Premaitha Health has entered into a further extension of the investment agreement with Thermo Fisher Scientific, the latter providing an additional two-tranche secured loan facility of $5.0m. Thermo Fisher is the world leader in serving science, with revenues of over $18bn and more than 55,000 employees in 50 countries. Premaitha’s IONA and SAGE prenatal screening […]

Genomic analysis company Genoox has raised $6 million in funding. Inimiti Capital Partners and Glilot Capital Partners led the round. PRESS RELEASE NEW YORK – Today, Genoox, the genomic analysis company on a mission to make it easier and more affordable for doctors, clinicians and researchers to improve patient outcomes using big data, announced a […]

WOBURN, Mass.–SeqLL, LLC announced today that it has been awarded a Phase I SBIR grant in the amount of $223,465 by the NIH/National Human Genome Research Institute to advance the development of Direct RNA Sequencing (DRS™) technology on SeqLL’s True Single Molecule Sequencing (tSMS™) platform. The Phase I grant will allow SeqLL to improve DRS […]

Company completes Series D funding and adds two new directors to board (ANN ARBOR, Mich.) Swift Biosciences, a leading provider of innovative library prep solutions for genomic sequencing, today announced the completion of a Series D funding raise of $12.2 million. The company also announced the addition of two new directors to its board, positioning the […]

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. — SerImmune Inc. today announced an $8 million round of financing, led by Illumina Ventures, with participation from Merck, known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, through a subsidiary, and additional undisclosed investors. With the proceeds, SerImmune will expand its immune mapping technology platform and antibody repertoire database while building strategic […]

A New Orleans startup exploring the diagnostic aspects of genetic research has received more than $1 million from investors and plans to expand its business. Pine Biotech, based at the New Orleans BioInnovation Center on Canal Street, has developed a software program to help scientists analyze and map large sets of molecular data — also […]

Research in space will use Emulate’s Organs-on-Chips technology to evaluate effects of space travel on human brain cells, and may help uncover new insights to understand neurological diseases on Earth $2 million grant provided by NCATS, a center of the NIH; logistical support provided by CASIS, managers of the International Space Station U.S. National Laboratory […]

MENLO PARK, Calif. — Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc. (NASDAQ:PACB) (the “Company”) today announced that it has priced its previously announced underwritten public offering of 15,419,354 shares of its common stock at a price to the public of $3.10 per share.  The offering is expected to close on or about June 20, 2017 subject to […]

— Aggregate New Funding in 2017 Reaches $60 Million; Total of $191 Million Raised Since Inception – — Accelerates Growth into Drug Discovery, Supports Investment in DNA Data Storage – SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. – Twist Bioscience Corporation, a company accelerating science and innovation through rapid, high-quality DNA synthesis, today announced that it raised an additional […]

Company’s strong growth and technical expertise in managing clinical trials attracts growth equity investment SEATTLE—-LabConnect, a leading provider of highly customized global central laboratory and support services to biopharmaceutical, medical device, and contract research organizations (CROs), announced today a $24.5 million Series A investment by ABS Capital Partners, a leading late-stage growth company investor, Pablo […]