All news articles for October 2021

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AION Labs spots 'unique opportunity' for AI-driven antibody discovery

By Rachel Arthur

AION Labs, a new innovation lab spearheading the adoption of AI technologies and computational science to solve therapeutic challenges, has announced a global call for application to identify biomedical scientists and inventors to form a new startup at...

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Resilience and Harvard University launch five year R&D alliance

By Rachel Arthur

The new alliance will focus on the development and manufacturing of complex medicines including biologics, vaccines, nucleic acids and cell and gene therapies; as well as looking to launch companies to advance the manufacture of such medicines.

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Marken to add Kenya and Ghana to GMP storage network

By Jane Byrne

Marken, the clinical trial logistics subsidiary of UPS Healthcare, is adding significant capacity to support increased demand for its clinical drug supply chain services, particularly for cell and gene clinical trials.

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EMA issues recommendations on COVID-19 vaccine booster shots

By Rachel Arthur

The European Medicine Agency’s human medicines committee (CHMP) says that booster doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine may be considered in people aged 18+, although decisions on who is offered a booster will be made at a national level.