RECENT NEWS

Software company Insightful Science has completed the transaction to acquire Protein Metrics, a leading provider of biopharmaceutical protein characterisation and proteomics analysis software.

ARKRAY, the diabetes testing innovator, marks its UK debut into the clinical diagnostics market with the launch of two high-speed HbA1c analysers targeting the clinical laboratory and point-of-care (POC) environment.

The latest edition of The Biomedical Science Industry Handbook is now available in print and digital format. It is a compendium of concise yet comprehensive information on the full range of products and services available from the IVD industry.

FUJIFILM Irvine Scientific has announced that its new manufacturing facility in Tilburg, the Netherlands, is now open and fully operational.

Lab Innovations, the UK’s largest trade exhibition for the laboratory industry, returned to the NEC, Birmingham, on 3-4 November 2021 and brought the laboratory community together for the first time after almost two years apart.

Atik Cameras, a specialist designer and manufacturer of scientific and industrial imaging solutions, has launched the first in its advanced imaging solutions, investing in new charged coupled device (CCD) technology.

R-Biopharm, an international specialist in clinical diagnostics, announces that the company’s RIDA®GENE Flu & SARS-CoV-2 multiplex test (PG6825) has been approved in the UK under the UK Health Security Agency’s Medical Devices CTDA Regulations 2021.

Over-prescribing of antibiotics is a major contributor to increasing levels of antibiotic-resistant infections, and antibiotic prescription rates rise every winter.

Alpha Laboratories has been voted the winner in the ‘Partnership with the NHS’ category of the MediWales Innovation Awards 2021.

ViroStat has released a set of new monoclonal antibodies to the lipoprotein LipL41, an abundant surface lipoprotein found on pathogenic species of Leptospira.

The Olympus scanR high-content screening (HCS) station provides fully automated image acquisition and data analysis, and now benefits from the introduction of version 3.3.

Beckman Coulter has announced the European launch of the DxU Iris Workcell, a fully-automated system that streamlines urinalysis workflow and reduces manual microscopy.

The December issue of Pathology in Practice considers an alternative approach to the diagnosis of acute respiratory tract infection, one in which a change in human immune response is the focus of detection, rather than the pathogen-specific approach.

FFEI, a global developer of award-winning digital pathology imaging solutions, has announced that its Sierra colour calibration technology has been integrated into Visiopharm’s viewer, for AI-based image analysis and workflow.

Torrey Pines Scientific has launched the new EchoTherm Stackable/Programmable Vibration Free Chilling Incubators for protein crystallography and other life science uses.

Much has been written on the impact that COVID-19 has had on society and even more on its impact on higher education. Here, Mary Hannon-Fletcher draws on the history of biomedical science education as an innovative and evolving profession.

Scientists are building a new super-resolution microscope that uses laser light to study the inner workings and behaviours of superbugs to gain new insights into how they cause disease.

PathologyWatch, the leading US digital laboratory and pathology platform for dermatologists, has raised $25 million financing from a range of new and existing investors.

As part of next year’s Biomedical Science Congress, the IBMS has organised a full exhibition hall programme of talks and seminars, with a principal focus on education and training.

In this webinar Todd Anderson, Global Chromatography Specialist, Teledyne ISCO, will walk attendees through the most effective troubleshooting techniques chromatographers use to isolate problems in their systems