SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. – Boston Children’s Hospital has partnered with Life Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ: LIFE) to launch Claritas Genomics, a new company formed to develop next-generation, genetic and genomics-based diagnostic testing solutions. The venture combines advanced instrumentation, software and bioinformatics capabilities with sophisticated clinical interpretation of test results and consultation by specialist physicians and medical […]

Washington, D.C.,- Danaher Corporation (NYSE:DHR) announced that its President and Chief Executive Officer, H. Lawrence Culp, Jr., will comment tomorrow on the Company’s performance in a presentation at the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference in San Francisco, CA. Mr. Culp will communicate that the Company’s fourth quarter 2012 diluted net earnings per share is anticipated to […]

Frederick, MD —— Akonni Biosystems announced results today from three pre-clinical studies that contribute to the body of clinical evidence that verifies the efficacy of Akonni’s TruDiagnosis molecular diagnostics (MDx) platform. Akonni TruArray® Tests are designed to fulfill market needs for mid-multiplex molecular diagnostics (tens to hundreds of molecular markers) deployed in near point-of-care settings, […]

Menlo Park, CA – Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (KPCB) announced today that Risa Stack, PhD., a long time partner at KPCB, has been named General Manager of GE’s Emerging Health Innovations, reporting to Sue Siegel, CEO of healthymagination. Stack has served for two years on the advisory board for healthymagination – GE’s $6 billion […]

Danvers, MA –– Cell Signaling Technology, Inc. (CST) of Danvers, MA, announced today the issuance of US Patent No. 8,288,102, relating to PCR-based methods for the detection of EML4-ALK (anaplastic lymphoma kinase) polynucleotides in patient samples. The presence of the fusion kinase EML4- ALK has been reported in a subset of patients with breast, colon, […]

SAN DIEGO — Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ:ILMN) today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Verinata Health, Inc., a leading provider of non-invasive tests for the early identification of fetal chromosomal abnormalities, for consideration of $350 million plus up to $100 million in milestone payments through 2015. Upon completion of the acquisition, Illumina […]

Hilden, Germany, and Germantown, Maryland,— QIAGEN N.V. (NASDAQ: QGEN; Frankfurt Prime Standard: QIA) today announced three separate agreements that add multiple biomarkers to QIAGEN’s deep development pipeline of diagnostics for Personalized Healthcare applications to guide treatments with various medicines based on a patient’s genomic information. QIAGEN intends to develop new diagnostics to guide treatment decisions […]

TORONTO, – Effective January 10, 2013 Carl Zeiss Canada is pleased to announce a new exclusive agreement with Inter Medico to distribute its clinical microscopy product line across Canada. This new partnership will significantly extend Zeiss’s reach into the hospital markets and clinical accounts which focus on patient health care and diagnosis. “Although our growth […]

Hilden, Germany, and Germantown, Maryland, — QIAGEN N.V. (NASDAQ: QGEN; Frankfurt Prime Standard: QIA) announced today that it exceeded its goal for new placements of the QIAsymphony modular laboratory workflow platform in 2012. The growth of QIAsymphony, which offers full workflow solutions from biological sample to result, reached well more than 750 placements at the […]