Basel — Roche (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY) and Foundation Medicine, Inc. (NASDAQ: FMI) announced today that they will enter into a broad strategic collaboration to further advance FMI’s market-leading position in molecular information and genomic analysis while providing Roche a unique opportunity to optimize the identification and development of novel treatment options for cancer […]

Hilden, Germany -– QIAGEN (NASDAQ: QGEN; Frankfurt, Prime Standard: QIA) announced today the CE-IVD marking of its novel liquid biopsy-based companion diagnostic that analyzes circulating nucleic acids obtained from blood samples to assess an important genomic mutation in patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), the most common form of this cancer. The registration, which […]

Harderwijk, the Netherlands and Waltham, Mass –– Today GENALICE and Knome, Inc. USA jointly announced a strategic partnership to offer their products together as a turn-key solution for those using next-generation sequencing (NGS) data to interpret patients’ genomes. GENALICE MAP is an ultra-fast and highly accurate preprocessing solution for aligning and calling NGS data and […]

ROCKVILLE, Md. & SAN DIEGO — Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) and Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ: ILMN) today announced a new strategic alliance to collaborate on scalable and affordable genomics solutions to provide personalized health care for national populations. Genomics is the science of studying genomes or DNA. Applied to health care, analyzing a person’s DNA sequence […]

GLOSTRUP, Denmark — Dako, an Agilent Technologies company and a worldwide provider of cancer diagnostics, and Cell Signaling Technology (CST), a worldwide provider of antibodies, today announced that they have entered into a strategic partnership to supply antibodies for use in Dako-branded companion diagnostics products. “We are pleased to work with CST in the development […]

SAN DIEGO — Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ:ILMN) today announced it has expanded the world’s most comprehensive next-generation sequencing (NGS) portfolio with the launch of the HiSeq X Five System and HiSeq 3000/4000 Systems. Over the last five years, the HiSeq Sequencing System family has been established as the platform of choice for high-throughput, production-scale sequencing laboratories. […]

ALAMEDA, Calif. — BioTime, Inc. (NYSE MKT:BTX) and its subsidiary OncoCyte Corporation today announced that William Annett has been appointed to OncoCyte’s Board of Directors. Mr. Annett has extensive experience within the biotechnology and diagnostics industry, having held the position of Chief Executive Officer at six organizations as well as having experience in senior management […]

SHANGHAI — WuXi PharmaTech (Cayman) Inc. (NYSE: WX), a leading open-access R&D capability and technology platform company serving the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and medical device industries with operations in China and the United States, announces that it has acquired NextCODE Health, a leading genomic analysis and bioinformatics company with operations in the United States and Iceland, […]

SHANGHAI — WuXi PharmaTech (Cayman) Inc. (NYSE: WX), a leading open-access R&D capability and technology platform company serving the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and medical device industries with operations in China and the United States, announces that it has acquired NextCODE Health, a leading genomic analysis and bioinformatics company with operations in the United States and Iceland, […]

CINCINNATI — Bioscience, Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio (NASDAQ: VIVO) today announced its wholly owned subsidiary, Meridian Life Science, Inc. (MLS) has opened a new office in Beijing, China. The office is located on Chang-An Avenue (close to Tiananmen Square and government offices) on the 15th floor in the New China Life Insurance (NCI) Tower Center, in […]