Norway has launched the Norwegian Cancer Genomics Consortium, which will use next-generation sequencing to sequence the genomes of cancer patients. In comparison, many similar studies at hospitals in the US, UK and France are using conventional genetic testing. The project’s pilot phase will sequence 1,000 patients’ tumor genomes to determine how genetic makeup affects treatment. […]
One of the subsegments driving growth in the Raman spectroscopy market is Raman imaging. The speed and chemical information that imaging provides is helping the technique steadily replace conventional Raman microscopy. Scientists are finding Raman imaging an advantageous technique for a wide variety of industries and applications and are still exploring the technique’s potential. There […]
Advanced Liquid Logic’s (ALL) digital microfluidics technology promises greater scalability and lower costs than traditional, continuous-flow microfluidics. Although the company has commercialized one product itself, it is relying on partnerships to facilitate its technology’s development. ALL was founded in 2004 and today has 65 employees. ALL currently has four partnerships, with one resulting in a […]
Company Announcements De Novo Software and ChemoMetec signed a comarketing agreement in October 2011. Nexcelom Bioscience signed a licensing agreement with De Novo Software in October 2011. Partec agreed in November 2011 to sell De Novo Software’s FCS Express software with its CyFlow Cube instrument and to resell the software worldwide. Synthetic biology firm Intrexon […]
Company Announcements New England Biolabs (NEB) agreed in October 2011 to distribute the Single Cell Whole Genome Amplification Kit, which uses Rubicon Genomics’ amplification technology. This is the first NEB product targeted at the single-cell amplification market. WaferGen Biosystems CEO and President Alnoor Shivji resigned in October 2011 but remains chairman. An Office of the […]
Company Announcements DNAnexus secured $15 million in October 2011 in second round funding led by Google Ventures and TPG Biotech. The company also entered into a technology collaboration with Google to provide an archive of publicly available DNA data through a Sequence Read Archive site hosted by Google Cloud Storage. Elsevier and PerkinElmer in November […]
Company Announcements ArcticZymes signed a new supply agreement with Affymetrix for its Shrimp Alkaline Phosphatase enzyme covering September 2011 through December 2017. Affymetrix previously held exclusive distribution rights. GE Healthcare Life Sciences exclusively licensed the patent and know-how from Affitech in October 2011 for products containing recombinant Protein L. EMD Millipore will be the initial […]
Company Announcements In November 2011, Shimadzu signed a memorandum of understanding with Singapore’s Nanyang Polytechnic to set up a Center of Excellence in Food Safety & Laboratory Analytical Methods. Agilent in November 2011 joined the sponsors of GreenCentre Canada, a national center of excellence for commercializing green chemistry discovery generated by academic researchers and industry. […]
Five new Excellence Initiatives (Idex) recipients were announced earlier this month as part of France’s €35 billion ($46.2 billion) Investments for the Future stimulus package, which includes €21.9 billion for R&D and universities. The five universities—Aix-Marseille, Toulouse, Paris-Saclay, Sorbonne Université and Sorbonne Paris Cité—join the previous Idex selections: Strasbourg, Idex Bordeaux and Paris Sciences et […]
China’s State Council has announced a four-year plan to increase drug standards to meet international levels. The new standards would cover 6,500 drugs, including 2,800 drugs based on traditional Chinese medicines. Also included would be 2,500 chemical-based drugs and 200 biologic drugs. However, the priority would be drugs listed in the country’s catalog of essential […]
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