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Oregon Bio recently caught up with Sedia Biosciences Corp.’s two founders, Roger Gale and Ron Mink, Ph.D. to learn more – not only about how its coping with Covid-19 impacts but more about the company’s innovation strategies. Last week we ran Part 1.

Recently, Sedia worked with the City of Beaverton to relocate to expand product manufacturing capabilities to serve an increasing demand for HIV diagnostic and epidemiological assays, specifically HIV recency diagnostics. Although the company started small […]

Last Thursday, Oregon Bio culled together about 100 industry pros for a Diversity Dialogue around equity and inclusion. Participants from a broad range of multi-cultural backgrounds and experiences engaged with panelists Emmanuel Akporiaye, Ph.D., founder of Veana Therapeutics; Ndongo “Don” Khouma, principal validation engineer at Genentech; and Nate Miles, vice president of Strategic Initiatives, State Government Affairs at Eli Lilly & Company. Soundharya Nagasubramanian, director of R&D in Product Information […]

On Thursday, July 30, BIPOC leaders and life science experts will convene for Diversity Dialogue: #BeTheChange. The panelists are respected bio professionals Dr. Emmanuel Akporiaye, founder of Veana Therapeutics; Ndongo Khouma, principal validation engineer at Genentech; and Nate Miles, vice president of Strategic Initiatives in State Government Affairs at Eli Lilly and Company.  Moderating the dialogue is Soundharya Nagasubramanian, director of R&D in Product Information Security at Hillrom/Welch Allyn.

“Diversity, inclusion and belonging are an important […]

Expansion accommodates significant growth in demand for its new rapid point-of-care HIV tests intended to break the chain of new HIV infections worldwide

Sedia Biosciences Corporation, formerly of Portland Oregon, today announced the relocation to and opening of their new assay development and manufacturing facility in Beaverton, Oregon.  The 27,000 square foot facility provides for both current growth as well as additional near-term expansion and enables immediate scale-up of manufacturing capacity as well as research capabilities.  Equipped with multiple state of […]

Oregon Bio recently caught up with Sedia Biosciences Corp.’s founders Roger Gale and Ron Mink, Ph.D. to learn more about the company’s growth and innovation strategies.

Recently, Sedia worked with the City of Beaverton to relocate to expand product manufacturing capabilities to serve an increasing demand for HIV diagnostic and epidemiological assays, specifically HIV recency diagnostics. Although the company started small in Portland in 2009, just a decade later it now counts 40 employees (and growing), serving global […]

Not all hand sanitizers are made the same; Efficacy is compromised in many cheaper brands

Local Bend based Biotechnology company, Grace Bio Labs, has been producing pharmaceutical grade hand sanitizer exclusively for St. Charles Hospitals since the beginning of the pandemic. Grace Bio Labs formula was developed as a clinical grade I product and is made from 70% isopropanol, meeting WHO recommended and CDC guidelines for effectiveness in killing most bacteria and many viruses, like Covid-19.

By pivoting their production during this […]

WHO: Mentor early-career life science researchers from groups underrepresented in biotechnology research organizations. Participants include research-active assistant professors, postdoctoral fellows, graduate students and advanced undergraduates from universities and colleges nationwide.

WHY: • Promote diversity within Biotechnology in your region by engaging with underrepresented workshop participants
• Connect with participants in your region and provide ongoing resources
• Work with teams as they solve problems through entrepreneurial concepts
• Assist teams in developing a professional network and provide feedback as they execute customer discovery through BIO’s […]

Phase I Study to Evaluate alpha-TEA in Combination With Trastuzumab (HerceptinTM) in Patients with Advanced HER2 Positive Breast Cancer
Portland, OR July 24, 2020

Veana Therapeutics Inc. is pleased to announce that it has entered into a clinical research collaboration with the University of Washington to conduct a Phase I clinical trial of its lead agent, alpha-TEA (aka a-TEA lysine) in combination with trastuzumab (HerceptinTM) in HER2+ breast cancer patients. a-TEA lysine salt is a novel, first-in-class small molecule that destabilizes mitochondria […]

VANCOUVER, Wash., July 21, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — AbSci, a growth-stage synthetic biology company whose Protein Printing™ technology enables rapid and low-cost biomanufacturing of difficult-to-produce biotherapeutics, today announced that it has entered into an agreement to license its E. coli SoluPro® protein expression technology to Alpha Cancer Technologies for the production of Recombinant Human Alpha-fetoprotein (hAFP). hAFP is a natural human protein produced by human embryo and yolk sac during development and can be used in the treatment of various autoimmune diseases and cancers.  This license is […]

Many businesses throughout the Pacific Northwest will soon start the process of phased reopening or have already reopened to some extent. This requires employers to take new measures to protect their employees, their operations, and their customers. Read the guidance document here.