Knowledge Base
A collective list of posts from Pivotal Scientific highlighting areas of our expertise and areas of interest.
- 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…
- Life Science Industry & Market Insights
Flow Cytometry (FC)
Introduction Flow cytometry (FC) allows researchers and clinicians to independently measure the properties of different…
- Market Entry & International Expansion
Looking to access the Chinese life science research market?
Introduction To access the Chinese research market an understanding of their culture and business practise…
- Biotech M&A Strategy
Stuck on Mergers & Acquisitions?
Introduction The research reagent sector is growing at a competitive rate of circa 5% year…
- PSL Alliance (Networking Group)
Why Join an Alliance?
The PSL Alliance: It has to be your choice and you have to understand the…
- Commercial Strategy
Setting up a Life Science Subsidiary in Europe
Europe consists of over 50 independent countries so deciding where to base your subsidiary is…
- Commercial Strategy
Life Science Distribution Agreements: A Distributor’s View
By Jonas Baeuerle, Business Development Manager at Biozol ReagentHub’s blog from September 15th introduced several Distribution…
- Commercial Strategy
Life Science Distribution Agreements: Exclusive, non-Exclusive or Sole?
Motivating a distributor to work hard to sell your products is difficult; it takes time…
- Life Science Industry & Market Insights
Antibody Validation
Time to get serious about antibody quality People in the research antibody business will be…
- Life Science Industry & Market Insights
How affimers may be key in future research methods
Following the human genome publication, it was assumed that life science research for health and…
- Commercial Strategy
Successfully licensing your technology
So, you’ve developed a great technology. Perhaps you’ve even developed your own products based on…