Biofidelity, the UK start-up about to revolutionise amplification-based cancer diagnostics

SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS, France – August 31, 2020 | Biofidelity recently announced that it has raised $12 million, completing its Series A financing. The company disclosed that the series A investors are BlueYard Capital, Longwall Ventures and Agilent Technologies. Biofidelity is, above all, focused on developing non-small cell lung cancer detection assays that surpass the performance[…]

Microneedle patch in the race for COVID-19 vaccine

SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS, France – August 24, 2020 | The race to find a COVID-19 vaccine has highlighted several microneedle technologies for their advantages over common parenteral injections. Microneedles have shown immense potential, since they can efficiently, painlessly and safely deliver a vaccine through the skin. Microneedles reach the underlying dermis and epidermis, rich in antigen[…]

COVID-19 markers test using a microfluidics technology developed by Optofluidic Bioassay

SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS, France – April 28, 2020 | According to Optofluidic Bioassay, COVID-19 antibody testing which is portable, fast, cheap and highly precise could be possible with a microfluidic device invented by the company. Optofluidic Bioassay was founded in 2015 as a spin-off of the University of Michigan. The company was identified as relevant microfluidics[…]

Abcellera’s patent involved in its collaboration with Gilead in infectious disease

SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS, France – June 14, 2019: Abcellera’s patent involved in its collaboration with Gilead in infectious disease. AbCellera has announced a partnership with Gilead to discover antibodies for infectious disease. AbCellera will apply its expertise in single-cell screening of natural immune sources to generate rich panels of antibody candidates for evaluation by Gilead. Gilead[…]