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Oxford Nanopore receives regulatory approval for its first diagnostic device in the UK and Europe

Oxford Nanopore Technologies has announced that the GridION™ Dx is now both CE and UKCA marked, making it the company’s first In Vitro Diagnostic (IVD) device registered in the UK and Europe. The CE and UKCA certification confirms that GridION Dx meets stringent international standards for quality, safety, and performance, positioning Oxford Nanopore for future adoption in regulated clinical markets and reflecting its long-term commitment to... Read more

Moa and Certis Belchim sign strategic collaboration deal

  Netherlands-based company becomes Moa's third major commercial partner in 18 months. Moa Technology and Certis Belchim have announced a new strategic collaboration, marking a significant step forward in the development of next-generation herbicides for global agriculture. This partnership brings together Moa Technology’s breakthrough discovery platforms, which have identified over 80 new herbicidal modes of action in the past three... Read more

Dark Blue Therapeutics acquired by Amgen to bolster oncology pipeline

Dark BlueTherapeutics, located at The Oxford Science Park, has been acquired by global biopharmaceutical company Amgen, in a transaction valued at up to $840 million.   Based on unique academic insights from the University of Oxford, the team at Dark Blue Therapeutics are developing a small molecule that targets and degrades two proteins that drive specific types of acute myeloid leukemia, a fast-growing blood cancer. Dark Blue says its... Read more

Pumping station tops out in time for Christmas

The Oxford Science Park, together with Thames Water and Morgan Sindall, have celebrated the topping out of its new pumping station enclosure ahead of the Christmas break. The project forms part of a three-year collaboration between The Oxford Science Park and Thames Water to design and deliver the relocation of an existing pumping station that is more than 40 years old. While modest in scale, the scheme has presented significant technical... Read more

Oxford BioTherapeutics announces strategic collaboration with GSK

Oxford BioTherapeutics (OBT), a clinical stage oncology company based at The Oxford Science Park, today announced a multi-year, multi-target strategic collaboration with GSK to discover novel potentially first-in-class antibody-based therapeutics for the treatment of cancer. OBT's recently enhanced proprietary OGAP®-Verify discovery platform enables highly sensitive identification of oncology targets with improved attributes for drug... Read more