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Synexa Life Sciences

Synexa Life Sciences is a biomarker and bioanalytical lab CRO, specialising in the development, validation and delivery of a wide range of complex and custom-designed assays.

With a team of over 200 staff across three global laboratory locations; Manchester, Turku (Finland) and Cape Town, we provide innovative solutions to support our customers to achieve their clinical milestones.

Our main areas of expertise include biomarker identification and development, large and small molecule clinical bioanalysis, (soluble) biomarker analysis (utilising MSD, LC-MS/MS, ELISA, RIA, fluorescence and luminescence-based technologies), cell biology (including flow cytometry, ELISpot and Fluorospot) and genomic services to support clinical trials and translational studies.

We pride ourselves on our deep scientific expertise and ability to tackle complex problems, translating them into robust and reliable assays to support clinical trial sample analysis.

NEWS
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Vaccines
RFK Jr. Axes 22 mRNA Vaccine Projects Under BARDA
The Department of Health and Human Services is terminating around $500 million in BARDA contracts associated with mRNA vaccine development, a move that will affect several pharma companies, including Moderna, Pfizer, Sanofi and AstraZeneca.
August 6, 2025
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Tristan Manalac
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Earnings
Biopharma CEOs Can’t Dodge Policy Questions as Trump Lobs Wrench into Earnings Season
From tariffs to drug pricing to the FDA, biopharma CEOs find themselves pulled into policy discussions on this year’s second quarter earnings calls.
August 6, 2025
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Annalee Armstrong
Podcast
FDA In Flux, Pfizer Talks to Trump on MFN, Merck Cuts 6K Jobs, More
George Tidmarsh takes over temporarily at CBER following Vinay Prasad’s abrupt departure; Replimmune trial leaders protest rejection reportedly driven by FDA’s top cancer regulator Richard Pazdur; Merck’s $3 billion savings push claims 6,000 jobs; and Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla addresses President Donald Trump’s new threats around Most Favored Nation drug pricing.
August 6, 2025
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Heather McKenzie
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Opinion
How AI Can Help Pharma Companies Adapt to Policy Pressures
The regulatory environment is placing extreme pricing pressure on pharmaceutical manufacturers. Their success in the market depends on mounting an agile response.
August 6, 2025
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5 min read
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Jesse Mendelsohn
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China
Big Pharma Provides Lifeline to Chinese Companies Struggling To Survive
Out-licensing drugs to multinational corporations is a natural step for Chinese biotechs, but the recent rise in deals is only scratching at the surface of partnership-ready biotechs in the region.
August 6, 2025
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Leslie Zhen Liang
Venture capital
Building Pharma’s Farm System: Eli Lilly, Boehringer Ingelheim, More Invest in the Future
While a substantial portion of pipeline assets are externally sourced, many Big Pharmas are tapping into incubators and venture funds to uncover cutting-edge scientific trends, determine their future focus points and even carve out a niche in an emerging geographical hotspot.
August 6, 2025
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5 min read
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Heather McKenzie
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Earnings
Pfizer CEO in Touch With President Over Most Favored Nation Drug Pricing
Albert Bourla confirmed that he called President Donald Trump after receiving a letter asking Pfizer and a clutch of other pharmaceutical companies to lower drug prices or face consequences.
August 5, 2025
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3 min read
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Annalee Armstrong
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Rare diseases
BioMarin Axes Pre-Clinical PKU Drug, Citing Underwhelming Immunogenicity
BMN 390 fell short of an immunogenicity threshold that BioMarin was looking for to support its further development. Employees working on the program have been redeployed within the company.
August 5, 2025
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Tristan Manalac
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Job Trends
July Layoffs Skyrocket 487% YOY With Merck Cuts
The number of biopharma professionals let go has increased year over year for three straight months. In July, as many as 8,000 people lost or were projected to lose their jobs, due largely to news that Merck projects to cut roughly 6,000 employees as part of a multiyear process.
August 5, 2025
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4 min read
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Angela Gabriel
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Press Releases
Waters Sets a New Benchmark for Robustness and Sensitivity for High-Throughput Labs with the Xevo TQ Absolute XR Mass Spectrometer
June 2, 2025
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BioMidwest
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December 8, 2022
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Business
Parexel Announces Strategic Collaboration with Synexa Life Sciences and Drawbridge Health for COVID-19 Clinical Serology Testing Solution
November 2, 2020
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