SHANGHAI; CAMBRIDGE, Mass.; and REYKJAVIK – WuXi NextCODE, a precision medicine company using the genome to improve health worldwide, and the Children’s Hospital of Fudan University (CHFU), based in Shanghai and serving 2.3 million patients nationwide per year, today announced the signing of a landmark agreement for advancing precision medicine in China. It brings WuXi […]

ITHACA, N.Y. — Rheonix Inc., a developer of fully automated molecular diagnostics solutions, has been granted patent 9,132,398, “Integrated Microfluidic Device and Methods,” for the Rheonix CARD® cartridge, which enables assays to be performed on the company’s EncompassMDx® and Encompass Optimum™ instruments. The CARD, which stands for Chemistry and Reagent Device, will make molecular diagnostics […]

SHANGHAI and CAMBRIDGE, Mass. and REYKJAVIK, Iceland, Sept. 16, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — WuXi NextCODE, a precision medicine company using the genome to improve health worldwide, and the Children’s Hospital of Fudan University (CHFU), based in Shanghai and serving 2.3 million patients nationwide per year, today announced the signing of a landmark agreement for advancing precision […]

SAN DIEGO — AltheaDx, Inc., today announced the successful CLIA validation of a next-generation sequencing (NGS) panel for their pharma services program. This panel enables simultaneous testing of 143 solid tumor genes. The AltheaDx Oncology Panel 150 (AOP 150) Assay is a targeted, NGS assay for drug and companion diagnostic development programs. The AOP 150 […]

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced that Sue H. Rataj has been elected to the company’s board of directors, effective immediately. Rataj was chief executive of BP plc’s global petrochemicals business before retiring in April 2011. She was also a group vice president of BP and had held a series […]

Berlin, Germany, and Fairfield, Australia: Lateral flow immunoassays represent popular point of care diagnostics, as they are easy to use, cost-effective and produce rapid results. Both companies, SCIENION and Axxin, take an active part in this market segment and contribute with its technologies towards state-of-the-art products and services for its customers. Joining forces in this […]

Melbourne, Australia: Trajan Scientific and Medical (Trajan) continues to expand their technical and research capabilities, announcing a landmark agreement with academia and government in Australia today. Trajan’s latest strategic collaboration with the University of Adelaide, supported by the South Australian Government, sees the realization of a research and development and manufacturing hub based on a […]

NEW YORK — At a meeting with analysts and investors today, members of the senior management team of NanoString Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:NSTG), a provider of life science tools for translational research and molecular diagnostic products, plan to unveil the company’s strategic roadmap to drive continued growth and expand the market for its nCounter® Analysis System […]

SEATTLE — NanoString Technologies, Inc., (NASDAQ:NSTG) a provider of life science tools for translational research and molecular diagnostic products, today announced that the PAM50 gene signature, commercialized as the Prosigna®Breast Cancer Gene Signature Assay, has been added to the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) Clinical Practice Guidelines. The updated guidelines recognize Prosigna’s value to […]

SAN RAFAEL, Calif. -– BioCision, LLC today announced that the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Center for Devices and Radiological Health, accepted its Device Master File (MAF) submission for the ThawSTAR automated cell thawing system. “We have seen tremendous global interest for the ThawSTAR technology since launching this product nine months ago and […]