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EpiGentek | July 10, 2020

New York-based biotechnology firm EpiGentek has released a series of SARS-CoV-2 research assays in combatting the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The two kits focus on studies of SARS-CoV-2 targeted furin or proprotein convertase (PC) cleavage activity. These first-of-its-kind tools can be used to rapidly detect SARS-CoV-2 targeted PC and facilitated proteases using biological samples as well as screen for inhibitors of these enzymes that cleave SARS-CoV-2 proteins. Subsequent implications can be the...

Ori Biotech | October 15, 2020

Ori Biotech Ltd (Ori), a leading innovator in cell and gene therapy (CGT) manufacturing, today announced the successful close of a $30 million Series A financing round, bringing the company's total funding to date to $41 million. The new funding will be used to help bring Ori's innovative manufacturing platform to the market. The Ori platform delivers scalable solutions to flexibly address the critical clinical and commercial manufacturing needs of CGT developers. The Series A investor s...

Halo Labs | June 29, 2020

Halo Labs, a life science instrumentation company developing tools for biologics researchers, today announced it has launched its latest aggregate and particle identification system, called Aura™.Aura is the next generation of the Horizon®, Halo Labs' popular Backgrounded Membrane Imaging (BMI) platform. With as little as 5 µL and a linear range of over 3x106 particles/mL, BMI can count, size, and image aggregates and particles in the subvisible range (>1 μm). The...

FN Media Group | May 08, 2020

The biotech boom is back. After its big breakthrough a few years ago, the biotech industry fell silent. Now, it is in the spotlight once again as smart money races in to back some once-in-a-generation breakthroughs. Mentioned in today's commentary includes: CRISPR Therapeutics AG (NASDAQ: CRSP), Sangamo Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: SGMO), Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT), International Business Machines Corporation (NYSE: IBM), Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL).From exciti...