OncoDiag, a company specialising in the development of diagnostic tests for the early detection of cancer, has announced that it has raised €2.5m in a Series A round of funding.

Optical Surfaces has been selected by the Optical Engineering Group at the University of Warwick’s School of Engineering to supply key focusing optics for accurate 3d tracking and analysis of mosquito flight behaviour.

HORIBA UK Medical has announced that it has launched its new look blood cell morphology-focused newsletter, which draws on and shares its haematology expertise with a broad audience.

Advent France Biotechnology, an AMF-regulated investment company dedicated to life sciences, has announced the appointment of Alejo Chorny, PhD, as operating partner for Spain.

UK-based DNA and RNA analysis specialists, PCR Biosystems, has launched a range of IsoFast Bst Polymerase reagents for rapid, robust and sensitive DNA and RNA amplification.

BioChromato’s ionRocket is a temperature-heating device for direct thermal desorption and pyrolysis of samples, prior to ionisation and analysis by mass spectrometry.