NEW YORK — Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has made a strategic investment, through Accenture Ventures, in Geneyx Genomex Ltd. (Geneyx), an Israel-based developer of genomic analysis and interpretation software. Geneyx helps improve patient outcomes associated with hereditary and rare diseases by providing disease-specific, clinically relevant insights around risk prediction, diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment for clinical and pharmaceutical organizations. Today, […]

IPSWICH, MA – New England Biolabs (NEB®) announced today that they have released a kit for the generation of in vitro transcribed synthetic mRNA capped using the TriLink Biotechnologies, part of Maravai LifeSciences (NASDAQ: MRVI), CleanCap Reagent AG. NEB’s portfolio of HiScribe in vitro transcription (IVT) kits is designed to simplify workflows while producing high yields of RNA. The new HiScribe T7 mRNA Kit with CleanCap […]

CFTR testing kit with streamlined workflow delivers reliable results in less than five hours MINNEAPOLIS — Bio-Techne Corporation (NASDAQ:TECH) today announced that Asuragen, Inc., a Bio-Techne brand, has launched a new kit to detect pathogenic variants in the CFTR gene. The AmplideX® PCR/CE CFTR Kit, intended for research use only, provides broader coverage of the diverse U.S. population1,2 than any […]

VENLO, the Netherlands — QIAGEN N.V. (NYSE: QGEN, Frankfurt Stock Exchange: QIA) and BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) (NYSE: BDX) announced today that they have reached a settlement in the patent infringement lawsuit related to QIAGEN’s NeuMoDx™ 96 and NeuMoDx™ 288 clinical PCR systems that QIAGEN acquired from NeuMoDx Inc. in 2020. Under terms of […]

SAN DIEGO — Bionano Genomics, Inc. (BNGO), developer of the Saphyr® system that uses optical genome mapping (OGM) for the detection and analysis of structural variants (SVs), today announced that two former Illumina executives, Stephanie Hoyle and Alex Helm, have joined the Company as vice presidents of Corporate Marketing and Strategic Product Marketing, respectively. Together, they bring 22 years […]

Data from 10,000 individuals affected by SARS-CoV-2 will be used to identify biomarkers that can help predict potential risk of serious disease and support the development of novel therapeutics to combat COVID-19 SAN DIEGO — Illumina Inc. (NASDAQ: ILMN) today announced that its world-class sequencing and bioinformatics solutions are being used by HostSeq, part of […]

ArchiMed and Cube management will expand sales in the US – the world’s largest drug discovery market – and broaden Cube’s product and service offering organically and via acquisitions. Trans-Atlantic private equity healthcare specialist ArchiMed has purchased a majority stake in Monheim, Germany-based Cube. Founded in 2012, Cube has developed proprietary methods and products to […]

SAN DIEGO — Bionano Genomics, Inc. (BNGO), developer of the Saphyr® system that uses optical genome mapping (OGM) for the detection and analysis of structural variants (SVs), today announced the release of Bionano Solve™ version 3.7 and Bionano Access™ version 1.7 as available data solution upgrades for Saphyr systems installed in laboratories worldwide. Included in these […]

Funds to drive commercial expansion as growing number of facilities bring genomics into communities worldwide ST. LOUIS, MO — PierianDx, the global leader in clinical genomics knowledge, announced that it closed on $30 million of new growth capital including equity financing and a term loan facility, which includes access to additional tranches for up to […]

MENLO PARK, Calif. and HONG KONG — PacBio will be providing its high-quality, highly accurate sequencing platforms to Prenetics Group Limited, a leading global genomics and diagnostic testing company, as the firm adds more comprehensive genetic screening services including carrier screening and cancer-risk screening in Hong Kong, Southeast Asia and in the United Kingdom. “With […]