Monday, March 16, 2015

Weekly Links March 16 ,2015


TOOLS/TECHNIQUES
o    The survey captures the purchasing, budget, application, and technology trends of research antibody use. Additionally, the survey determines customer ratings of suppliers, supplier usage, unmet needs, and challenges.

HEALTH/MEDECINE
o    The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is investing $52 million in CureVac, a German company involved in making vaccines. It is the largest ever investment by the foundation in a company, reflecting a new strategy of not just giving grants but supporting and having a stake in businesses.
The  investment, part of a round of $76 million round for CureVac, will allow the construction of a manufacturing plant

COMPANIES
o    Arrowhead Research CEO Christopher Anzalone thinks he just got a massive bargain. For just $35 million, his company grabbed Novartis’ last remaining RNA interference assets: a group of patents and preclinical drug candidates that give Arrowhead more technological tools to play with
o    Thermo Fisher will utilize the technology to develop and market new CRISPR  reagent kits, bringing new tools to researchers working in the rapidly  growing field. The kits will augment Thermo Fisher’s strong portfolio in  the complementary transcription activator-like effector nucleases (TALEN)   technique .


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