Companies and People News for October 2020

Companies and People News Archive

Touchlight appoints Karen Fallen as CEO of Touchlight DNA Services Touchlight appoints Karen Fallen as CEO of Touchlight DNA Services

Former Lonza President of Biologics Manufacturing joins to continue rapid expansion of DNA contract manufacturing; Touchlight’s synthetic dbDNA in high demand as starting material in the manufacture of advanced therapies such as mRNA vaccines and cell and gene therapies

Oncimmune and Medicines Discovery Catapult awarded UK Government funding for development of an Infectious Disease research tool for use in COVID-19 Oncimmune and Medicines Discovery Catapult awarded UK Government funding for development of an Infectious Disease research tool for use in COVID-19

Validated research tool to be used to predict disease severity and individual therapeutic response to COVID-19 in aid of rapid vaccine and drug development

Touchlight Genetics and Stonehaven Incubate form Touchlight Aquaculture Touchlight Genetics and Stonehaven Incubate form Touchlight Aquaculture

The new company will allow accelerated commercial scalability of DNA vaccines in the aquaculture industry