Knowledge Base
A collective list of posts from Pivotal Scientific highlighting areas of our expertise and areas of interest.
- Life Science Industry & Market Insights
The Growing Need for Antibodies Targeting Fish Antigens
While numerous antibodies have been developed against research targets of human, and mouse origin, significantly…
- Life Science Industry & Market Insights
Bispecific Antibodies
While a typical antibody molecule has two identical antigen-binding sites, bispecific antibodies (bsAbs) recognise two…
- Life Science Industry & Market Insights
Recombinant Antibodies in the Research Reagents Market…Implications and Opportunities
Antibodies continue to be a big business. The global market for research reagents reached $2.8…
- Biotech M&A Strategy
Case Study – Mergers & Acquisitions
Nordic-MUbio purchase of BioLogo One of the most critical steps in completing an Acquisition is…
- Life Science Industry & Market Insights
ELISA, ELISPOT and alternative assays
Introduction This article investigates the meaning and background of the observed large national downturn in…
- Life Science Industry & Market Insights
Base editors – a powerful new tool for genetic engineering
Introduction Gene editing has been featured prominently in the news recently. With studies published in…
- Commercial Strategy
Changes in the European In Vitro Diagnostic Regulation
Changes in the European In Vitro Diagnostic Regulation May 26th the In Vitro Diagnostic…
- Market Entry & International Expansion
Access the Chinese Life Science Sector Through Conferences/Exhibitions
Introduction As many western companies travel through Europe and the US to attend important events…
- Market Entry & International Expansion
Trials & Tribulations of Chinese Import/Export Rules
Introduction As we all know there is a great deal of in the Biological sector…
- Life Science Industry & Market Insights
The future of research reagent supplier
Introduction This month we’ve picked a somewhat broad topic for the blog: The future of…
- Life Science Industry & Market Insights
ELISA
Introduction Among all the ligand bioassays developed, the one which has emerged victorious is the…
- Commercial Strategy
Is Your Business ready for the General Data Protection Regulation
Introduction The EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) replaces the Data Protection Directive 95/46/EC in May 2018. Should…
- Life Science Industry & Market Insights
Small Molecules
Introduction ‘Small molecules’ (SMs) are a diverse set of organic molecules that can be hard…
- Market Entry & International Expansion
Unique points about China
Introduction Many international companies find that the Chinese research reagent market seems to be quite different…
- Life Science Industry & Market Insights
Cytokines
Introduction Cytokines are a large group of cell signalling proteins. The COPE database currently lists over 45,000…