Financing Led by Medical Excellence Capital and Alexandria Venture Investments Gregory T. Lucier joins Pleno as Chairman of the Board of Directors SAN DIEGO — Pleno Inc., a multi-omic instrument platform company revolutionizing biological target detection for clinical testing and biomedical research, announced the close of $15 million in Pre-Series A financing led by experienced life […]

Addition of Aalto Bio Reagents expands Biosynth Carbosynth’s offer to its clinical diagnostics customers. Staad – Biosynth Carbosynth (“Biosynth”), a supplier of critical materials to the life science industry, announces today the acquisition of Aalto Bio Reagents (“Aalto”), a leading developer and provider of biological materials to the in-vitro diagnostic (IVD) and vaccine development industry in […]

DOD to fund planned manufacturing expansion and to prepare the U.S. for a rapid response to the next pandemic as part of Industrial Base Expansion SAN DIEGO — TriLink BioTechnologies (TriLink), a Maravai LifeSciences company (Maravai) (NASDAQ: MRVI), and a leader in the production of nucleic acids for research, diagnostics and therapeutics applications, today announced […]

First companion diagnostic claim for Illumina’s TruSight™ Oncology Comprehensive (EU) test enables targeted therapy with Bayer’s VITRAKVI® (larotrectinib) for patients with NTRK fusion cancer SAN DIEGO — Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ: ILMN), a global leader in DNA sequencing and array-based technologies, today announced the addition of a companion diagnostic (CDx) indication to its CE-marked in vitro diagnostic TruSight™ Oncology (TSO) Comprehensive (EU) […]

FOSTER CITY, Calif. — Illumina Ventures, today announced the promotion of Malek Faham, MD, PhD, to Chief Scientist having previously served as both a Venture Partner and Entrepreneur in Residence (EIR). In addition, Charles Lin, PhD, has joined the team as a Principal, and Dave Johnson, PhD, has joined as an Entrepreneur in Residence. “Having […]

Proceeds to Enable Commercialization and Scale-Up of Unique RNA Sequencing Technology. Lausanne, Switzerland – Alithea Genomics, a fast-growing, emerging leader in the field of RNA sequencing and transcriptomics analysis, announced today the closing of a CHF 1 million seed financing round led by the Novalis Biotech Acceleration fund, with participation of Swiss-based private investors. Alithea has developed […]

GeoMx NextSeq workflow creates a streamlined end-to-end solution for spatial multiomic analysis, reducing user touchpoints, and the need for on-site informatics infrastructure SEATTLE — NanoString Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: NSTG), a leading provider of life science tools for discovery and translational research, today announced a seamless, cloud-based workflow that improves the spatial data analysis experience of […]

– Cooperates with scientists from Lund University to develop improved bladder cancer diagnostics Qlucore – listed on Nasdaq First North – is delighted to announce a new collaboration in the field of precision diagnostics to develop solutions for improved clinical diagnostics of bladder cancer. Bladder cancer is the third classifier model co-operation launched by Qlucore in […]

The collaboration includes custom genotyping arrays designed to accelerate genomic research and clinical applications of predictive genomics across Arab populations WALTHAM, Mass. – Thermo Fisher Scientific, the world leader in serving science, and Qatar Genome Program (QGP), a member of Qatar Foundation (QF), have partnered with the goal of accelerating genomic research and clinical applications of […]

QIAwave products showed 35% lower environmental impact First in industry to receive ACT label for sample preparation kits QIAGEN and My Green Lab to collaborate on laboratory sustainability efforts HILDEN, Germany & GERMANTOWN, Md. — QIAGEN N.V. (NYSE: QGEN; Frankfurt Prime Standard: QIA) today announced that its recently launched, environmentally friendlier QIAwave nucleic-acid extraction kits […]