Bringing a novel life sciences or diagnostics instrument to market is a lengthy and costly undertaking, requiring years of planning and execution. Companies understandably focus much of their energy on initial concept development and reducing the...
Designing and developing a novel lab instrument is a massive undertaking, requiring extensive resources and personnel over multiple years. Many companies therefore choose to partner with an OEM instrument developer to free up internal resources,...
TOPMEDLAB Medical Technology has developed an innovative, immunofluorescence analyzer to meet point-of-care testing needs. This user-friendly instrument offers rapid results and is easy to maintain, making it ideal for situations where time is of...
Many diagnostic laboratories rely on PCR-based tests to identify a range of illnesses, from gastrointestinal and respiratory infections to tropical diseases. However, processing the samples manually can be time consuming and prone to errors,...
Spatial genomics is a rapidly growing field, allowing researchers to explore gene expression in the context of tissue location. Vizgen has developed the MERSCOPE® Platform, the first commercial high multiplexing, high resolution in situ solution to...
Multiple myeloma (MM) remains an incurable blood cancer, but recent advancements in treatment have significantly improved patient prognosis and quality of life. UK-based specialist diagnostic company The Binding Site has developed a new strategy...
Ralf Griebel, Head of the Partnering Business Division
The emergence and outbreak of the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 at the end of 2019 has created an urgent need for testing to help limit the spread of COVID-19. AusDiagnostics has used its patented, multiplexed-tandem PCR technology to develop a test...
The COVID-19 pandemic sweeping the globe has highlighted the need for the rapid development of new diagnostic tests, therapeutics and vaccines in response to emerging infectious diseases. Advanced gene assembly techniques represent a powerful tool...
Spanish company Advanced Wave Sensors (AWSensors) is playing a key role in the pan-European Horizon 2020 LiqBiopSens and Catch-U-DNA projects to develop a new liquid biopsy platform for the early detection of colorectal and lung cancers. An...
Next generation sequencing is now in widespread use throughout the life sciences sector, but the commonly used short-read sequencing methods are often subject to GC base pair bias. Combined with the inherent mapping ambiguity of the short reads,...
Ion channels regulate many physiological processes, as well as playing a role in many diseases, making them a target for 20 percent of registered drugs. Patch clamping remains the gold standard assay for investigating ion channels, but the manual...
Novartis has a long history of working with Tecan’s Partnering Business for the development of automated workstations for blood banking applications.