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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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Editorial
FDA Gutted Under Trump, RFK Jr., With More Than Half of Senior Leadership Now Gone
While it’s not unusual for certain positions to turn over with a new administration, the number of senior-level FDA staffers who have recently left the agency is unprecedented. The lack of communication, transparency and human decency is as well.
April 4, 2025
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Jef Akst
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Immunology and inflammation
Aldeyra Shares Crash as Dry Eye Drug Gets Second Rejection from FDA
The FDA has asked for another well-controlled trial to establish the efficacy of reproxalap in dry eye disease.
April 4, 2025
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2 min read
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Tristan Manalac
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Government
FDA Faces ‘Catastrophic Collapse’ as Massive Layoffs Endanger User Fee Program
The FDA derives just under half of its yearly funding from pharma user fees, which help support its operations and fund employee salaries. An analysis from AgencyIQ suggests that the agency is dangerously close to losing it all.
April 4, 2025
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3 min read
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Tristan Manalac
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Approvals
Amgen Wins Expansion for Uplizna as First Drug for IgG4-Related Disease
In the Phase III MITIGATE trial, Uplizna cut IgG4-related disease flares by 87% versus placebo.
April 4, 2025
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2 min read
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Tristan Manalac
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Gene therapy
Lilly Throws Sangamo a Lifeline With Pact Worth Potential $1.4B+
Sangamo, which has been having cash problems, will receive $18 million upfront in licensing fees for its AAV capsid that in preclinical studies has shown the ability to cross the blood-brain barrier.
April 4, 2025
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2 min read
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Tristan Manalac
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Artificial Intelligence
Secretive Biotech Xaira Hires Top AI Academic To Take His Work to ‘the Next Level’
Bo Wang is a renowned AI scientist at the University of Toronto. He’s bringing his open-source culture and computational biology to Xaira Therapeutics in June.
April 3, 2025
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4 min read
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Annalee Armstrong
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Pipeline
BeiGene Scraps TIGIT Candidate After Underwhelming Lung Cancer Data
An independent data monitoring board found that BeiGene’s ociperlimab was unlikely to significantly boost overall survival in patients with untreated NSCLC.
April 3, 2025
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Tristan Manalac
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FDA
FDA Misses Review Deadline for Novavax’s COVID-19 Shot, Days After Marks’ Resignation
The FDA was scheduled to release its decision on Novavax’s updated, protein-based COVID-19 vaccine on April 1, but the agency’s principal deputy commissioner intervened.
April 3, 2025
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2 min read
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Tristan Manalac
Government
Trump Tariffs Miss Pharma For Now, But Uncertainties Loom
Pharma’s reprieve from Donald Trump’s tariffs is expected to be temporary, with Leerink analysts anticipating possible sector-specific duties “in the next month or so.”
April 3, 2025
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2 min read
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Tristan Manalac
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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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4 min read
BioMidwest
Inotiv, Inc. Announces New Site Openings and Expansions Supporting Additional Capacity and Service Offerings
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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