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The Gothenburg based, Swedish biotech company Toleranzia AB entered Testa Center building in Uppsala with packages full of materials and hope. Their entrance represents an important national breakthrough for and an opportunity for Toleranzia to validate the manufacturing process for the drug candidate TOL2 and to provide further industrialization of the company itself. “I think …
Manufacturing proteins to support turning cells into any organ of the human body may seem like a movie scene, but BioLamina, a flourishing Swedish company makes it seem more real. Dedication, knowledge and the right environment are the necessary tools to achieve the goal of scaling up and growth. With that in mind, the team …
The Finnish company Sciar Company ltd. creates software for Augmented Reality (AR) and Mixed Reality (MR) to take human errors out of the equation in Life Science laboratories. Testa Center, as a bridge between innovation, science and industry, could contribute to the development of their product. SciAR has a primary position twice: as a first …
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In an announcement on February 25, GE announced the proposed sale of parts of the current Life Sciences business to US-based Danaher Corporation. The transaction, is subject to customary closing conditions, including regulatory reviews and appropriate consultation processes, and is expected to be complete by 4Q 2019. Testa Center, as a non-profit company owned and operated by …
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The long-term collaboration agreement with Uppsala University and GE Healthcare gives not only researchers, but also students access to the equipment and specialized expertise at Testa Center. Now in December we are thrilled to have the first class of last-year students on the Master of Science programme in Molecular Biotechnology Engineering at Uppsala University at …
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The Swedish biotechnology company BioLamina was the first customer to run their project at Testa Center. BioLamina was founded in 2008 by Dr. Karl Tryggvason and his son Dr. Kristian Tryggvason, and today the company has grown into a business with global presence and about 20 employees. BioLamina develops, manufactures and distributes premium cell culture …
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Uppsala-based start-up company Ilya Pharma was among the vert first customers to run their project at Testa Center and to use its bio-process equipment. Ilya Pharma was founded in 2016 based on ground-breaking research from Uppsala University and Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) and has today grown to a team of 15 people. The …