Sequenom, Inc. (Nasdaq: SQNM), a leading provider of genetic-analysis solutions, today announced that it has acquired exclusive worldwide rights (excluding Hong Kong) to digital PCR and other noninvasive prenatal diagnostic intellectual property from The Chinese University of Hong Kong. These newly acquired rights expand Sequenom’s existing, broad intellectual property portfolio of noninvasive prenatal diagnostic methods […]

Omaha, NE, and Charlottesville, VA, September 16, 2008 – Transgenomic (OTC-Bulletin Board: TBIO.OB) today announced a partnership with Key Genomics to develop a molecular diagnostic test which will guide clinicians in their choice of currently available treatments for ovarian cancer. The new test will be powered by Key Genomics’ predictive algorithm, COXEN (‘‘CO-eXpression ExtrapolatioN’’). Ovarian […]

HER2 CISH Gene Amplification Test Now Available CARLSBAD, Calif.–Invitrogen Corporation, (NASDAQ:IVGN), a provider of essential life science technologies for research, production and diagnostics, has signed an exclusive U.S. distribution agreement with Biocare Medical LLC, a leading provider of immunohistochemistry reagents, multiplex stains, and automated platforms for the anatomic pathology market, for the new SPOT-Light® HER2 […]

bioMerieux, a world leader in the field of in vitro diagnostics has acquired the privately held AviaraDx, Inc., a molecular in vitro diagnostics company, based in San Diego, California (USA). AviaraDx’s diagnostic tests, based on their proprietary technologies, are used in the molecular classification of cancers and to assist oncologists in making critical therapeutic decisions. […]

MUNICH, Germany–The Advalytix product team of Olympus is initiating a collaborative study with The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center to characterize circulating tumor cells in breast cancer patients. The study combines Advalytix’s sensitive AmpliGrid molecular analysis platform, multiplex primer design, and integrated workflow to analyze expression of multiple target genes in single […]

The CDC to Develop MSI’s Back-Scattering Interferometry Technologyas a Diagnostic Platform for the Detection of Infectious Disease and Typing of Causative Agents Montara, California, September 9th, 2008- Today, Molecular Sensing, Inc. (MSI), an early stage biotechnology company, announces the signing of a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with the Centers for Disease Control’s, National […]

AUSTIN, Texas & CYPRESS, Calif.–Asuragen, Inc., announces that it has granted Focus Diagnostics, Inc., the infectious disease diagnostics company of Quest Diagnostics, non-exclusive worldwide rights to incorporate Armored RNA® technology into its in vitro molecular diagnostics products. Under the terms of the Agreement, Asuragen will develop and supply reagents for Focus Diagnostics in Asuragen’s QSR-compliant […]

NEW YORK, Sept. 5 — eGenomics, Inc., a leader in the development of state of the art genomic and informational systems for infectious disease control, announced today that the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) recently issued U.S. Patent no. 7,449,808, for key elements of its proprietary warning system for hospital infection control. The […]

Sample Processing for aCGH-Based Genetic Tests September 03, 2008, SciGene (Sunnyvale, CA) and ARUP Laboratories (Salt Lake City, UT) announced today they have entered into an agreement under which they will develop an automated platform for processing DNA samples used in microarray-based tests used for detecting genetic defects. Under the agreement, SciGene will provide the […]

Over 70 CytoVision(R) workstations to provide an automated solution for Scotland’s entire network of cytogenetic laboratories NEW MILTON, UK–Genetix Group plc (AIM: GTX), the cancer diagnostic and biopharmaceutical technologies group, today announces that it has been awarded a contract to develop and implement a nationwide network of Automated Cytogenetic Analysis Systems by NHS National Services […]