People with glaucoma and eye doctors face a dilemma. On one hand, patients with glaucoma are at high risk of losing their eyesight if their disease progresses undetected and essential therapy adjustments are delayed. On the other hand, these typically elderly, vulnerable individuals are often hampered in seeing their doctor for office visits, particularly during a lockdown.
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CEVEC announces new license agreement for its AAV manufacturing technology ELEVECTA® in gene therapy
CEVEC announces new license agreement for its AAV manufacturing technology ELEVECTA® in gene therapy
- Under the agreement CEVEC grants Biogen rights to its proprietary ELEVECTA® Technology for manufacturing of gene therapy products
- ELEVECTA® stable producer cell lines enable fully scalable, helper virus‐free AAV vector production in suspension bioreactors
Miracor Medical raises 24M€
Miracor Medical raises 24M€
Funds will be used for clinical studies and initiation of commercialization
Laboratory IT solution provider Labforward announces major rebranding at BCEIA in Beijing, China
At the Beijing Conference and Exhibition on Instrument Analysis (BCEIA), a leading Chinese trade fair for laboratory instruments, Labforward today announced a major rebranding to unify its products under a clear, clean identity. From today, the product cubuslab, an Internet-of-Things (IoT) platform for laboratory devices, will be known as Laboperator. The electronic lab notebook software (ELN) Labfolder will retain its original name.
Miracor Medical granted FDA Breakthrough Device Designation for the PiCSO Impulse System
Miracor Medical SA (Miracor Medical) has been granted Breakthrough Device Designation by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its PiCSO® Impulse System for treatment of STEMI patients.
Miracor Medical starts PiCSO-AMI-I randomized study in EU
Miracor Medical SA (Miracor Medical) today announced the initiation and first patient enrollment in the PICSO-AMI-I study to evaluate the benefits of PiCSO® therapy compared with conventional PCI for the treatment of anterior STEMI patients.
CryoTherapeutics closes Series B financing round at EUR 7 million
Funds will be used to support clinical activities, R&D, international growth and establishing its operations in Belgium
Lab Notebook learns to communicate with laboratory devices: labfolder acquires cubuslab and becomes Labforward
labfolder GmbH from Berlin and the cubuslab GmbH from Karlsruhe are merging. As a new company called Labforward, they jointly develop a manufacturer-independent platform for the integration of laboratory equipment and laboratory control software. The result is an internationally-operating company with unique expertise in the digital transformation of laboratories.
Implandata Successfully Gains CE Mark for its EYEMATE System for an Orphan Eye Indication
Ophthalmic sensors and digital health company Implandata Ophthalmic Products GmbH (Implandata) announced today that it successfully attained CE mark for its EYEMATE system for use in patients undergoing keratoprosthesis surgery. Keratoprosthesis represents an infrequent yet important procedure for restoring vision; it is performed on patients whose donor cornea transplantation procedure has failed or shows only limited success. Increased intraocular pressure (IOP) in keratoprosthesis patients is a frequent and major post-surgical complication, resulting in failure of the procedure, secondary glaucoma and, consequently, vision loss.
CEVEC closes major financing round to further expand and commercialize its viral vector manufacturing platform
- Funding strengthens CEVEC’s leading role in viral vector manufacturing technology
- CEVEC’s technology allows for industrial scale manufacturing of AAV vectors and opens the field for gene therapy applications in a wide range of indications
The LiMAx® liver capacity test is now commercially available in Germany, Austria and the UK
Following approval in the UK in 2017, Humedics has now also received Marketing Authorization for its diagnostic agent, LiMAxetin®, in Germany and Austria.
British NICE Institute: Positive assessment of the Humedics LiMAx® test
- Medtech Innovation Briefing (MIB) published by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
- Point-of-care measurement of the non-invasive breath test emphasised as especially innovative
- Possible cost savings to the UK National Health System are addressed
Implandata Successfully Gains CE Mark for Next-Generation EyeMate System and Poised for European-Wide Market Launch
Ophthalmic medical device company Implandata Ophthalmic Products GmbH (Implandata) announced today it successfully attained CE mark for its next generation EYEMATE-IO 1.1 implantable micro-sensor, which will be launched in April 2019. The CE-certified product enables eye surgeons to place the permanent implantable eye pressure sensor in conjunction with cataract surgery through significantly smaller incisions. The micro-sensor performs continual monitoring of eye pressure in glaucoma patients, providing highly critical information for guided glaucoma therapy.
First Patient Successfully Implanted with Implandata’s Novel Eye Pressure Sensor for Continual Glaucoma Monitoring
Ophthalmic medical device company Implandata Ophthalmic Products GmbH (Implandata) announced today that the first patient in its international, multi-center, ARGOS-SC01 clinical study has been successfully implanted with its novel pressure sensor. This first-in-human clinical study is being conducted to validate the suprachoroidally-placed EYEMATE-SC sensor implant for continual monitoring of intraocular pressure (IOP).
Independent trial shows accurate staging of liver fibrosis with the LiMAx® test
Clinical study from the University of Essen reveals superiority of the LiMAx® test for noninvasively detecting different stages of fibrosis and cirrhosis in patients with chronic liver disease
Safer liver resection: Perioperative assessment of liver function with the LiMAx® test shortens hospital stay and reduces complications after liver surgery
Clinical phase III trial at 6 specialized liver centers demonstrates impressive benefits of the LiMAx® test.
CEVEC and CellGenix cooperation leads to expansion of CellGenix cytokine portfolio with CAP®Go technology-derived TGF-ß1 for ex vivo cell culture
- This portfolio expansion is the result of an ongoing collaboration and license agreement between CEVEC and CellGenix for the development and GMP production of selected cytokines for ex vivo cell culture therapy applications using CEVEC’s proprietary CAP®Go technology
- CEVEC’s CAP®Go technology enables CellGenix access to new cytokines and proteins requiring human post-translational modifications not provided by bacterial expression systems
- CellGenix® recombinant human transforming growth factor-beta 1 (rh TGF-ß1) is used for the expansion of pluripotent stem cells (PSC) and mesenchymal stem cells (MSC) as well as for the differentiation of T cells into regulatory T cells (Treg cells) and the expansion of Treg cells
- CAP®Go-derived GMP TGF-ß1 is planned to become available in the second half of 2018
Go for quality: New Center for Biohybrid Medical Systems at RWTH Aachen University embarks on digital data management
Together with labfolder, the NRW Priority Professorship Biohybride and Medical Textiles in the new Center for Biohybrid Medical Systems at the RWTH Aachen University embarks on digital data management. Goals are the protection and traceability of the primary data, but the vision is to structure Big Data and also data that may have previously been ignored.
CEVEC to introduce new helper-free AAV packaging cell line for scalable stable gene therapy vector production at the Phacilitate Cell & Gene Therapy World Conference
- Newly developed helper-free AAV packaging cell line provides unique solution for large-scale viral gene therapy vector production
- Easy and stable production processes, independent of transient transfection or helper virus
- Data from CEVEC’s successful proof-of-concept studies will be presented at the conference
Miracor Medical raises € 25m
Funds will be used to support clinical and prepare commercial activities.
Company relocates from Austria to Belgium
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The LiMAx® test is now commercially available in the UK
Humedics receives UK Marketing Authorization for its diagnostic agent, LiMAxetin®, and thus achieves full market clearance for the LiMAx® maximum liver capacity test in the UK, – the company’s first in Europe!
CEVEC has been granted a new CAP®Go technology patent and reinforces its leading role in production of recombinant proteins previously out of reach
- New patent paves the way for further market expansion for CAP®Go expression platform
- Patent strengthens CEVEC’s unique position in producing recombinant proteins with tailor-made glycosylation
- Important milestone in establishing CAP®Go as the production standard for difficult-to- express recombinant glycoproteins
labfolder selected for the Merck Accelerator
The Berlin start-up company labfolder, which is developing an electronic lab notebook, was selected out of 475 applicants worldwide to participate in the Accelerator program of the science and technology company Merck in Darmstadt for three months, starting today.
labfolder Expands to North America and Initiates Collaboration with the German Accelerator Life Sciences
Digital lab notebook platform company opens office in Cambridge to support U.S. growth and customer Relations
BERLIN & CAMBRIDGE, Mass. labfolder and the German Accelerator Life Sciences (GALS), an initiative supported by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi), today announced the initiation of an extensive collaboration supporting the company’s expansion into the North American markets. With thousands of users and a growing number of customers in the U.S. already, the newly established Cambridge office will accelerate those efforts and support customer relations. Read more
Appointment of Bent Johnsen as CEO for EMPERRA®
Potsdam
EMPERRA®, specializing in digital health solutions for people living with diabetes, has appointed Mr. Bent Johnsen as Managing Director and CEO. Read more
Emperra Wins the 2017 Game Changers Award for Digital Business Models
Potsdam
Emperra GmbH, a start-up company based in Potsdam, Germany, has received the Finance Monthly’s 2017 Game Changers Award. The award is honouring Emperra for its new digital business models, which – based on innovative hardware – enable business revenue to be generated from digital solutions. The 2017 Game Changers Awards honour the innovation and strategic vision of a number of globally recognised specialists across a number of different industrial sectors. Read more
CEVEC and PlasmidFactory announce collaboration regarding adeno-associated virus (AAV) production
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Parties intend to jointly enable AAV production in CEVEC’s CAP(R)GT cells in combination with PlasmidFactory’s broad AAV serotype plasmid portfolio
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Collaboration will significantly increase the value of CAP(R)GT for CEVEC customers by broadening the spectrum of available adeno-associated viral (AAV) vectors for gene therapy applications
Humedics Announces Appointment of Karsten Damgaard-Iversen as CEO
Reinforcement of senior management team to leverage growth phase of Humedics
Berlin. The Board of Humedics GmbH is pleased to announce a reinforcement of the senior team of the company with Karsten Damgaard-Iversen (MBA, BScEE), who will take up the role of CEO as of June 1, 2017. Erwin de Buijzer will stay on as managing director (MD) with the title Chief Operations Officer (COO). Read more
The Berlin Institute of Health adopts the digital laboratory data management platform from the Berlin-based start-up labfolder
The Berlin-based start-up labfolder has won a second major client: beginning in April 2017, the Berlin Institute of Health (BIH) will be introducing labfolder’s electronic lab notebook as part of its quality initiative. The innovative data management software will be made available to more than 4,000 researchers at the Charité and the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine. Read more
