BILTHOVEN and AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands, October 30 — InteRNA Technologies B.V. and VU university medical center in Amsterdam, VUmc, announce today the signing of a framework research agreement to develop microRNA (miRNA)-based diagnostics and therapeutics for cancer using InteRNA’s proprietary library of miRNAs. Under the research collaboration, InteRNA will apply its unique lentiviral-based miRNA overexpression […]
Xenomics, Inc. (XNOM.PK), a developer of non-invasive next-generation molecular diagnostics, announced today that it has licensed to Sequenom, Inc., a genetics and molecular diagnostics company (NASDAQ: SQNM), exclusive rights to Xenomics patents for the development of prenatal research and diagnostic products based on the Company’s proprietary Transrenal DNA/RNA (Tr-DNA/RNA) technology. The agreement provides for an […]
Finnish biotechnology company Mobidiag launches its first CE-marked product for In Vitro Diagnostics (IVD) of sepsis. The microarray-based Prove-it(TM) Sepsis is invincible in both the coverage and the rate of detecting dangerous bacteria including the superbug MRSA from positive blood culture samples in a single test. The test enables simultaneous identification of 50 species in […]
ReaX™ PCR Assays For Effortless Detection of Hospital Acquired Infections Picture available on request from nickim@alto-marketing.com Cardiff, UK, 29 October 2008 – Q Chip Ltd, a leading developer of microencapsulation solutions, has expanded its ReaX™ range of enhanced PCR products by the introduction of ReaX beads for the detection of bacterial and viral hospital acquired […]
FREMONT, Calif., Oct. 29 — Vermillion, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: VRML) announced today that it has agreed with Quest Diagnostics to extend the Strategic Alliance Agreement between the parties through October, 2009. This extension will enable the companies to continue work on the development and commercialization of two tests, OVA1(TM) and VASCLIR(TM). The OVA1 test […]
Spartan Bioscience Inc, a Canadian molecular diagnostics company that develops, manufactures, and markets DNA analyzers for on-demand applications, and NorDiag ASA, a Norwegian biotechnology company that develops, manufacturers and markets automated nucleic acid sample preparation instruments and magnetic bead based reagents for assays that require the purification of nucleic acid from difficult clinical samples such […]
Sequenom, Inc. (NASDAQ: SQNM) today announced the launch of an independent, prospective, multi-center observational study to document the performance of Sequenom’s SEQureDx(TM) Trisomy 21 technology for Down syndrome based upon Sequenom’s SEQureDx Technology. The study, RNA-based Noninvasive Aneuploidy (RNA), will be directed by Jacob Canick, Ph.D., Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Brown University Medical […]
SUNNYVALE, Calif., Oct. 27 — Cepheid (Nasdaq: CPHD – News) today noted an announcement from Birmingham Children’s Hospital highlighting results using Cepheid’s Xpert(TM) MRSA test, which runs on the GeneXpert® System, to implement a screening program for all patients being admitted to its Intensive Care Unit (ICU). The Birmingham Children’s Hospital announcement, released yesterday, stated […]
VEDBAEK, Denmark, October 27 — The European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) has undertaken a multi-institutional prospective randomized clinical trial on 719 late stage epithelial ovarian cancer patients (named 55971). Results were announced today at the 2008 International Gynecologic Cancer Society (IGCS) biennial meeting in Bangkok, Thailand. In this study, Oncotech EDR […]
Spartan Bioscience Inc., a Canadian molecular diagnostics company that develops, manufactures, and markets DNA analyzers for on-demand applications, today announced the unveiling of the prototype Spartan DX-12(TM) DNA analyzer. This new addition to the Spartan product line is a direct result of feedback provided by evaluation partners in molecular biology labs across the U.S. and […]
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