Industry News

Isogenica completed construction of a new pharmaceutical automation facility in July of 2011. Located in the Chesterford Research Park in the United Kingdom, the plant will house a high throughput CIS display platform, liquid handling robots, and screening equipment. The facility will produce advanced biopharmaceutical therapeutics.

SANYO North America Corporation Biomedical Solutions Division and BD Biosciences, a segment of BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company), have announced a strategic agreement to jointly promote cutting-edge life science research tools designed to advance cell culture and cell therapy research. The goals of this collaboration are to develop long-term and short-term co-marketing programs, as well as to research innovative ways to combine product technologies and offerings to serve both current and untapped market applications.

The University of Oregon will begin construction in summer of 2011 on a $17 million, 80,000-sf facility in the Riverfront Research Park in Portland. The building will house the Oregon Research Institute and the Education Policy Improvement Center as well as space for industry tenants. The project will be developed, built, operated, and leased by Trammell Crow. 

Algoma University opened the Bioscience and Technology Convergence Centre in Sault Ste Marie, Ontario, in July of 2011. Promoting the development of industry partnerships for the commercialization of research discoveries, the $21.4 million business incubator will provide laboratory and office space for bioscience companies. The sustainably designed facility is LEED certified.

The Center for Childhood Cancer Research opened the 20,000-sf Jensen Laboratory in July of 2011 in Seattle. The facility will feature research laboratories and an on-site therapeutics manufacturing facility for the production of customized immune cells for individualized cancer treatment. The laboratory is affiliated with Seattle Children’s Hospital.