RECENT NEWS

The Validair technical sales team has accepted the top award for business growth and commercial performance from contamination control world leader TSI Inc. at its Channel Partner conference in Spain.

Enalees, a biotech company producing rapid molecular diagnostic tests for the veterinary profession, has announced the official opening of its new proteomics development and production laboratory at the Genopole cluster site (Greater Paris region, France) for production of recombinant proteins and to strengthen R&D for its rapid diagnostic kits to support veterinary professionals.

The NHS has launched a new testing programme to diagnose thousands of people with a genetic condition that increases the chance of developing cancer. Lynch syndrome is an inherited condition that increases the risk of certain cancers, including bowel, ovarian and pancreatic, which can be identified with a genomic test.

The SHOT team has announced its first webinar of 2023 covering a UK Transfusion Laboratory Collaborative (UKTLC) overview, highlights from the UKTLC survey results, latest standards, and available resources.

Genomics England has confirmed its partnership with the inaugural Genomics and Precision Medicine Expo, taking place on 23-24 May 2023 at ExCeL London.

INTEGRA Biosciences has introduced its ‘School of Pipetting’, a new collection of educational presentations for all pipetting queries. The new resource covers a selection of key topics, including basic pipetting techniques, pipette maintenance guidelines and health advice for the prevention of repetitive strain injuries.

Oncology therapeutics company Mosaic Therapeutics has announced the close of its $28 million series A funding round. The company has also appointed former Novartis Oncology SVP Brian Gladsden as CEO.

The first NHS Trust of the PathLAKE Plus consortium has signed an individual contract to adopt Aiforia PD-L1 AI model for lung cancer in clinical diagnostics. The duration of the contract is three years, with a possible three-year extension.

Capitainer has launched a fully automated sample handler that enables large-scale screening and diagnostics using the company’s self-sampling products. This technology effectively cuts down on the number of manual steps and reduces the time that laboratory staff spend preparing Capitainer samples for analysis.

MUJN Diagnostics – a subsidiary of PanGenomic Health – is partnering with Portland, Oregon-based medical diagnostic device company Hemex Health to develop a diagnostics system, which can be used to support patients being treated with alternative therapies for brain health.

The IBMS Congress continues to provide as many options to attend its highly popular programmes as it is possible to cram into a comprehensive four-day programme.

PHC and NovaScan have announced the launch of a collaboration through which they will seek to explore the feasibility of MarginScan, an investigational ex vivo medical device that will seek to support clinicians in detecting non-melanoma skin cancers (NMSC).

CrestOptics, a manufacturer of high-end microscopy solutions and advanced systems for fluorescence microscopy and diagnostic applications, has announced the launch of CICERO, its new spinning disk confocal microscope system. Focusing on the essential elements of epifluorescence and confocal microscopy, CICERO has been developed to make high-end imaging accessible to the wider scientific community by providing a compact and cost-effective system for powerful imaging solutions.

Routine monitoring at sewage treatment works could provide a powerful early warning system for the next influenza or norovirus epidemic.

Register now for the British Society for Microbial Technology (BSMT) 38th Annual Microbiology Conference, as early bird booking rates are only available until 10 April.

Lunaphore, a Swiss life-sciences company developing technology to enable spatial biology in every laboratory, has expanded its COMET platform and product suite, which now includes a wide range of tools and applications across all research and drug development stages.

A consultation is open on recommendations that NHS England should collect and process information on healthcare activity carried out at private hospitals. Plans to create a single source of healthcare data in England to improve the quality of care for patients are the focus of a consultation which is part of the Acute Data Alignment Programme (ADAPt).

Register now for the British Society for Microbial Technology (BSMT) 38th Annual Microbiology Conference, as early bird booking rates are available until 10 April.

Source Genomics is the first UK-based commercial service provider of Olink Proteomics. The company has partnered with Olink to maximise the power of proteomics, providing high-throughput and scalable biomarker discovery for laboratory projects with unparalleled specificity.

Fujirebio has announced the availability of the Lumipulse G NfL CSF and Lumipulse G NfL Blood assays for the fully automated random-access LUMIPULSE G immunoassay systems.