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eCTD Solutions Appoints New CEO and Changes Name to Highlight Expanded Capability
Sunny Ayr Holdings, a group of healthcare product solutions companies, is pleased to announce the change of the name of eCTD Solutions Ltd. to Omni Early Development Services and the appointment of Mark Marino, MD as Partner and Chief Executive Officer of the early product development solutions provider. - May 19, 2021 - Sunny Ayr Holdings
Advanced Silicon Group Closes Seed Preferred Equity Offering and Adds Alan Watson and Sarah Kelly to Board
Advanced Silicon Group, Inc. (ASG), a pioneer in silicon nanotechnology focused on developing novel biosensors, announced today the closing of a $1,020,000 seed preferred stock offering led by Cherrystone Angel Group with participation by MIT Alumni Angels of Northern California, Sidecar Angels and other private investors and the addition of two new Directors, Alan Watson, PhD, MBA and Sarah Kelly, PhD to its Board of Directors. - May 16, 2021 - Advanced Silicon Group
Cayman Develops Powerful, New Multiplex ELISA for Autoantibody Detection
Cayman Chemical's new Q-Plex™ Autoantibody Detection 10-Plex Panel, developed in collaboration with Quansys Biosciences, offers standardized, multiplex capabilities for the concurrent analysis of ten prominent analytes associated with rheumatoid arthritis or other autoimmune diseases. This... - May 16, 2021 - Cayman Chemical Company
Cayman Adds Nordic BioSite as Trusted Distributor
Cayman Chemical’s complete assay kit, protein, antibody, and biochemical portfolio is now more accessible to Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, and the Baltic countries as well as Russia through a distribution agreement with Nordic BioSite. Headquartered in Täby, Sweden, Nordic... - February 10, 2021 - Cayman Chemical Company
AltuCell Therapeutics Announces Proof-of-Concept in Lead Programs in Type 1 Diabetes in Human Subjects; Phase 1 Pilot in Humans Has IND Approval & Trial to Begin Shortly
AltuCell Therapeutics, Inc., AltuCell announced today the achievement of approval of IND in Italy after pre-clinical proof-of-concept based on data from its two lead programs for type 1 diabetes testing of cadaver stem cell-derived islets in both human and non-human subjects. Their capsules have been implanted in people with diabetes for 5 year, demonstrating long-term safety, with no toxicity or tissue necrosis, and no rejection in any of the patients treated. - January 15, 2021 - AltuCell Therapeutics
Cayman Breaks Ground on State-of-the-Art Facility Projecting Future Growth in R&D
Cayman held a groundbreaking ceremony to start the buildout of a $20 million research and development facility at its headquarters in Ann Arbor, MI. - November 07, 2020 - Cayman Chemical Company
3Sixty Pharma Solutions Announces Successful Approval of FDA Investigational New Drug Application
3Sixty Pharma Solutions LLC., www.3sixtypharma.com, has announced the successful submission to FDA, and approval of, an Investigational New Drug (IND) Application on behalf of one of its clinical-stage biotech clients. 3Sixty Pharma Solutions’ 360 Start-Up arm continues to be committed to... - October 15, 2020 - 3Sixty Pharma Solutions
Cayman Receives SBIR Grant for Alzheimer’s Research
The National Institute on Aging (NIA) has awarded Cayman Chemical with a Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant to develop an assay platform and novel antibodies to support the treatment, prevention, and early diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease and other tauopathies. - October 10, 2020 - Cayman Chemical Company
New eClinical Platform Strategic Analysis & Competitive Landscape Report
Survey Quantifies eClinical Platform Use and Satisfaction and Identifies Dramatic Perceptual Changes - August 26, 2020 - Life Science Strategy Group, LLC
Grants Available for Undergraduate Students Seeking Research Experience
Cayman Biomedical Research Institute (CABRI) is now accepting applications from undergraduate students who have been offered an unpaid laboratory research position under an accredited principal investigator. Applications will be accepted until September 20, 2020, for awards to be distributed by November 2, 2020. Grants range from $2,000 - $5,000 and may be awarded as individual or group grants. - August 19, 2020 - Cayman Chemical Company
Cayman and GenScript Partner to Offer Neoantigen Profiling and Synthesis Expertise
Cayman and GenScript have come together to create a complete package of neoantigen discovery services. Through combined efforts, MHC-associated peptides are identified and verified as immunogenic to guide peptide synthesis for vaccine development. “Cayman provides a complete workflow enabling... - August 15, 2020 - Cayman Chemical Company
Microvascular Therapeutics Receives NIH SBIR Phase I Funds for Its Alzheimer Program
Microvascular Therapeutics (MVT), a biotechnology company based in Tucson, AZ, was recently awarded a Phase I Small Business Innovation Research grant from the National Institute of Aging (NIA), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Wyatt Unger, MD, MBA, President and CEO of MVT said,... - August 03, 2020 - Microvascular Therapeutics, Inc.
Microvascular Therapeutics Receives NIH SBIR Phase I Funds for Its Program to Treat Heart Attack
Microvascular Therapeutics (MVT), a biotechnology company based in Tucson, AZ, was recently awarded a Phase I Small Business Innovation Research grant from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), a part of the National Institutes of Health. Wyatt Unger, MD, MBA, President and CEO of... - July 31, 2020 - Microvascular Therapeutics, Inc.
Part B Access for Seniors and Physicians (ASP) Coalition Statement Regarding the Trump Administration’s Recently Announced Executive Order
The Part B Access for Seniors and Physicians (ASP) Coalition released the following statement regarding the Trump Administration’s recently announced Executive Order: “In a letter to lawmakers in 2018, the ASP Coalition warned about the International Pricing Index Model (IPI) and the... - July 24, 2020 - Part B Access for Seniors and Physicians Coalition
EUPROTEIN Launched the Supreme Humanly-Expressed Proteins to Help Research in SARS-CoV-2
EUPROTEIN Inc., the expert in mammalian expressed protein, has launched the full set of their top-quality recombinant proteins to help researchers around the world for their studies towards this global pandemic. These protein are expressed in human mammalian cells, which inherently is of superior quality compared to those expressed from E. Coli. - July 09, 2020 - EUPROTEIN Inc.
40 Women Researchers Receive $40,000 in Grants from Cayman and CABRI
Each year during Women’s History Month, Cayman provides travel grants to help women researchers attend conferences to benefit from and contribute to the larger scientific community. This year, because the COVID-19 pandemic caused most conferences to cancel or postpone and many academic labs to close, Cayman introduced a new program to help support women in research. A record high of forty women will benefit from Cayman’s Women in Research program this year. - July 01, 2020 - Cayman Chemical Company
AdvantaPure(R) Now Offers GORE(R) STA-PURE(R) Pump Tubing, an Industry Staple for Single-Use Biotech and Pharmaceutical Processes
AdvantaPure is now a systems integrator of GORE STA-PURE Pump Tubing, Series PCS. The AdvantaPure team is expert at molding connections for tubing assemblies and can overmold GORE STA-PURE Pump Tubing as the pump element in biopharm and pharmaceutical assemblies. The overmolding process results in a smooth contact surface for optimal fluid flow. GORE STA-PURE Pump Tubing connects to any of AdvantaPure’s AdvantaSil(R) platinum-cured silicone tubing using overmolding technology. - June 17, 2020 - AdvantaPure
Bio Bench is Cooperating with Helixar Biosciences for the Europe and US Market
Bio Bench has started a partnership with Helixar Biosciences to support its Europe and North America market development. - June 09, 2020 - Bio Bench
AB BIOINNOVATIONS, Inc. Announces a Ground-Breaking Alternative to Antibiotics
The AB BIOINNOVATIONS, Inc. Antibacterial and Anti-inflammatory strips 1. Immediately resolve the very infection (including antibiotic-resistant bacteria), which its color indicator has detected; 2. AB BIO compound also immediately addresses inflammation at the site, thus suppressing pain, swelling, and discomfort. - June 03, 2020 - AB BIOINNOVATIONS, Inc.
New COVID-19 Impact on Biopharmaceutical Industry & CRO Outsourcing Report
Survey Quantifies Current and Expected impact of COVID-19 on Clinical Development and CRO Outsourcing - April 30, 2020 - Life Science Strategy Group, LLC
Rare Diseases Research Funded by $220,000 in Grants from CABRI
In its ongoing commitment to funding research for new treatments for rare diseases, Cayman Biomedical Research Institute (CABRI) has announced its principle investigator and undergraduate awardees for the 2020 academic year. “We are excited to support these scientists actively researching... - March 12, 2020 - Cayman Chemical Company
Announcing Vegan Skincare Products from Moongate Botanicals
Sharon Yancey founded Moongate Botanicals in Austin, Texas after struggling to find products that matched her lifestyle. Moongate Botanicals skincare products are vegan, cruelty-free, and eco-friendly. These products do not contain petroleum-based ingredients, harmful chemicals, and synthetic fragrances. - March 03, 2020 - Moongate Botanicals
Australian-Based Skin Matrix Skin Care Launches New Skin Perfection Serum
Skin Matrix Skin Care, a Newcastle, Australian-based company specializing in creating skin care products that are healing, protective, and enhancing, is launching a new product called Skin Perfection Serum - February 28, 2020 - Skin Matrix Skin Perfection Serum
3Sixty Pharma Solutions Partners with Westchester Biotech Project
Leveraging its “360Start-Up” Powerhouse to Grow a Dynamic Non-Profit for Scientists - January 11, 2020 - 3Sixty Pharma Solutions
3Sixty Pharma Solutions Announces Successful Submission of Start-Up Biotech Investigational New Drug Application
3Sixty Pharma Solutions LLC, www.3sixtypharma.com, last week announced the successful submission to FDA of its first Investigational New Drug (IND) Application on behalf of one of its start-up biotech clients. This news comes on the heels of the formal organization in 2018 of 3Sixty Pharma... - December 16, 2019 - 3Sixty Pharma Solutions
RetroMAD1, the World's First Antiviral Protein, Saves Cats Suffering from Feline Leukemia, a Disease Once Thought Incurable
Biovalence Technologies owns a proprietary recombinant proteomic technology platform that covers around 100 different proteins with potential antiviral therapeutic. The company’s mission is to save lives by applying recent advancement in genomics and proteomics on infectious diseases that have no cure today. - December 05, 2019 - Biovalence Technologies Pte Ltd
Cayman Awarded 1.5 Million Dollar SBIR Grant
The NIH’s National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal & Skin Diseases (NIAMS) has awarded Cayman Chemical with a Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant to develop its patented small molecule bone repair agent KMN-159. - September 25, 2019 - Cayman Chemical Company
Biosynthetic Technologies Inks Patent License Agreement with Cayman Chemical for the Global Pharmaceutical and R&D Markets
Biosynthetic Technologies (BT) today announced it has signed on with Cayman Chemical for the production and distribution of novel Estolide compounds for pharmaceutical testing applications. BT is excited to partner with Cayman Chemical to provide discovery and pre-clinical development services to... - September 05, 2019 - Cayman Chemical Company
New Research Benchmarks Clinical Investigator Satisfaction with Pharma Sponsors and Central Laboratories
8-year Study Tracks Central Lab Performance and Identifies Covance as Leading the Way in Clinical Investigator Satisfaction. - August 13, 2019 - Life Science Strategy Group, LLC
Multiplex ELISAs Offer Powerful Profiling Capabilities
Cayman now offers multiplex immunoassay technology powered by Quansys Biosciences. This line of fully quantitative Q-Plex™ multiplex ELISAs and chemiluminescent Q-View™ imagers provides a highly sensitive means to simultaneously measure multiple markers using a single sample. - June 22, 2019 - Cayman Chemical Company
New Research Benchmarks Pharma’s Changing Utilization of Real-World Evidence (RWE) and Its Impact on Contract Research Organizations (CROs)
Study Tracks Utilization of Real-World Data (RWD), Real-World Evidence (RWE) and Supportive Services and Implications to CROs. - June 11, 2019 - Life Science Strategy Group, LLC
Matreya, LLC is Now a Part of Cayman Chemical Company to Better Serve the Lipid Community
Cayman Chemical, an industry-leading supplier of bioactive lipids, analytical standards, and contract lipidomic services, announced today that it has acquired Matreya, LLC, a lipid biochemical company located in State College, Pennsylvania, with strengths in synthesis, extraction, and purification of natural products. Matreya stocks a wide selection of high-purity sphingolipids, phospholipids, fatty acids and esters, and sterols to be used as research standards. - June 05, 2019 - Cayman Chemical Company
Plant-Based Weight Loss Pill Calocurb Rapidly Expands Globally
The ground-breaking plant-based dietary supplement calocurb™ is rapidly expanding internationally. Last week Iceland joined the list of countries that the supplement is now available in, which includes the United States, China and New Zealand. According to calocurb’s maker –... - May 31, 2019 - Calocurb
BPOG Extractables Testing of AdvantaPure(R)’s Key Silicone and TPE Tubing Products is Complete; Test Results Help Drug Manufacturers Compare Tubing
BioPhorum Operations Group extractables testing was recently completed on several of AdvantaPure’s tubing and hose products. The fluid transfer products are typically used in biopharm and pharmaceutical manufacturing processes. The Group’s standardized extractables test protocol was followed and performed by an independent lab and involved testing to four different exposure times as long as 70 days. The comprehensive testing was undertaken by AdvantaPure to meet customer requests. - May 31, 2019 - AdvantaPure
New Xcenda White Paper Discusses Why the International Pricing Index Model is Not the Answer to Reforming Medicare Part B
White Paper Highlights Impact of IPI Model on Patients and Health Care Providers - May 09, 2019 - Part B Access for Seniors and Physicians Coalition
Announcing Protectival - A Natural Way to Boost the Immune System and Enhance Cellular Health
After 15 year of research in collaboration with renowned Oncologists and Scientists, LifeBiotic is launching Protectival, a natural product boosting immunity and cellular health. - January 26, 2019 - Lifebiotic
Bioquark Inc. and Ectocrine Technologies LLC to Collaborate on Mosquito-Derived Health Product Development
The common mosquito, while being responsible for up to a million human deaths each year, may paradoxically also hold biochemical secrets to cure diseases that effect hundreds of millions of people around the globe. - January 12, 2019 - Bioquark Inc.
Patient & Provider Groups Oppose Legislation to Enable International Reference Pricing for Seniors’ Drugs
Coalition believes proposal by Sen. Sanders, Reps. Khanna and Cummings is likely to restrict access to lifesaving medicines and lead to adverse unintended consequences. - January 11, 2019 - Part B Access for Seniors and Physicians Coalition
339 Groups Urge Congress to Halt International Pricing Index Model
Part B Access for Seniors and Physicians Coalition-organized letter highlights model’s threats to patient choice and American healthcare innovation. - December 18, 2018 - Part B Access for Seniors and Physicians Coalition
New Report: ASP Rates Do Not Encourage Doctors to Prescribe High-Cost Drugs.
Coalition stresses findings of new report as policymakers consider potentially harmful changes to the Medicare Part B program - December 18, 2018 - Part B Access for Seniors and Physicians Coalition
AdvantaPure(R) Introduces AdvantaSil(TM) Ultra Low Temperature Silicone Tubing That’s Engineered for Temperatures as Low as -112°C
New AdvantaSil Ultra Low Temperature Silicone Tubing is designed to aid pharmaceutical and biopharm manufacturers with protecting their high-value cell and drug products. The platinum-cured tubing is engineered for Single-Use applications involving cold storage and transport. It’s the first commercially-available tubing engineered for flexibility and crush resistance upon removal from a minus 86 degrees C freezer. A video on AdvantaPure’s website shows the test procedures and results. - November 01, 2018 - AdvantaPure
Columbia University Announces Formation of CuRAGE Therapeutics; Lead Candidate CR-3 Monoclonal Antibody Being Developed for the Treatment of Peripheral Artery Disease
Company to Present at NYC Invitation-Only VC Event Oct. 30 - October 06, 2018 - CuRAGE Therapeutics
Cayman Partners with LIPID MAPS® to Support Continued Development of Key Lipidomic Research Resources
Cayman has increased its financial support of the LIPID MAPS® Lipidomics Gateway. The newly launched LIPID MAPS® website (June 2018) provides easy access to free tools and resources, including a searchable lipid structure database (with over 43,000 entries), mass spectrometry spectra prediction tools, lipid structure drawing tools, experimental protocols, systems biology pathway maps, statistical analysis tools, and a curated lipid standards database. - July 21, 2018 - Cayman Chemical Company
New Assay for Immunology Research Quantifies cGAS-Produced 2’3’-cGAMP in Cells
Sensitive and direct measurement of cGAMP levels in cell lysates is now possible with Cayman’s much-anticipated 2’3’-cGAMP ELISA Kit. Developed by Cayman scientists, in conjunction with expert nucleotide scientists at Biolog Life Science Institute in Germany, this competitive... - July 20, 2018 - Cayman Chemical Company
AdvantaPure® Introduces New Case Studies on Tubing, Closures and Molded Assemblies; Each Study Describes Processing Problems, Customer Goals, and Product Solutions
Three new case studies from AdvantaPure highlight fluid transfer challenges in the biopharm and pharmaceutical industries. One study explores leak-proof container systems coupled with the goal of foam reduction. Another focuses on Single-Use molded tubing assemblies in a final fill application. The third examines how a customer decided between movable totes and two styles of clean room wall pass-through systems. - July 14, 2018 - AdvantaPure
AdvantaPure® Completes Full BPOG Extractables Testing of Several Silicone and TPE Tubing Products; Provides Drug Manufacturers with Extensive Test Results for Comparison
Tubing manufacturer AdvantaPure announces the completion of BPOG testing on three of its tubing lines used for biopharm and pharmaceutical applications. Two styles of silicone tubing – standard and high pressure – and the company’s weldable and sealable TPE tubing now offer full BPOG test results for extractable compounds. Tests were performed by a fully-accredited, third-party test lab using a variety of analytical techniques. Results are available upon request. - June 14, 2018 - AdvantaPure
AdvantaPure(R) Contributes to Newly-Released Forecasting and Supply Planning Guide from BPOG; Combined Effort Aims to Improve Forecasting and Demand Planning
BPOG, the BioPhorum Operations Group, recently developed a best practices guide on forecasting and demand planning involving the biopharmaceutical industry. The guide, a collaborative effort involving biomanufacturers and suppliers, is available from BPOG’s website. It aims to help manufacturers and their vendors improve understanding and communication regarding each other’s needs. A self-assessment tool for measuring companies’ current planning processes is also available from the site. - June 01, 2018 - AdvantaPure
Clinical Trial Published in the International Journal of Oral Maxillofacial Implants Demonstrates Less Pain and Higher Quality Bone with Snoasis Medical's BioXclude®
Snoasis Medical, the market leader in placental tissue allografts for tissue repair and regeneration in dental-oral maxillofacial surgery, announced today the publication of the first peer-reviewed randomized controlled clinical trial of its Purion® processed de-epithelized amnion-chorion allograft membrane (BioXclude®) in the International Journal of Oral Maxillofacial Implants. - April 19, 2018 - Snoasis Medical
New Purpose-Built MaxSpec™ Standards Available for Quantitative Mass Spectrometry Analysis
Cayman Chemical has launched a new line of ready-to-use, quantitative lipid standards prepared specifically for mass spectrometry applications. This new line of MaxSpec™ analytical standards complements Cayman’s high-purity, basic research tools that researchers have been using for more... - April 18, 2018 - Cayman Chemical Company
Second Patent Awarded for AdvantaPure(R)’s AdvantaPass(R) Clean Room Wall Pass-Through System
AdvantaPure has been issued a second U.S. patent for its AdvantaPass technology. The system maintains the separation of room atmospheres to minimize contamination risks in biopharm and pharmaceutical processing. Improvements that warranted the second patent include welded wall portals, the elimination of adhesives and sealants and adjustable wall flanges. The upgrades offer users more options regarding mounting and using the system. - April 06, 2018 - AdvantaPure