INC Research

FierceBiotech | March 06, 2020

The Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center is making its Seattle-based staff work from home in light of the emergence of a cluster of coronavirus cases in the city. The precautionary action comes as biopharma companies are starting to pull back from face-to-face events to cut the risk of their employees catching the virus. As of Thursday, all of Fred Hutch’s Seattle-based employees, bar security and other staff that need to be on campus, are working remotely. Fred Hutch plans to keep the m...

Sartorius | November 03, 2020

Sartorius Stedim Biotech (SSB), a leading partner of the biopharma industry, successfully closed the acquisition of the Slovenian purification specialist BIA Separations. The transaction was completed on November 2, 2020, after receiving the required approvals. "BIA's portfolio is highly complementary to Sartorius Stedim Biotech. We are thus creating an excellent offering for the manufacturing of gene therapies and other advanced therapies, and are pleased to welcome 120 new employees,&...

Industrial Impact

eTheRNA | February 04, 2022

eTheRNA immunotherapies NV ("eTheRNA") is pleased to announce the start of a strategic partnership with Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany with the signing of a Research Agreement. The partnership will investigate the application of eTheRNA's proprietary mRNA design expertise and LNP-delivery platforms to disease areas selected by Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany. The ongoing pandemic has underlined the capability for mRNA vaccines as a new therapeutic modality. eTheRNA an...

Integral Molecular | June 12, 2020

Integral Molecular, the leader in discovering and characterizing antibodies against membrane protein and viral targets, is applying its Membrane Proteome Array (MPA) technology for antibody specificity profiling to promote the rapid development of SARS-CoV-2 therapeutic antibodies.Researchers from Abound Bio and collaborators used the MPA to profile a promising monoclonal antibody that targets and neutralizes SARS-CoV-2 virus with high potency by blocking its binding to the ACE2 protein, t...