Prime Diagnostic Imaging

Labiotech | January 15, 2020

The US company bluebird bio has launched the first gene therapy for the blood disorder transfusion-dependent beta thalassemia in the EU, with a hospital in Germany becoming its first qualified treatment center. Bluebird bio’s gene therapy, branded as Zynteglo, was given conditional market approval by the EU in June 2019. It was the first gene therapy approved to treat people over 12 years of age with all but the most severe form of transfusion-dependent beta thalassemia, a condition that n...

Medical

Salipro Biotech | September 08, 2022

Salipro Biotech AB, a Swedish biotech company with a leading technology platform for the stabilization of membrane proteins for drug development, announced today that its patent entitled "Saposin lipoprotein particles and libraries from crude membranes" has been issued by both the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and by the China National Intellectual Property Administration. The patents cover the company's novel method of direct extraction of membrane proteins from cells or crude ...

Cell and Gene Therapy

LUMICKS | March 24, 2022

LUMICKS, a next generation life science tools company, today announced that a research study published in Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences from the Radboud University Medical Center, led by researchers in the team of Professor G. J. Adema, detailed a novel method to study lead compound effects on immune cell interactions by employing LUMICKS' z-Movi® Cell Avidity Analyzer. The interaction between dendritic cells (DCs) and T cells is a critical step in the activation of...

Cell and Gene Therapy, Industrial Impact

Oxford Nanopore Technologies | February 17, 2023

On February 16, 2023, Oxford Nanopore Technologies announced that it will be furthering its collaboration with UPS Healthcare to expedite the distribution of its Oxford Nanopore DNA/RNA sequencing products and consumables throughout the Asia Pacific region. The collaborative effort will strengthen the supply chain for Oxford Nanopore's portable, real-time DNA sequencing devices in key markets across Asia. By leveraging the specialized healthcare logistics solutions provided ...