RECENT NEWS

Single cell analysis company Sphere Fluidics has announced updates to its flagship platform, Cyto-Mine, enabling it to be compliant with current Good Manufacturing Practice (cGMP) regulations enforced by the US FDA. By meeting these legally mandated, quality requirements, the company now provides a solution to increase efficiency and productivity of cell line characterisation and selection within drug manufacture workflows.

Alpha Laboratories launched its new website, which has been designed to offer scientists and clinicians easier access to a wealth of information, across its laboratory and diagnostics supplies, services and solutions.

Torrey Pines Scientific has launched its new EchoTherm high capacity hot plates and digital stirring hot plates.

Following the legislation introduced during May to extend the acceptance of CE-marked medical devices on the Great Britain market, the MHRA has further updated its future plans

Biotium has announced the release of its latest product, Mix-n-Stain CF Dye IgM Antibody Labelling Kits. These kits are able to enhance the labelling process for IgM antibodies, enabling researchers to easily obtain high-performance fluorescent IgM conjugates with minimal hands-on time and no purification after labelling.

Visitor registration is now open for Lab Innovations, the UK’s largest trade exhibition for the laboratory industry. This year’s show, taking place on 1-2 November, 2023, at the NEC, Birmingham, is set to be the biggest Lab Innovations yet, with the show expanding its floorplan following the success of 2022’s show, which saw the highest attendance rate in the show’s history.

StatLab Medical Products, a leading global developer and manufacturer of medical diagnostic equipment and supplies, is expanding across multiple manufacturing sites to support business growth after successful acquisition of two UK-based histology consumables and diagnostic equipment companies in 2021 and 2022.

Record numbers of doctors, nurses, dentists and other healthcare staff will be trained in England as part of the first ever Long Term Workforce Plan published by the NHS and backed by the Government.

Revvity, in collaboration with single-cell genomics company Honeycomb Biotechnologies, has announced the launch of a suite of new solutions and services that expand the frontiers of single-cell biology: the HIVE CLX Single-Cell RNAseq Solution, BeeNetPLUS analysis workflow.

If you haven’t already booked your tickets for IBMS Congress, then now is the time as early booking rates end this weekend, on Sunday 2 July.

Owlstone Medical, the developer of Breath Biopsy for applications in early disease detection and precision medicine, has announced new data on the development of novel tests for the detection of liver disease.

NHS England is encouraging all health and care professionals to move to the new version of an NHS patient record service to enhance the way national patient medical information can be accessed.

The NHS is ‘neither a leader nor a laggard’ when compared to health care systems of similar countries, though on some critical measures of resources and performance the UK is falling well-below average, according to a major new report from The King’s Fund.

Lunaphore Technologies, a Swiss life sciences company developing technology to enable spatial biology in every laboratory, has reached an agreement to be acquired by Bio-Techne Corporation, a global life sciences company providing innovative tools and bioactive reagents for the research and clinical diagnostics communities.

Thorne HealthTech has announced that its NanoDrop device has received CE Mark certification and has successfully fulfilled the European Union's relevant performance, safety and product requirements.

FUJIFILM Irvine Scientific has added the Life Whisperer Genetics module to its Life Whisperer software package (launched in 2021), enabling non-invasive evaluation of embryo genetic integrity during in vitro fertilisation (IVF).

Aiosyn, a medical software company specialising in AI-powered pathology solutions, has released its first AI algorithm in its Mitosis product family: Aiosyn Mitosis Research. The innovative deep-learning algorithm is designed to automatically scan for cells undergoing division to assist research pathology laboratories with mitotic figure detection in whole-slide images from cancer biopsies and resections.

NHS England has appointed a new Chief Information Officer to oversee digital technology across the health service. John Quinn’s key responsibilities will include running and evolving the NHS’s critical technical infrastructure and managing cyber security for national services.

Global diagnostics company Randox has announced the completion of its acquisition of Cellix, a Dublin-based company that develops microfluidic tools and impedance flow cytometers for cell analysis.

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