UTRECHT, The Netherlands and MENLO PARK, Calif.– Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc., (Nasdaq:PACB) provider of the PacBio® RS II DNA Sequencing System, and GenDx, a pioneer in the area of sequence-based typing and next-generation sequencing for HLA typing, today announced a co-marketing agreement to offer products for full-length HLA gene sequencing. The Human Leukocyte Antigen […]

SUNNYVALE, Calif. — Cepheid (Nasdaq: CPHD) today announced a new collaboration with AstraZeneca, Cubist Pharmaceuticals, Inc., and GSK intended to promote transformational change in infectious disease therapy by developing a rapid diagnostic test that can target multi-drug resistant pathogens and support the appropriate use of antibiotics. Targeting bacterial infections with the right treatment will slow […]

GERMANTOWN, Maryland, and HILDEN, Germany -— QIAGEN N.V. (NASDAQ: QGEN; Frankfurt Prime Standard: QIA) today announced that its artus® CMV RGQ MDx Kit for human cytomegalovirus (CMV) has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) under a full premarket approval (PMA). The test is the only FDA-approved PCR-based assay optimized for low- […]

Hercules, CA — — Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE: BIO and BIOb), a global manufacturer and distributor of life science research and clinical diagnostic products, today announced the launch of its BioPlex® 2200 HIV Ag-Ab kit, the company’s 5th generation HIV test for markets outside the U.S. Similar to 4th generation assays, the BioPlex 2200 HIV […]

FRANKLIN LAKES, N.J.– BD Medical, a segment of BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) (NYSE: BDX), a leading global medical technology company, today announced an agreement with The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center for BD Cato™, a system that enhances safety and workflow efficiency in medication preparation via gravimetric and barcoding technology. MD Anderson […]

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. — Fluxion Biosciences, Inc. announced today that it has initiated a collaboration with the Stanford University School of Medicine focused on developing tests to help deliver more effective therapies to cancer patients. The laboratory of Dr. James Brooks is utilizing Fluxion’s IsoFlux System to isolate, recover, and analyze rare circulating cancer […]

GENALICE today announced that the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Oxford Biomedical Research Centre’s Molecular Diagnostics Centre has signed a contract for a larger model of the GENALICE VAULT, GENALICE’s Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS) data processing appliance. This all-in-one bioinformatics appliance is preloaded with the ultra-fast and highly accurate NGS data processing software, GENALICE MAP. […]

Baltimore, MD — Waters Corporation (NYSE:WAT) has signed an agreement with Prosolia, Inc. (Indianapolis, IN) for the exclusive rights to DESI (Desorption Electrospray Ionization) technology for clinical research applications for use with Waters® time-of-flight mass spectrometers, including its SYNAPT® G2 Si and Xevo® G2-XS QTof mass spectrometers. The announcement came at the 62nd conference of […]

San Diego, Calif. — Agena Bioscience, Inc., which recently acquired the Bioscience business of Sequenom, Inc., was notified today by Sequenom, Inc. that it received premarket clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the IMPACT Dx™ Factor V Leiden and Factor II Genotyping Test and the IMPACT Dx™ System. The IMPACT Dx™ […]

BALTIMORE — At the 62nd ASMS Conference on Mass Spectrometry and Allied Topics today, Bruker Corporation (NASDAQ:BRKR) today announced mass spectrometry-based product introductions for life-science research and proteomics, for clinical research, for pharma/biopharma/CRO customers, as well as for applied and industrial markets. The new systems and solutions are designed to deliver confident analyses with significantly […]