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INDUSTRIAL IMPACT

Charles River Laboratories International, Inc. | January 28, 2022

Charles River Laboratories International, Inc. announced the expansion of their strategic partnership with Chicago, Illinois-based SAMDI Tech, Inc. Under the existing partnership, established in 2018, SAMDI Tech clients have access to Charles River’s collection of lead-like compounds for high-throughput screening. The expanded agreement establishes Charles River as the exclusive partner for the promotion of SAMDI Tech’s technology. This partnership will provide Charles River’s ...

INDUSTRIAL IMPACT, DIAGNOSTICS

Vaxxinity, Inc. | March 21, 2023

Vaxxinity, Inc. a U.S. company pioneering the development of a new class of immunotherapeutic vaccines, announced that the first subjects have been dosed in a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled Phase 1 clinical trial of VXX-401, an investigational vaccine designed to lower low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol, a known factor contributing to heart disease, by targeting proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 serine protease (PCSK9). Heart disease remains the leading cau...

MEDICAL

Botanical Solution Inc. | January 18, 2022

Botanical Solution Inc. innovator of sustainable, consistent and cost-effective Advanced Botanical Materials for agricultural and pharmaceutical applications, has successfully closed $6.1 million in a Series A round led by Palo Alto based VC Firm, Otter Capital. This round of funding will enhance BSI’s value proposition by facilitating the geographic expansion of its current botanical-based products and development of a new product pipeline derived from its proprietary biotech platform. Read More

MEDICAL

ABC | May 19, 2022

Advanced BioCatalytics (ABC) is pleased to announce the opening of our new biosurfactant commercial pilot plant in Irvine California. The plant reflects the successful collaboration of the ABC R&D team and Dr. Wenjie Xia, professor of Microbiology at Nankai University in Tianjin China. The commercial pilot plant is the first step in commercial scale up of new glycolipid (biosurfactants) and is the first plant to produce commercial quantities of mannosylerythritol lipids (MEL) in North Americ...