing muscle

02-Jul-2024 By Jonathan Smith

The Spanish company Esteve Pharmaceuticals is building a manufacturing unit in its Girona plant with the aim to expand its production of active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs).

Novo Nordisk announces $4.1BN investment to expand US manufacturing capacity

25-Jun-2024 By Liza Laws

Yesterday (June 24) Novo Nordisk unveiled plans to invest $4.1 billion (approximately €3.8 billion) in a new manufacturing facility in Clayton, North Carolina.

Mainz Biomed CEO discusses stool test for colorectal cancer vs Galleri blood test

20-Jun-2024 By Jonathan Smith

Catching cancer early can save lives because it can be treated before it spreads in the body.

Inspiration from The Sound of Music's von Trapp family influenced this week's woman in science

22-May-2024 By Liza Laws

Pam Diamond spent almost three decades practicing medicine and looking at problems in the clinical research arena before changing tack so she could make a bigger impact.

Could AI signal the end of the use of lab rats in research? Olden Labs reveals all

29-Apr-2024 By Liza Laws

A significant milestone has been reached by Olden Labs as it steps into the limelight revealing its refreshing approach to animal research.

Made in the USA: Ultrahuman to become first facility dedicated to producing wearable rings

23-Apr-2024 By Liza Laws

Ultrahuman, a force in wearable technology, has boldly planted its flag on American soil with the inauguration of UltraFactory.

Catching up with LGM Pharma ahead of CPhI North America to find out about its pipeline

19-Apr-2024 By Liza Laws

LGM Pharma is a leading CDMO provider of comprehensive API sourcing and drug product contract development and manufacturing solutions to the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and compounding pharmacy industries.

New IQVIA research reveals growing trend as pharma embraces combined PV solutions

17-Apr-2024 By Liza Laws

Archana Hegde joined IQVIA in 2015 and has been in various leadership roles implementing technology solutions to support critical business processes.

DCAT 2024

Bormioli Pharma leading the way with sustainable pharmaceutical packaging

17-Apr-2024 By Liza Laws

Bormioli Pharma creates pharmaceutical packaging for drug stability, safety, and sustainability, partnering with global health leaders and says it stands at the forefront of sustainability.

Cormica Bradford expanding equipment range to update capabilities

15-Jan-2024 By Liza Laws

Cormica Bradford, a division of Cormica says it is proud to announce a significant expansion of its laboratory capabilities.

Detection of viral outbreaks could be enabled by new technology from Picodya

09-Jan-2024 By Liza Laws

Large-scale global serologic surveillance with real-time monitoring of the immune status of human populations and detection of viral outbreaks could be enabled by new technology from Picodya.

Sygnature Discovery launches in vivo inflammation model and includes kidney and neuroinflammation

12-Jun-2023 By Liza Laws

Sygnature Discovery has launched an in vivo inflammation model, that the company says is ‘exciting but only the beginning’ of understanding life-limiting neuroinflammatory conditions.

Acesion's positive trial data for treatment of atrial fibrillation

19-Mar-2023 By Liza Laws

Positive data from a phase 2 clinical trial has proven the general mechanism of action of SK channel inhibition for treatment of atrial fibrillation (AF), an abnormal heart rhythm.

Biolog adds contract microbial service capabilities through MIDI Labs buyout

10-Jan-2023 By Nick Taylor

Biolog has acquired the contract laboratory MIDI Labs to add microbial identification and enumeration services to its offering.

Phlow and US Pharmacopeia open labs for API R&D services

03-Jan-2023 By Ben Hargreaves

The partners announce that their lab facilities have opened, equipped with advanced manufacturing technologies to create API and KSMs.

Millstone strikes back-to-back takeovers to create new testing services division

15-Dec-2022 By Nick Taylor

Millstone Medical Outsourcing is keeping up the pace of its deal-driven expansion strategy by closing the takeover of regulatory testing services provider Ethide Laboratories.

Altasciences expands Missouri bioanalytical site to support preclinical and clinical studies

01-Nov-2022 By Nick Taylor

Altasciences is expanding its facility in Columbia, Missouri to provide bioanalytical services in support of preclinical and clinical studies conducted in the US.

Thermo Fisher continues to expand clinical research capacity with $59m lab expansion

31-Oct-2022 By Maggie Lynch

Thermo Fisher’s clinical research subsidiary, PPD, invests $59 million in sample management and testing capacity for vaccines and cell and gene therapy products with its expansion of laboratory operations in Kentucky.

CPHI Pharma Award finalists announced

26-Oct-2022

The awards cover innovations spanning the full pharmaceutical supply chain and feature many of pharma’s biggest names and breakthrough companies.

Industry body points to ‘clear and serious threat’ to clinical research in UK

26-Oct-2022 By Ben Hargreaves

The ABPI releases a report that shows the number of clinical trials taking place in the UK fell by a large amount between the years 2017 and 2021.

PathoQuest opens US facility to provide NGS biosafety testing services

25-Oct-2022 By Nick Taylor

PathoQuest has opened a facility in Pennsylvania to provide next-generation sequencing (NGS) testing services to the biopharma industry.

Thermo Fisher adds clinical research lab as part of $97m expansion

24-Oct-2022 By Ben Hargreaves

The company opens a bioanalytical lab in the US, which offers an additional 59,000-square-feet of space to the overall facility, making it “one of the largest laboratories of its kind.”

Clinisys formed to help companies manage ‘revolution’ of lab science

12-Oct-2022 By Ben Hargreaves

Clinisys emerges after the combination of three companies, Sunquest Information Systems, Horizon Lab Systems, and Apollo Lims.

Gilead takes legal fight to ‘kingpins’ of counterfeit HIV medicine

04-Oct-2022 By Ben Hargreaves

The company announces further measures against a counterfeiting network it accused of being responsible for selling illegitimate Gilead HIV medications.

Thermo Fisher hails PPD’s wins of ‘very large’ customers following merger

20-Sep-2022 By Nick Taylor

Thermo Fisher Scientific’s clinical service unit PPD has won some “very large” customers since becoming part of the broader group in a mega-merger, according to CEO Marc Casper.

Science 37 taps NuvoAir to enable remote collection of lung health endpoints

20-Sep-2022 By Nick Taylor

Science 37 has partnered with NuvoAir to incorporate connected devices for the remote collection of respiratory endpoints data into clinical trial designs.

Exagen on why AVISE test can end the ‘diagnostic odyssey’

19-Sep-2022

Autoimmune diagnostics life sciences company Exagen is heralding the completion of the CAPSTONE study as evidence that its AVISE Lupus test is more clinically effective than traditional ANA methods (tANA), benefiting patients, providers and payers by...

Cutting ‘pain points’ can streamline chemical reporting: ACD/Labs

30-Aug-2022 By Jenni Spinner

A representative from the R&D tech provider offers advice on how to wrangle with a stressful, complicated process for better results and fewer headaches.

Blending human knowhow, artificial intelligence aids drug discovery

02-Aug-2022 By Jenni Spinner

A leader from pharmaceutical firm Astellas discusses how the company has put to use a discovery platform that combines human expertise, AI, and robotics.

On-demand cleanrooms help pharma manufacturers ‘fail fast’

13-Jul-2022 By Jenni Spinner

A representative from life-science services company Azzur Group explains how flexibility and speed can help in reaching the best solution more efficiently.

Lymphoma Research Foundation awards $5.7m to pursue blood cancer treatments

12-Jul-2022 By Jenni Spinner

The organization has given 29 research grants to scientists representing 17 different US institutions pursuing lymphoma treatments and cures in their work.

FDA outlines benefit-risk approach to drug or biologic product quality assessment

10-May-2022 By Jane Byrne

The US FDA released new draft guidance yesterday discussing, among other challenges, how unresolved product quality issues might be addressed in the context of regulatory decision-making.

The right tech can fill gap between lab scientist and data: ACD/Labs

16-Mar-2022 By Jenni Spinner

An expert from the R&D tech provider discusses how automation, integration, and other tools can help with effective access and analysis of lab information.

Stanford laboratory aligns with Pepper Bio to target tough cancers

03-Mar-2022 By Jenni Spinner

The drug discovery firm will work with the Dean Felsher Laboratory, using the company’s transomics platform to discover therapies for untreatable cancers.

Managing QC lab data is important part of research equation: Veeva

13-Jan-2022 By Jenni Spinner

A leader from the company discusses challenges in control labs and shares how a new solution aims to clear some key obstacles to greater effectiveness.

AI-based blood analysis tool geared toward decentralized diagnostics

01-Dec-2021 By Jenni Spinner

With the release of its new Sight OLO artificial intelligence based blood analyzer, Sight Diagnostics hopes to offer DCTs reliable, easy-to-use testing.

AstraZeneca opens new advanced therapeutics R&D facility in Cambridge

23-Nov-2021 By Jane Byrne

AstraZeneca has built a new R&D facility - The Discovery Centre (DISC) - in Cambridge in the UK.

Pharmaceutical packaging firm adds QC laboratory in Ireland

10-Nov-2021 By Jenni Spinner

Wasdell, a UK-based packaging and manufacturing provider in the UK, has opened a quality control laboratory in Dundalk to analyze products for its pharmaceutical clientele.

AAPS PharmSci 360

PharmSci 360 invites industry pros to ‘rethink and evolve’

14-Oct-2021 By Jenni Spinner

The conference (with online and in-person content) is slated to gather professionals for deep conversations and lively collaboration on important topics.

Tech Innovations: September 2021

16-Sep-2021 By Jenni Spinner

This month’s roundup of new technology, equipment, and industry partnerships includes news from IBM, IQVIA, Mediata, Labcorp, and other notable companies.

Cloud lab solution empowers access of research tech from miles away

26-Aug-2021 By Jenni Spinner

Emerald Cloud Lab’s remote, automated laboratory technology puts pieces of advanced scientific equipment within the reach of smaller research outfits.

Wave of acquisitions hits pharma industry this week

15-Jul-2021 By Jenni Spinner

The past several days have seen a relatively large number of industry acqusitions, with Lilly, Phillip Morris, WCG, CTI and others making notable buys.

Cryo-EM advancements lead to ‘resolution revolution’: Thermo Fisher

22-Jun-2021 By Jenni Spinner

An academic researcher and and company expert discuss on how evolving cryogenic electron microscopy has led to high resolutions and accelerated results.

Azzur opens new on-demand cleanroom facility in California

03-Jun-2021 By Jenni Spinner

The company’s Azzur Cleanrooms on Demand division has established another facility in Vista, a city in the San Diego Area, for life-sciences operations.