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Valitacell and Solentim announce collaboration to accelerate discovery and development of biologic drugs and advanced cell therapies
Dublin, Ireland and Bournemouth, UK, 21st February 2019 / Sciad Newswire / Valitacell, a biotechnology company transforming cell-based manufacturing, and Solentim, a global leader in cell line development instrumentation, today announce a new collaboration to enable earlier identification of biological candidates and to accelerate the development of breakthrough medicines. Valitacell’s novel in-line analytical profiling technologies and its…
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Mark Johnson joins The RSA Group as Partner

London, UK, 6th February 2019 / Sciad Newswire / The RSA Group, a leading Life Sciences executive search firm, announced today that Mark Johnson has joined the company as a Partner. Mark is a respected life sciences search professional with particular expertise in the cell and gene therapy sector. Mark has significant experience across medical, manufacturing and…
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£30 Million global cardiovascular disease challenge – now open for applications
Call for the world’s greatest minds to tackle the world’s biggest killers The British Heart Foundation’s Big Beat Challenge is now accepting proposals London, UK, 24th January 2019 / Sciad Newswire / The British Heart Foundation (BHF) is today calling for researchers and innovators from around the world to apply for one of the largest research grants of its kind in…
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Hypha Discovery launches new PolyCYPs® kits to support drug development and candidate optimisation

Slough, UK, 22nd January 2018 / Sciad Newswire / Hypha Discovery Limited, a leading microbial biotechnology company specialising in biocatalytic solutions for pharmaceutical and agricultural R&D companies, has launched its new line of PolyCYPs® kits. These provide scientists with a scalable, easy-to-use, oxidative catalytic technology to help meet regulatory safety testing requirements and for optimisation of drug leads prior…
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Solentim and ATUM announce technology collaboration to enable rapid, high expression, stable cell line development
Bournemouth, UK and Newark, CA, USA, 14th January 2019 / Sciad Newswire / Solentim, a global leader in cell line development instrumentation, and bioengineering company ATUM, today announced a technology partnering and collaboration agreement. This agreement creates the most efficient cell line development solution for biotherapeutic drug developers yet, by integrating Solentim’s VIPS™ (verified in-situ plate seeding) hardware for isolating…
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5 easy rules to remember when pitching to media
Most professionals outside of the PR world expect pitching to media to be a breeze. Why wouldn’t the Editor-in-Chief at Nature be interested in how your recombinant DNA technology could improve life in the future, beyond existing technologies? Or why the FT wouldn’t want to include you in its centre pages as the next company to…
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Festival of Genomics returns to London to help shape the future of precision medicine

London, UK, 17th December 2018 / Sciad Newswire / In January, the largest genomics event in the UK will return to London for the fourth time. The Festival of Genomics will be held in the Business Design Centre 23rd-24thJanuary 2019. The event is not only the largest of its kind in the UK, but also the second largest in…
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Christmas Quiz Questions 2018
What plant has the binomial (scientific) name Ilex aquifoliam? Name the substance that makes Christmas trees green? Name the closest star to the Earth? What is a group of millions of stars called? Where did the first Christmas tree in the UK come from? Norway Germany North Pole Christmas Island What do astronomers think the…
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uniQure incorporates novel synthetic promoter developed by Synpromics in new preclinical target
Edinburgh, UK, 5th December 2018 / Sciad Newswire / Synpromics is pleased to hear that its partner, uniQure (NASDAQ:QURE), has announced the incorporation of its promoter, developed by Synpromics, in a new preclinical research target. This follows recent positive data, presented at the ESGCT world congress, demonstrating that this highly selective liver promoter is at least eight times more…
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Season’s Greetings: The Importance of Seasonal PR & Marketing
One simple and effective way to promote your news is to hook on to something already being talked about in the media. Seasons, holidays, awareness days and special events provide a good framework around which to plan content. You can use seasonal opportunities to re-tell your story in a new way, providing a boost to…