Major news broke in the iPSC sector last week when Ncardia (Cologne, Germany) and Nanion Technologies (Munich, Germany) signed a joint marketing and sales promotion agreement. Under the terms of partnership, customers of the companies will get access to high-performance instrument platforms from Nanion, coupled with Ncardia’s portfolio of hiPSC-derived cardiac cell types and assay services. [Read more…]
Ncardia to Host U.S. User Symposium (June 13-14, Boston)
On June 13-14, 2018, in Boston, Massachusetts, Ncardia will host its Annual U.S. User Symposium. The event will showcase the use of Ncardia’s flagship hiPSC-derived cardiac models (Cor.4U® and Pluricyte®) and its hiPSC-derived neural cell products by key leaders in pharma and research.
Importantly, it will explore how experts in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry and leading academic institutions are using Ncardia’s first in class cells and assays in drug discovery, safety and toxicology screening, disease modelling and bioengineering. It will also present current approaches to establish and define standards for these cellular models.
Expected to be widely attended by representatives from the pharmaceutical sector, symposium attendees will view case studies of iPS cells in drug development decision-making and biomedical research and have the opportunity to exchange and share experiences with their peers.
ACEA Biosciences and Ncardia Partner to Provide Solutions for Cardiac Drug Discovery and Cardiac Safety Assessment
Ncardia Signs License Agreement with Roche for Disease Modeling Patent Portfolio
Ncardia Signs License Agreement with First Pharmaceutical Partner for Disease Modeling Patent Portfolio
October 12, 2017, COLOGNE, Germany–Roche and Ncardia have reached a broad licensing agreement whereby Roche and its affiliate companies gain access to key disease modeling patents from Ncardia.
Ncardia was recently formed through the merger of Axiogenesis and Pluriomics. The two companies have pioneered the development of stem cell derived cells for drug discovery and safety and in particular have advanced disease and tissue modeling applications.
The Ncardia patent portfolio consists of several granted patents in Europe, the USA and Japan. The drug screening and disease modeling technology not only involves patient iPSC cells, induction of the disease phenotype can also be achieved through genetic manipulation, mRNA or siRNA transfection or through chemical or physical induction. [Read more…]