Montréal – Caprion Proteomics announced today the results of a major study conducted by Indi (Integrated Diagnostics), an emerging leader in molecular diagnostics that has been actively collaborating with Caprion since 2008, which suggests that quantification of a combination of blood proteins can accurately distinguish between benign lung nodules and early-stage lung cancer. The study, […]

PARSIPPANY, NJ and OMAHA, NE – PDI, Inc. (Nasdaq: PDII) and Transgenomic, Inc. (OTCBB: TBIO), today announced the signing of a U.S. collaboration agreement to commercialize CardioPredict™, a molecular diagnostic test developed by Transgenomic. CardioPredict™ is a broad-based genetic assay which identifies a patient’s specific genes that influence the effectiveness and safety of many commonly […]

Redwood City, California, and Hilden, Germany — QIAGEN N.V. (NASDAQ: QGEN; Frankfurt Prime Standard: QIA) today announced the Empowered Genome Community, which is a first-of-its-kind initiative to help people who have had their genomes sequenced share, explore, and interpret their data with researchers and each other. To highlight how the community can spark new biomedical […]

ALAMEDA, Calif. — BioTime, Inc. (NYSE MKT: BTX), and its subsidiary OncoCyte Corporation today announced that OncoCyte has entered into a Sponsored Research Agreement and a Material Transfer Agreement with The Wistar Institute to collaboratively develop lung cancer diagnostic products. As part of the collaboration, Wistar investigators are conducting a multi-center patient study in which […]

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. — Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ: ILMN) today announced that Verinata Health, an Illumina company, will offer a new test option for its non-invasive verifi® prenatal test.1 Physicians will now be able to use the verifi® prenatal test for women pregnant with twins through natural or assisted reproductive methods. The verifi® prenatal test for […]

Huntsville, AL — Eurofins MWG Operon has opened a new department to meet the growing demand for cGMP and GLP manufacturing for IVD (in vitro diagnostic) and ASR (analyte-specific reagent) applications within the clinical, pharmaceutical, food safety, and animal health industries. In order to meet regulatory requirements, clients increasingly request highly standardized process controls be […]

CODOLET, France & TURKU, Finland — Cisbio Bioassays (www.cisbio.com), global developer of in vitro diagnostic kits and of products and services used in drug discovery, and Orion Diagnostica Oy (www.oriondiagnostica.com), an in vitro diagnostics company specializing in development, production and sales of diagnostic test systems, announced that they have signed an agreement covering raw materials […]

Lexington, MA – SynapDx Corporation, a diagnostic company developing an innovative blood test for the early detection of autism spectrum disorders, today announced that Kevin Hrusovsky has been appointed to its Board of Directors. Hrusovsky, former president of Life Sciences and Technology at PerkinElmer, has a breadth of experience in launching technologies and building fast-growing […]

HATFIELD, Pa. — Genisphere LLC reported today it has adapted its 3DNA® Nanotechnology for use as a universal signal amplification system for improving the sensitivity and overall performance of rapid diagnostic tests and applications. Detailed in a patent application submitted on August 16th, the new process is a further enhancement of the 3DNA® Signal Amplification […]

PETALUMA, CA – Biosearch Technologies, Inc. (Biosearch), a leading supplier of sophisticated oligonucleotide components to the rapidly growing molecular diagnostics industry announced today that it has acquired exclusive worldwide rights to turboFISH technology – A Method for Rapid Single Molecule RNA FISH. With this turboFISH license, Biosearch maintains exclusive access to continuing Stellaris® RNA FISH […]