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Biointron Insights: Antibody Industry Report (Q1 2025 Insights, Trends & Analysis)
By CLS Member: Biointron
04/09/25 – Biointron’s Q1 2025 antibody report aims to explore the events and trends of the biopharmaceutical industry in 2025 (January, February, March). This quarter, 6 novel monoclonal antibody drugs have been approved by at least one regulatory agency around the world: three from China, two from the EU, and one from Australia. Read more here!

Wacker Biotech Announces Strategic Collaboration with RNAV8 Bio to Enhance mRNA Therapeutics Development
By CLS Member: Wacker Biotech
04/03/25 – Wacker Biotech, a leading contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) wholly owned by Wacker Chemie AG, today announced a strategic collaboration with RNAV8 Bio, a Boston-based pioneer in mRNA engineering. The collaboration is aimed at progressing the development and production of mRNA-based advanced therapies for the biopharma industry. Read more here!

Why Sustainable Labs Can’t Wait
By CLS Member: Arcondis
03/27/25 – While global environmental change, including climate change, is now widely recognised, the healthcare sector has only recently begun to fully acknowledge its impact on the environment. The sector is still in the early stages of identifying necessary changes and taking actions to significantly address and reduce its impact. With time running out, the healthcare sector must urgently address sustainability. Read more here!

Pitching Gastroenterology Advancements QuickFire Challenge
By CLS Member: Johnson & Johnson
03/25/25 – We are proud to announce the launch of the Pitching Gastroenterology Advancements #QuickFireChallenge. This is your chance to showcase your ideas with potential to transform the future of gastrointestinal (GI) disease treatment. Innovators worldwide are invited to submit novel approaches to modulating gut barrier function and integrity towards achieving epithelial barrier homeostasis and healing, including novel approaches and targets to prevent or repair epithelial damage, and methods for assessing barrier function/dysfunction. Innovators with the most promising ideas will have an opportunity to showcase their science, either in person or virtually, to a panel of Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine Immunology leaders during the 2025 Digestive Disease Week (DDW) Conference in San Diego, CA, May 3-6, 2025. Read more here!

Sapio Sciences Makes AI-Native Drug Discovery Seamless with NVIDIA BioNeMo
By CLS Member: Sapio Sciences
03/19/25 – Sapio Sciences, the science-aware™ lab informatics platform, today announced the integration of the NVIDIA BioNeMo platform into the Sapio Lab Informatics Platform. This integration brings AI-driven computational drug discovery directly into Sapio ELN (Electronic Lab Notebook), helping to streamline workflows and improve decision-making in drug discovery. Read more here!

The Top 10 Questions You Should Be Asking Your CPA This Tax Season
By CLS Member: Withum
03/18/25 – Navigating the complex landscape of tax regulations in the life sciences and technology industries requires a knowledgeable CPA and a proactive approach to identifying tax-saving opportunities and ensuring compliance. Read more here!

Montara Therapeutics Closes $20M Oversubscribed Seed Expansion, Appoints Troy Wilson as Chairman of the Board
By CLS Member: Montara Therapeutics
03/13/25 – Montara Therapeutics, a biotech company pioneering brain-selective therapies for CNS diseases, today announced the closing of a $20 million oversubscribed expansion of its Series Seed financing. The round, which brings Montara’s total seed funding to $28 million, includes increased participation from all existing investors. Read more here!

Regeneron Science Talent Search 2025 Awards More Than $1.8 Million to High School Seniors for Innovative Scientific Research on Classifying Objects in Space, Treating a Rare Muscle Disease and Solving a Long-Standing Math Problem
By CLS Member: Regeneron Pharmaceuticals
03/11/25 – Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: REGN) and Society for Science (the Society) announced that Matteo Paz,18, of Pasadena, CA, won the top award of $250,000 in the 2025 Regeneron Science Talent Search, the U.S.’s oldest and most prestigious science and math competition for high school seniors. Read more here!
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Content Archive
- 02/26/25 – Sanker IP – ACI Life Sciences AI Summit in New York City
- 02/24/25 – Medtronic – Medtronic earns U.S. FDA approval for the world’s first Adaptive deep brain stimulation system for people with Parkinson’s
- 02/20/25 – MaxCyte – MaxCyte Signs Strategic Platform License with TG Therapeutics to Advance its Autoimmune Cell Therapeutics Programs
- 02/18/25 – Sapio Sciences – Sapio Sciences Expands Leadership Team to Drive Growth
- 02/11/25 – IFLI – A Transformative Year in Advancing Patient Outcomes and Research Breakthroughs
- 02/06/25 – Icarus Therapeutics – The Evolution of Decentralized Clinical Trials: Blending Innovation and Regulation in the Digital Age
- 02/06/25 – APD Ltd. – Navigating CMC Pitfalls
- 02/04/25 – Sapio Sciences – Sapio Sciences Selected by LabConnect to Transform Laboratory Operations
- 02/03/25 – MaxCyte – MaxCyte® Acquires SeQure Dx to Broaden Cell Engineering Offerings with On-target and Off-target Editing Assessments
- 01/29/25 – Sloane Partners – Erik Fink Named co-CEO at Slone Partners
- 01/29/25 – Kelly Science & Clinical – 2025 Hiring Outlook and Trend Report
- 01/28/25 – Sapio Sciences – Schrödinger Selects Sapio Sciences to Enhance In Silico Drug Discovery From Plasmid to Structure
- 01/14/25 – Sapio Sciences – Sapio Sciences Achieves Hébergeur de Données de Santé (HDS) Certification
- 01/14/25 – Sapio Sciences – Sapio Sciences Announces Enhanced Capabilities for Chemistry, Immunogenicity, GMP and Molecular Biology
- 01/13/25 – Flannery Sales Systems – Proactive New Business Development: Fill The Pipeline!
- 01/07/25 – Guardant Health – Guardant Health Shield Platform Selected for Inclusion in National Cancer Institute’s Vanguard Study to Evaluate Emerging Technologies for Multi-Cancer Detection
- 12/12/24 – Withum – Are Patent Litigation Expenses Relating to ANDA Tax Deductible?
- 12/09/24 – Phastar – Phastar Scoops Prestigious 2024 Scrip Award
- 12/03/24 – Sapio Sciences – evitria Partners with Sapio Sciences to Streamline Antibody Workflow Management and Reporting
- 11/26/24 – Tangibly – Announcing QuickStart, the Key Building Blocks to Launch a Trade Secret Program
- 11/25/24 – IRBM – IRBM Group Achieves Gold Rating for Sustainability from EcoVadis
- 11/19/24 – Gladstone Institutes – Gladstone President Deepak Srivastava Named 2024 Distinguished Citizen by Commonwealth Club World Affairs
- 11/18/24 – Sapio Sciences – Sapio Sciences Collaborates with Waters Corporation to Improve Efficiency of Laboratory Operations
- 11/07/24 – Flannery Sales Systems – How to Establish Value in Life Sciences Sales
- 11/05/24 – Otsuka – Family caregivers perform six-figure work for free
- 10/31/24 – Ansell – Exclusive Educational Opportunity for Members
- 10/29/24 – APC Ltd – De-Coupling Process Development from Manufacturing
- 10/29/24 – Sapio Sciences – Sapio Sciences Enhances Bioanalysis LIMS and ELN with Advanced Immunogenicity Capabilities
- 10/25/24 – Biointron – Biointron Insights: Antibody Industry Report (Q3 2024 Insights, Trends & Analysis)
- 10/16/24 – Labcon – Labcon Receives My Green lab Award
- 10/15/24 – Sapio Sciences – Sapio Sciences Enhances Bioanalysis LIMS and ELN with Advanced Immunogenicity Capabilities
- 10/10/24 – Expression Systems – Whitepaper from the University of Waterloo, Canada
- 10/10/24 – MaxCyte – MaxCyte Appoints Ali Soleymannezhad as Chief Commercial Officer