Roche (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY) announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Kapa Biosystems, Inc. (Kapa) a privately-held company headquartered in Wilmington, Massachusetts, US. Kapa Biosystems is a provider of genomic tools in the life sciences sector that employs proprietary technologies to optimize enzymes for next-generation sequencing (NGS), as well as […]
Innsbruck – Researchers at the University of Birmingham have published results that suggest a non-invasive breath test for liver disease using an IONICON PTR-MS. Elevated levels of limonene in patients have been found to be indicative of a diseased liver. Background Especially in the UK liver disease has risen sharply over the past few decades […]
SAN FRANCISCO — Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ: ILMN), Warburg Pincus and Sutter Hill Ventures announced today that they have formed a company to empower consumers to discover insights into their own genomes through a vibrant ecosystem of high-quality content partners. The company, called Helix, is based in the San Francisco Bay Area and received financing commitments […]
CINCINNATI — Meridian Bioscience, Inc. announces that on August 11, 2015, the Board of Directors of Meridian Bioscience, Inc. elected two new independent directors, Catherine A. Sazdanoff and John C. McIlwraith, effective August 14, 2015. Ms. Sazdanoff is the CEO and President of Sazdanoff Consulting LLC, specializing in business development, management and strategy consulting. In […]
DELRAY BEACH, Fla. — PositiveID Corporation (“PositiveID” or “Company”) (OTCQB:PSID), a developer of biological detection and diagnostics solutions, announced today it has entered into definitive agreements with an institutional investor (“Investor”) for an aggregate purchase price of $2,400,000. PositiveID will use the proceeds to continue the development and testing of its Firefly Dx PCR (polymerase […]
BEIJING and FREMONT, Calif. — Annoroad has selected the WaferGen Bio-systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:WGBS) SmartChip platform for high-throughput target enrichment of BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes, SNP genotyping services and library quantification for next-generation sequencing (NGS). The system will provide the performance and flexibility to streamline key applications onto a single platform. NGS-based applications for cancer discovery […]
ST LOUIS, MO – PierianDx, the forerunner in clinical genomic informatics, announced today that it has released a new version of its leading bioinformatics software platform that will address exome sequencing workflow. “We have always had a platform that was built by genomicists, for genomicists,” said Ted Briscoe, CEO of PierianDx. “True to our roots, […]
SEATTLE — NanoString Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:NSTG), a provider of life science tools for translational research and molecular diagnostic products, today announced that Palmetto GBA, a Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC) that assesses molecular diagnostic technologies through its MolDx program, has issued a favorable final local coverage determination (LCD) for the Prosigna® Breast Cancer Assay. “We are […]
SUNNYVALE, Calif. — Cepheid (Nasdaq: CPHD) today announced the departure of Ilan Daskal who held the position of Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Daskal’s departure is not related to financial disclosure, accounting or legal matters. The company also announced the appointment of Dan Madden to the position of Executive Vice President, Chief Financial […]
Darmstadt, Germany – Merck Millipore, the Life Science business of Merck, today announced it is providing the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) with a $50,000 charitable contribution to support the development of a novel diagnostic and tracking platform for Ebola. The funds will be used by MIT Professor Lee Gehrke, PhD in MIT’s Institute for […]
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