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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.

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Immunology and inflammation
Sanofi Stumbles Again in Eczema—But Plans FDA Filing for OX40 Blocker Anyway
The mixed data from the Phase III COAST 2 trial follows an underwhelming data drop from COAST 1 in September that Leerink Partners said “fell well below expectations.”
January 23, 2026
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Tristan Manalac
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Government
Spending Bill Clears House, Keeping Priority Review Voucher Hopes Alive
The $1.2 trillion budget package will now move to the Senate, which is expected to hold a vote next week.
January 23, 2026
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Tristan Manalac
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Rare diseases
Rare Disease Vouchers Caught in Political Abyss. It Didn’t Have To Be This Way
The FDA’s rare pediatric disease priority review voucher program missed reauthorization at the last minute in 2024; advocates have been fighting to get it back ever since.
January 23, 2026
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Heather McKenzie
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Funding
China’s Corxel Nabs $287M Series D1 to Bankroll GLP-1 Pill
Corxel will use the fundraising proceeds to advance the oral GLP-1 therapy CX11 through mid-stage development in the U.S., as well as prepare for its Phase III studies.
January 23, 2026
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Tristan Manalac
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Vaccines
Moderna Won’t Run Phase III Vaccine Trials as Skepticism Grows in US: Bloomberg
Growing opposition to vaccines in the U.S., driven by recent government policy changes, makes it difficult to see a return on investment in vaccine development, Moderna CEO Stéphane Bancel said this week.
January 23, 2026
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Tristan Manalac
2006 James Gathany Captured by James Gathany, Centers for Disease Control's biomedical photographer, this 2006 image depicted the exterior of the new "Tom Harkin Global Communications Center", otherwise known as Building 19, located on the organization's Roybal Campus in Atlanta, Georgia. The facility houses the CDC's Information Center/Library, auditoria and meeting halls, which are used to accommodate in-house staff meetings, and national/international conferences hosted by the CDC, and the National Center for Health Marketing's, Division of Creative Services, which includes a full service television broadcast facility. The exhibit area currently features the "Global Symphony", the first of several permanently installed exhibitions, and changing exhibitions that focus on a variety of public health topics. The exhibits in the Center are self-guided, and require no advance reservations. Additional curriculum-based exhibits and programming will be added in the future. Tom Harkin Global Communications Center Exhibit Area Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - 1600 Clifton Road, N.E., Atlanta, Georgia 30333 - Hours: Monday – Friday, 9 am – 5 pm, except for federal holidays Admission is free - Government-issue photo ID is required for entry. Please note that CDC is a working federal facility and as such does not provide public tours of its campus and laboratories. - For more information please call 404-639-0830.
Vaccines
ACIP Chair Questions Polio Vaccines, Values Individual Choice Over Public Benefit
“I don’t like established science,” ACIP chairperson Kirk Milhoan said in an interview on the Why Should I Trust You? podcast. “Science is what I observe.”
January 23, 2026
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Tristan Manalac
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Cancer
BMS Bets $850M on Janux’s Tumor-Activated Drugs, Deepening Cancer Investments
The partnership will allow BMS to advance a T cell–based therapy that is only activated once in the vicinity of a tumor.
January 22, 2026
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Tristan Manalac
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Manufacturing
FDA Sets Feb. 1 Launch Date for PreCheck Pilot To Strengthen Domestic Supply Chain
The U.S. regulator shared the roadmap for implementing the program, first proposed in August 2025, and teased changes made in response to industry feedback.
January 22, 2026
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Pain
Lexicon Opens Path to $1B+ Opportunity as FDA Greenlights Phase III for Non-Opioid Pill
The company also stands to gain from recent regulatory FDA guidance aimed at streamlining the development of non-opioid painkillers, Jefferies analysts suggested.
January 22, 2026
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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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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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