BioLife Solutions Deploys SciSafe’s Ultra Low Controlled Temperature Trailers to Extend Domestic Cold Chain Services
The new service will enable life sciences companies to seamlessly move hardware as well as biomaterials at the local level BOTHELL, Wash., June 9th, 2022 —BioLife Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ: BLFS), a leading supplier of class-defining bioproduction tools and services for the cell and gene therapies (“CGT”) and broader biopharma markets, today announced that its SciSafe® biostorage services platform […]
De-Risk Sample Storage While Mitigating Climate Impact in the Lab
With the 2022 Freezer Challenge underway and Earth Day approaching soon (April 22), now is the time to take a step back and look at the preventative maintenance and sustainability measures that are currently in place in your laboratory for cold storage units. This includes lab-grade refrigerators, freezers and ultra-low temperature (ULT) freezers. What some lab managers […]
Resilient ULT Storage Addresses Complex Cold Chain Challenges and Distribution Equity
Are We in this Pandemic/Endemic for the Long Haul? News of the Omicron virus variant rocked global stock markets recently because it confirmed an unwelcome reality: COVID-19 may be here to stay a little while longer and further mutations like the Delta and Omicron variants are expected. While the world grows weary of COVID-19, there […]
SciSafe’s Biostorage “Centers Of Excellence” to Advance ULT Best Practices with the Stirling SU780XLE
As pointed out in the Mckinsey & Company article, Port to patient: Improving country cold chains for COVID-19 vaccines, the need for more resiliency in the ultra-cold-chain (UCC) is a significant infrastructure barrier that has hindered the worldwide pandemic response and critical storage of temperature-sensitive COVID-19 vaccines. While this crisis prompted a rapid buildup of global ultra-low temperature […]
SciSafe’s Biostorage “Centers of Excellence” Uniquely Positioned to Benchmark Best Practice
SciSafe’s Biostorage Centers of Excellence are leading the way for cell and gene therapy discovery, production and distribution, supporting each step of the bioproduction process. One of many obstacles highlighted throughout the COVID-19 crisis response has been the need for more resiliency in global cold chain infrastructure for storage of temperature-sensitive medications – in this […]
The Past, Present and Future of Ultra-Low Temperature Storage
Total Cost of Ownership Upgrade ULT Freezers
We often get this question posed by lab managers and university researchers – I want to upgrade my ultra-low temperature (ULT) freezers to more energy-efficient and sustainable models, but I am only allocated a certain amount of budget or grants for capital equipment purchases. How do I get my organization to see, not just the […]
Stirling Publishes Upright ULT Freezer Performance at Five Temperature Setpoints Ranging from -20°C to -80°C
We are now seeing the emergence of a new generation of biological and clinical research where critical samples and assets often have higher levels of temperature-sensitivity and variability, with the essential need for reliable thermal protection to maintain long-term efficacy. The uncertainty factor created by these emergent materials is that no two are alike and […]
BioLife Solutions Adopts New Brand Identity
BioLife today announced the launch of its new corporate brand identity, redesigned logo, and website. The new brand identity was created to better reflect BioLife’s expanded portfolio of bioproduction tools and services. Todd Berard, Chief Marketing Officer, remarked, “We pursued a refreshed design that appropriately positions BioLife as the premier supplier of cell and gene […]
Flexible Ultracold Chain Solutions Will Be Key for Clinical Trials Reboot
Facing a Sizable Backlog Data from clinicaltrials.gov and other sources, suggests that over 28,000 active clinical trials were paused or halted in 2020. This has created a large backlog that is largely related to trial enrollment and site availability challenges created by the COVID-19 pandemic. Reduction in clinical trial participant enrollment was estimated by American Journal of Clinical […]