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The COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated how vulnerable human beings and societies are to a new infectious disease, and how important the life science industry is to come up with diagnostic and therapeutic solutions.

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Boehringer Ingelheim has acquired Texan biotech Abexxa Biologics Inc., further expanding its cancer immunotherapy pipeline.

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Following the $39bn Alexion buy-out completed in July, AstraZeneca plc announced it will invest €307m in the company’s producion site near Dublin.

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Bayer AG has joined forces with young Danish biotech Gubra ApS in a research collaboration and license agreement for the development of peptide therapeutics to treat cardiorenal diseases.

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The Novo Nordisk Foundation is investing US$47.5m into a research collaboration with the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, intending to dive into the disease mechanisms of diabetes and obesity.

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UK-based DNA synthesis specialist Touchlight Ltd has extended a funding round to  a current aggregate total of US $125m.

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Royal DSM is backing Meatable, the cultivated meat start-up, in order to develop growth media for cultivated meat.

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mRNA technology has revolutionized vaccine development. What are the chemical components that make up a typical mRNA vaccine and what are their functions? What analytical testing can be done to support this?

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CAD is a universal detector able to detect all non-volatile, and many semi-volatile analytes. This uniform response enables accurate quantitation of most excipients in a vaccine formulation.  

Laboratorium für Klinische Forschung (LKF): Co-Founder and CEO Bärbel Wilke, Picture: LKF

This year LKF Central Laboratory, which specialises in international clinical trials, celebrates its 30th anniversary. Although size and services have developed significantly since the beginning, LKF´s corporate philosophy is still the same. With its dedicated team, LKF supports clinical trials with an individual and study-oriented, flexible approach with consistent high-quality laboratory standards.