Drug Discovery Center of Innovation

Industrial Impact

MeMed | January 10, 2022

MeMed, a leader in host response technologies, announces a $93 million private financing round, bringing total funding in the Company to over $200 million, including support from the U.S. Department of Defense and EU Commission. Funds will be used to scale up manufacturing, accelerate commercialization and expand MeMed’s pioneering host immune response product portfolio. MeMed’s technology suite decodes the body’s immune response within minutes, providing p...

MedTech, Industry Outlook

PRNewswire | June 01, 2023

Mission Bio, Inc., the pioneer in high-throughput single-cell DNA and multi-omics analysis, announced breakthrough improvements to the Tapestri® Platform and its core chemistry that enable highly confident detection of rare cells for a range of applications. With Tapestri® v3 chemistry, researchers can discover tiny numbers of single cells that, until now, easily escaped detection and influenced disease in invisible ways. At the same time, drug developers can use the new capabiliti...

MedTech, Industrial Impact

Bio-Techne | February 15, 2023

On February 14, 2023, Bio-Techne Corporation and Cell Signaling Technology (CST) announced that CST antibodies now have Simple Western™ validation. This will make it easier for researchers from numerous disciplines to study essential molecular signaling pathways on a reliable and validated platform. Accurate data must be obtained quickly and efficiently in order to advance drug discovery and development. This continued collaboration will provide a broader menu of Simple We...

Industrial Impact

Ribbon Biolabs | July 20, 2022

Ribbon Biolabs, the DNA synthesis company, announced that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued U.S. Patent US 2020283756 A1, covering Ribbon Biolabs’ novel method for synthesizing a double stranded polynucleotide, also known as DNA, using a diverse library of oligonucleotides. The patent is the first of its submitted patent applications to be granted to the company, forming the foundation of its IP portfolio covering its long DNA synthesis technology. “ Read More