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News and Trends 20 Jan 2023

The magical microbiome

By Brittany Niccum and Han Wei Now that we are past the holiday season and time when we might have over-indulged on rich foods, many of us are seeing how we can help our bodies bounce back. Science can help. Every environment – organic or inorganic – has a myriad of microorganisms living on the […]

January 20, 2023 - 6 minutesmins - By External Contributor

News and Trends 17 Jan 2023

Multus Biotechnology closes $9.5M funding to bring cultivated meat closer to price parity

Multus Biotechnology Limited, a U.K.-based start-up creating ingredients for the affordable scale-up of cellular agriculture, has completed a £7.9 million ($9.5 million) funding round led by Mandi Ventures. Other investors include SOSV, Big Idea Ventures and SynBioVen, alongside Asahi Kasei, a global company that contributes to a sustainable society by tackling evolving challenges in materials, […]

January 17, 2023 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 11 Jan 2023

Five key trends shaping life sciences in 2023

By Kevin Wayer, president – government, education, infrastructure and life sciences industries, JLL, and Travis McCready, head of life sciences, industries Americas, JLL After an unprecedented period of growth during the pandemic, life sciences activity normalized in 2022. The life sciences industry has not been immune to the macroeconomic challenges plaguing the global economy, but […]

January 11, 2023 - 5 minutesmins - By External Contributor

News and Trends 5 Jan 2023

Novozymes invests in new energy-saving UV technology

Denmark-headquartered biotech group Novozymes has invested in a new and energy-friendly filtration replacement from Danish Lyras. Novozymes has purchased its first UV system based on the raslysation technology for inactivation of microorganisms. Raslysation is going to improve work environment and reduce energy consumption for the global market leader in industrial enzymes. Novozymes’ new raslysation system […]

January 5, 2023 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 29 Dec 2022

Watch: Zoetis looks for partnerships at BioFIT

Animal health company, Zoetis, has a pipeline of medicines, vaccines, diagnostics and technologies for livestock and pets. Active in more than 100 countries, Zoetis generated revenue of $7.8 billion in 2021, and has approximately 12,100 employees. The company recently announced a collaboration with the partners of the Pastoral Greenhouse Gas Research Consortium, and the New […]

December 29, 2022 - 1 minutemin - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 22 Dec 2022

Japanese companies look to reduce environmental impact

Japanese companies Astellas Pharma Inc., Eisai Co., Ltd., Daiichi Sankyo Company, Limited, and Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited have agreed a collaboration to reduce the environmental impact of pharmaceutical packaging. Based on the agreement, the four companies will aim to promote the use of more environmentally-friendly packaging for pharmaceutical products by sharing knowledge on packaging technologies […]

December 22, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

Startup Scout 19 Dec 2022

Green Bioactives grows medicines in plant cells

Though plants may hold the key to new, effective medicines, sourcing these compounds sustainably is difficult. Green Bioactives devises eco-friendly ways to produce plant-derived drugs via plant cell cultures. For decades, the pharmaceutical industry has designed synthetic small molecule drugs and manufactured them via chemical synthesis. While this approach provides an easy way to supply […]

December 19, 2022 - 4 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith

News and Trends 14 Dec 2022

Spanish company launches to produce melanin from enzymes

A new Barcelona-based company, OXYCO has been created to produce melanin through biocatalysis. OXYCO uses enzymes to produce biomelanin, which is vegan, soluble and its properties can be adjusted to specific needs. Melanin is traditionally not cheap to produce. The most common way to obtain natural melanin is to extract it from sepia ink or […]

December 14, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

Startup Scout 13 Dec 2022

Biomemory is making DNA hard drives cheap and sustainable

The world is running out of ways to store the mountains of data we produce. Biomemory is creating DNA-based hard drives that could store this information cheaply, sustainably and for centuries. Society has advanced very far in technologies to store critical data, moving from punched cards and floppy disks in the 20th century to hard […]

December 13, 2022 - 5 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith

News and Trends 16 Nov 2022

Foodtech company, Wilk, creates first cultured milk fat, cell-based yogurt

Israeli company, Wilk, has today (November 16) announced the successful development of the world’s first yogurt developed with cell-cultured milk fat. The company is a developer of cell-cultured human and animal milk and milk components and this hybrid product has been validated by external laboratories, which Wilk says confirms it meets the necessary chemical and […]

November 16, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Liza Laws

News and Trends 15 Nov 2022

Bel Group and Standing Ovation partner on cheese proteins

Dairy giant Bel Group and start-up Standing Ovation are partnering on incorporating casein milk protein into Bel’s alternative cheese offerings. In September, Bel acquired an equity stake in Standing Ovation. Standing Ovation has developed a precision fermentation process that produces caseins of non-animal origin. These proteins are identical to those present in milk. Standing Ovation’s […]

November 15, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 15 Nov 2022

Fooditive takes world first bee-free honey a step closer

Large scale production trials of the first bee-free honey will start in the New Year thanks to Dutch-based ingredients company, Fooditive. The process of mass-producing a bio-identical honey means that the need to intensively farm honeybees will be eliminated and Fooditive aims to beat a scalable, provenanced supply. Not only will it provide the benefits […]

November 15, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Liza Laws

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Japanese companies look to reduce environmental impact

Green Bioactives grows medicines in plant cells

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