Merck Announces Organizational Transformation of Life Science Business Sector to Strengthen CDMO Offering and Accelerate Future Growth

08-Feb-2022 - Merck announced several organizational changes and a new operating model to support the long-term growth strategy of the Life Science business sector and to better serve the evolving needs of its global customers. “Science and technology are advancing at an unprecedented speed, and with that are ...

LabCentral Announces $22.4 Million in Committed Funding for LabCentral 238 including New Sponsors Thermo Fisher Scientific and Waters Corporation

Scale-up bio-manufacturing facility is expected to open in November 2021

01-Mar-2021 - LabCentral, the first-of-its-kind shared laboratory space designed as a launchpad for high-potential biotech startups, announced a total of $22.4 million in sponsorship commitments for LabCentral 238, a fully functional life sciences laboratory with a focus on scale-up bio-manufacturing. Thermo ...

SLAS and The Pistoia Alliance partner to promote life sciences startup companies

25-Feb-2021 - The Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening (SLAS) announced a collaboration with the Pistoia Alliance to support and promote innovative life sciences start-ups and emerging companies. The SLAS Ignite Program is a multi-pronged initiative to promote innovation, pioneering research, ...

analytica China 2020 concludes successfully

More than 1,000 new products point to future trends

24-Nov-2020 - analytica China 2020 came to a successful conclusion on November 18, 2020 at the Shanghai New International Expo Centre. The show brought together 1,009 exhibitors (2018: 950) and 112 represented companies and partners. 23,652 professional visitors attended. With six exhibition halls, eight ...

Sartorius establishes Scientific Advisory Board

19-Dec-2019 - Sartorius announced that it established a Scientific Advisory Board for its Corporate Research activities. This department operates on overarching innovation projects. Its most important task is to identify and develop key technologies and application fields of the future, establishing a number ...

Merck Launches Seed Fund for Startups in China

RMB 100 million fund targets startups close to the three business sectors of Merck as well as new businesses

21-Oct-2019 - Merck announced an RMB 100 million (€ 13 million) seed fund targeted at startups in China. The company also officially opened its innovation hub in Shanghai and announced plans to officially open a second innovation hub in Guangzhou in November. “Our RMB 100 million China seed fund underlines our ...

German Accelerator Appoints Marc Filerman as CEO Life Sciences

20-Jun-2019 - German Accelerator announces the appointment of Marc Filerman as Chief Executive Officer of the Life Science program. Mr. Filerman is a highly experienced healthcare entrepreneur and venture consultant with a proven track record of launching and managing medical device, and diagnostic companies. ...

Merck Opens Application Phase for Next Accelerator

Startups can apply for programs at Merck headquarters in Darmstadt or in China

07-Jun-2019 - Merck announced that it has opened the next round of applications for startup companies to participate in the global Merck Accelerator program. Startups can choose to participate in one of the two programs, either at the company’s Innovation Center at global headquarters in Darmstadt or at its ...

For Start-ups and Founders: Inauguration of DESY Innovation Village

The new DESY Innovation Village is the place for start-ups and innovative projects at DESY

26-Feb-2019 - “I Love Innovation” was the fitting motto with which the DESY Innovation Village was officially inaugurated on Valentine’s Day, in the presence of DESY’s Board of Directors and representatives of the federal and local Hamburg governments. It will offer DESY start-ups offices, workshops and ...

Scailyte raises CHF 2.75M in seed funding

Investments from Swisscom Ventures & Zürcher Kantonalbank

29-Jan-2019 - Scailyte AG, a Swiss startup in the emerging and rapidly growing field of single-cell technologies, raised CHF 2.75Min seed fundingand gained Swisscom Ventures as a strategic investor. Zürcher Kantonalbank also joined the financing round, alongside the existing shareholders, thus reaffirming ...