101789A novel, single cell characterisation, dispensing and imaging platform for accelerated biopharmaceutical developmentClosedCollaborative R&DInnovate UKSphere Fluidics Limited is an SME focusing on the development of novel, single cell analysis technologies. MedImmune, the global biopharmaceuticals arm of AstraZeneca, is a pioneer in biopharmaceutical discovery and development. Both companies have pooled their synergistic, science skills to propose the development of a unique, integrated microfluidic instrument that uses miniaturisation and novel chips to process pools of cells and rapidly isolate single cells for applications in biopharmaceutical research and development.