Regional collaborations emerge to address the biomanufacturing workforce crisis
In Philadelphia alone, cell and gene therapy and gene editing companies are preparing to add more than 1,100 new employees per year for the next decade, a net gain of more than 6,000 new workers.
Latest ‘organ-on-a-chip’ is a new way to study cancer-related muscle wasting
Studying drug effects on human muscles just got easier thanks to a new “muscle-on-a-chip,” developed by a team of researchers from Penn’s School of Engineering and Applied Science and Inha University
New microfluidic device delivers mRNA nanoparticles a hundred times faster
With a ‘liquid assembly line,’ Penn researchers have produced mRNA-delivering-nanoparticles significantly faster than standard microfluidic technologies.
Verismo launches with CAR-T expert co-founders
Verismo, a new cell therapy company pioneering multi-chain CAR-T technology, raised $16 million in equity financing.
PACT Recognizes Technology, Healthcare and Life Sciences Innovation and Leaders in the Philadelphia Region at the 2021 Enterprise Awards
Philadelphia Alliance for Capital and Technologies culminated two days celebrating the region’s technology, healthcare and life sciences innovators and leaders at the 2021 Enterprise Awards.