Diverse investments from Israel, Mexico, Poland, South Africa, United Kingdom and United States SAN DIEGO — Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ: ILMN) has selected seven new genomics companies to join the third global funding cycle of Illumina Accelerator. The global company creation engine, focused on partnering with entrepreneurs to build breakthrough genomics startups, invested in four companies […]

Oncomine Dx Target Test now approved as CDx for five targeted NSCLC therapies in the U.S. CARLSBAD, Calif. — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted premarket approval to Thermo Fisher Scientific’s Oncomine Dx Target Test as a companion diagnostic (CDx) to identify patients with epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) Exon20 insertion mutation-positive metastatic […]

CARLSBAD, Calif. — Thermo Fisher Scientific today announced the Japan Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW), Japan’s regulatory agency, has granted approval for the Oncomine Dx Target Test as a next-generation sequencing (NGS)-based companion diagnostic (CDx) for patients with RET-fusion positive non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) who may be treated with Eli Lilly and Company’s selpercatinib (formerly known […]

Three new manufacturing lines were successfully launched in under ten months, with an additional eight new lines planned to launch in Q3 2022. Sustain and secure the supply chain for customers in China and the broader region.  With the use of Fortem™ film, Cytiva helps customers speed up their clinical manufacturing and product launches; improve manufacturing […]

SAN DIEGO — Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ: ILMN) elevates climate action goals with commitments for net zero greenhouse gas emissions aligned with the Paris Agreement, commits to verified Science Based Targets, signs the Business Ambition for 1.5 degree and joins the United Nations campaign Race to Zero. “Human health and the health of our environment are intertwined. At Illumina, […]

CHICAGO — Bringing an added level of confidence to the robust science that its assay offers, the bioMérieux, Inc. GENE-UP® NUTRAPLEX PRO™ multiplex pathogen detection assay has achieved the AOAC®  Research Institute Performance Tested MethodsSM approval (PTM 082103).  AOAC validation demonstrated statistical equiavalence to the U.S. Food and Drug (FDA) and U. S. Pharmacopeia (USP) reference methods for the detection […]

NEW YORK — Biotia, Inc., a company that delivers proprietary analytical software for infectious disease diagnostics, is experiencing rapid adoption by clinical researchers worldwide of its user-friendly software platform for the comprehensive surveillance  and deeper insights into COVID-19 viral genetic variants. Biotia’s COVID-DX software has been optimized for researchers sequencing COVID-19 clinical specimens and wastewater samples using the popular […]

Nashville site will deliver on strategy to enable reliable supply of critical materials used to produce new biologics and vaccines WALTHAM, Mass. — Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (NYSE: TMO), the world leader in serving science, today announced plans to establish a manufacturing facility in Nashville dedicated to the production of single-use technologies (SUT) products. This investment […]

Researcher recognized for influential work on genome editing and CRISPR applications SANTA CLARA, Calif. —  Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced Dr. David R. Liu has been selected to receive a prestigious Agilent Thought Leader Award. A prominent researcher in the field of genome editing, Dr. Liu is Professor and Director of the Merkin Institute of Transformative Technologies […]

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — INanoBio, a startup developing early stage disease diagnostics by combining semiconductor nanotechnology with biotechnology and machine learning, today announced it has successfully fabricated initial prototypes of its novel Field Effect Nanopore Transistor (FENT) device. FENT is INanoBio’s proprietary technology, a revolutionary device that combines CMOS transistor technology with solid state nanopores for […]