Ultra-low freezers, or ULTs, are specialised refrige-rating equipment created to store vaccines, medicines, and samples at ultra-low temperatures. By offering storage temperatures ranging from -20°C to -86°C and energy efficiency, B Medical Systems’ ULTs create an ideal environment for the long-term storage of extremely temperature-sensitive biologicals, making its products perfect for use in laboratory or clinical environments.

Lonza will expand its production capacity of Moderna’s mRNA vaccine mRNA1273 at its manufacturing site in Geelen, the Netherlands. 

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has given the green light for vaccination of adolescents with Biontech’s COVID-19 vaccine Comirnaty (BNT162b2).

The Commission study on Novel Genomic Techniques (NGTs) underlines that plants resulting from NGTs have the potential to contribute to a more sustainable food system and support the objectives of the European Green Deal and the Farm to Fork Strategy. At the same time, the study finds that the current GMO legislation, adopted in 2001, is not fit for purpose for these innovative technologies.

IP U.S. reverses stance, backs giving poorer countries access to COVID vaccine patents:
President Joe Biden in May threw his support behind waiving intellectual property rights
for COVID-19 vaccines – very much to the surprise of the biotech world.

The life sciences industry stepped up its pace in the last year to rapidly fill a void in the fight against COVID-19. Solis BioDyne is one of many companies that have experienced a dramatic increase in demand for its solutions during the pandemic – especially for products used in COVID-19 diagnostic tests. The company knew it needed to ramp up production. And time was not on their side.

Senti Biosciences and Bayer subsidiary BlueRock Therapeutics form strategic partnership to combine iPSC and gene circuit-engineered cell therapy platforms.

German-US Anticalin specialist Pieris Pharmaceuticals has bagged $20m upfront for a strategic R&D and license agreement with Genentech, the US branch of Swiss Roche AG.

 

 

Life science associations are calling for ATMPs to be exempted from the strict EU GMO rules, as their different legal interpretations in EU member states are delaying applications for multicentre clinical trials.

Isolating cells from whole blood or LRS cones carries the risk of red blood cell (RBC) contamination, which can have deleterious effects on downstream cell cultures.