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Interview 26 Jan 2023

Scopio on the future of telehematology

Through full-field digital cell morphology, Scopio Labs’ technology can automate the analysis of tens of thousands of cells at a time. This could mean bringing earlier detection and diagnosis of…

January 26, 2023 - 4 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 22 Dec 2022

Ganymede Bio raises $12.75M for data platform

Ganymede Bio, the cloud infrastructure provider purpose-built for the life sciences and manufacturing industries, has announced a $12.75 million series A funding round, led by Caffeinated Capital. This follows a…

December 22, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

Startup Scout 15 Sep 2022

Adva Biotechnology is using artificial intelligence to manufacture cell therapies

The manufacturing of cell therapies is highly complex, often depending on skilled manual labor. The Israeli startup Adva Biotechnology aims to use automation, optical sensing and artificial intelligence to remove…

September 15, 2022 - 4 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith

News and Trends 20 Jul 2022

BigHat Biosciences raises $75M to design safer, more effective antibodies

A company developing safer, more effective antibody therapies for patients using machine learning and synthetic biology, today (July 20) announced it has raised $75 million in funding. BigHat Biosciences’ series…

July 20, 2022 - 4 minutesmins - By Liza Laws

In Depth 19 Apr 2022

How Augmented Reality Strengthens Biotech Manufacturing

Biotech and pharma companies are starting to implement augmented reality technologies at their manufacturing facilities, bringing forth a whole new world of possibilities. The Covid-19 pandemic has been a catalyst…

April 19, 2022 - 8 minutesmins - By Carlos de Rojas

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News and Trends 18 Jan 2022

Ori Biotech Bags €88M Investment to Automate Cell Therapy Manufacture

The UK company Ori Biotech has raised €88M ($100M) in Series B cash to ease the cell therapy manufacturing bottleneck using automation and standardized data collection. The round was 40%…

January 18, 2022 - 4 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith

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15 Dec 2021

Streamlining Clinical Trial Execution with Robotic Process Automation

Conducting clinical trials on time ensures that innovative treatments can reach patients in need. In the face of logistical challenges caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, the clinical trial sector has…

December 15, 2021 - 6 minutesmins - By Sudha Sundaram

Opinion 10 Nov 2021

Automation Can Solve Diversity Issues in Clinical Trial Recruitment

How can we make clinical trial recruitment more reflective of the real world? Technology is coming to the rescue. The quest for diversity in clinical trials goes to the heart…

November 10, 2021 - 6 minutesmins - By External Contributor

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9 Nov 2021

The Evolving Role of Automation in Gene Therapy Manufacturing

Today, large-scale gene therapy manufacturing faces challenges such as mounting regulatory requirements and the need to improve processes and reduce manual labor and costs. What role will automation play in…

November 9, 2021 - 7 minutesmins - By Sudha Sundaram

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4 Aug 2021

Accelerating Automation and Digitization in Industrial Microbiology

To prevent contamination in biopharmaceutical products, operating procedures have to be carefully monitored throughout the development and manufacturing process. Incorporating automation and robotics into industrial microbiology workflows can help to…

August 4, 2021 - 7 minutesmins - By External Contributor

Interview 22 Feb 2021

How Automation Can Augment Drug Discovery Research

Robotics and artificial intelligence are rapidly changing the way we discover drugs. Martin-Immanuel Bittner, CEO and co-founder of Arctoris, discusses the benefits and challenges of introducing automation in drug discovery…

February 22, 2021 - 8 minutesmins - By External Contributor

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9 Nov 2020

Improving Research Workflows With Digitalized Gel Documentation

Gel documentation is an indispensable part of life science research. Although technological progress has transformed gel-related workflows, some parts still take up a significant amount of scientists' time. The latest…

November 9, 2020 - 6 minutesmins - By Maya Chergova

In Depth 22 Jul 2020

Artificial Intelligence: A Superpower in the Fight Against Covid-19

The rapid spread of Covid-19 around the world has left drug developers with limited time to identify drug candidates to fight the virus. Amid this crisis, artificial intelligence has proven…

July 22, 2020 - 8 minutesmins - By David Kirk

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News and Trends 8 May 2020

€7M Series A To Democratize Genomics with AI-Driven Cloud Software

The UK-based bioinformatics firm Lifebit Biotech has closed a €7M Series A funding round, which will help the startup to accelerate the global market expansion of its AI-driven, cloud-based genomics…

May 8, 2020 - 3 minutesmins - By Laura Cowen

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News and Trends 13 Feb 2020

UK-Swiss Collaboration to Boost Biotech Profits with Automation

A partnership between the UK lab automation company Arctoris and Swiss software firm Molecule aims to make it easier to share drug intellectual property in a time of declining returns…

February 13, 2020 - 3 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith

News and Trends 17 Dec 2018

Series B Boosts British Biotech’s Cell Therapy Automation With €22.6M

The UK company Synthace has raised €22.6M to develop its software platform to automate and improve the manufacturing process in gene and cell therapy. The round, led by Hong Kong-based…

December 17, 2018 - 2 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith

Interview 5 Dec 2018

How Automation Will Enable the Age of Cell Therapy

Scientists in biotech and pharma spend more and more of their valuable time culturing cells manually. Automated cell culture is still not standard in the early research stages, and many…

December 5, 2018 - 5 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

In Depth 14 Nov 2018

Taking Biotech to the Next Level with Laboratory Automation

Automation is slowly taking over our lives, ranging from smart homes to self-driving cars. With experiments becoming ever more complex and datasets more immense, a question that comes to mind:…

November 14, 2018 - 6 minutesmins - By Melanie De Almeida

News and Trends 22 Nov 2017

Streamlining Vaccine R&D with Labflow Automation

In recent years, awareness for the automation of laboratory workflows has increased dramatically. As a result, researchers have worked tirelessly to make the improvement of lab digitalization and sensor technologies…

November 22, 2017 - 5 minutesmins - By External Contributor

News and Trends 2 Oct 2017

Meet the Young CEO of a PCR Workflow Automation Company

He is a young entrepreneur with a fast growing company. His software for the automation of PCR results interpretation in research laboratories has had a rocket start. Here's his story!…

October 2, 2017 - 7 minutesmins - By External Contributor

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