The world’s most important conference for laboratory automation and drug screening tools, SLAS 2025 International, opens today in San Diego. One of the highlights will be the pitches for the best start-up, the SLAS Ignite Award. European Biotechnology has taken a look at the technologies for you in advance.
Three start-ups grab SLAS New Product Award
Associations, Latest NewsThe British company Semarion Ltd and US start-ups n6 Tec Inc and Portal Biotechnologies Inc were honoured with the New Product Award at the SLAS Conference 2025 in San Diego. The award, presented by the Society for Automation & Drug Screening, recognises pioneering technologies with the potential to transform the industry.
InSimili wins SLAS Ignite Award
Associations, Latest NewsItalian InSimili Srl has been awarded the Ignite Award for the most innovative start-up company in the lab automation sector. The US$5,000 prize was presented by the Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening (SLAS) to the company at SLAS 2025, the leading international conference for lab automation and drug screening
SLAS: automation start ups set to enable P4 medicine
Associations, Latest NewsOn the second day of SLAS 2025, the world’s largest laboratory automation conference in San Diego, the last two finalists of the Ignite Award pitched their business models. Meanwhile, the 10 finalists of the SLAS New Product Award showcased their systems in the Innovation AveNEW area of the exhibition.
Commit Biologics raises additional €5.5m seed financing
Latest NewsDenmark’s complement system activator specialist Commit Biologics A/S has added a €5.5m extension to its €16.5 seed financing. New investor Korys joined Novo Holdings and Bioqube Ventures.
SLAS opens with 409 exhibitors and 6,700 attendees
Associations, Latest NewsThe world’s most important conference for laboratory automation and drug screening tools, SLAS 2025 International, opens today in San Diego. One of the highlights will be the pitches for the best start-up, the SLAS Ignite Award. European Biotechnology has taken a look at the technologies for you in advance.
Swiss AB2 Bio inks US$ 686m license option deal with Nippon Shinyaku
Latest NewsNippon Shinyaku has secured an option to acquire exclusive US rights to commercialize AB2 Bio’s tadekinig alfa to treat primary monogenic IL-18 driven hyperinflammatory syndrome in patients with NLRC4 mutation and XIAP deficiency.
Project Eaden bags €15m to scale up production
Latest NewsBerlin-based food tech start-up Project Eaden is prepared to launch its first plant-based ham product by mid-year in 2,000 REWE supermarkets. A oversubscribes Series A financing laid the basis for this success
Ceres Brain Therapeutics announces €6m financing
Latest NewsParis-based drug delivery specialist Ceres Brain Therapeutics SA has raised €6m led by ANJAC, a French family-owned industrial group and preferred partner of healthcare laboratories and beauty and well-being brands, to support the clinical development neurological treatments.
Medix Biochemica acquires CANDOR Bioscience
Sponsored PublicationsMedix Biochemica expands its offering of critical in vitro diagnostics (IVD) raw materials to premium blockers and stabilizers by acquiring CANDOR Bioscience.
Arctic Therapeutics ASA kicks off with €26.5m Series A round
Latest NewsIceland’s Arctic Therapeutics has secured €26.5m in a Series A financing aimed to push its oral drug candidates AT-O01 and AT-004 into clinical trails in patients with rare amyloid aggregation diseases including Alzheimer’s disease.