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Pharmaceutical firms warming up to outsourcing: ReAgent

Outsourcing Pharma

A leader from the chemical manufacturing firm notes pharma companies are showing increased interest in contracting out their manufacturing functions.

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BenchSci raises $50m to grow AI-powered R&D platform

pharmaphorum

The Toronto-based company already counts many of the world’s largest pharma companies among its customers, using its platform for a range of tasks such as improving reagent and antibody selection to help scientists run more successful experiments, drawing on data from published studies and organisations’ internal databases.

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Yale-NBA Partnership Results in FDA Approval for COVID-19 SalivaDirect Test

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Instead of RNA extraction, the Yale test involves use of a reagent that when mixed with a saliva sample and heated for a short period of time, releases the viral genome for subsequent detection with PCR. Having a test that requires less reagents and resources, such as the RNA extraction kits, increases capabilities for increased testing.

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Listicle: Maximising outsourcing models beyond time and cost

Drug Discovery World

Minimising reagent consumption and costs. Company Z must ask questions to assess the four stages of their drug discovery project: How long will it take to develop an assay suitable for screening? How much time to prepare sufficient materials and reagents for screening? Completing the project by a defined deadline.

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Turning science into business: An optimised alternative to antibodies

Drug Discovery World

Addressing this need in the market has allowed us penetration to work with 75% of the top twenty pharma companies. This project still acts as a robust proof-of-concept for the potential of our technology in diagnostics and as assay reagents. Does the use of automation allow the company to maintain lower staff levels?

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Transitioning Between Academia and Industry: Advice from Leading Scientists That Made the Switch

XTalks

Moreover, Dr. Lin explains that in an academic lab, you are supposed to do everything – from ordering reagents, to washing dishes to doing an in vitro study for a project and then the in vivo work, through to completion. But in companies, you cannot do that. Now she says that she completely appreciates the focus of industry.

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BioSpace Global Roundup, Oct. 15

The Pharma Data

Under the terms of the non-exclusive agreement FASMAC acquires the right to use CRISPR/Cas9 technology and commercialize tools and reagents associated with it. ERS Genomics – Ireland’s ERS Genomics signed an agreement with FASMAC Co., Ltd of Japan.