Direct Labeling chemistry provides chromosome arm length maps and improves SV detection resolution down to 500 bp for as little as $500 per genome To be showcased at the AGBT General Meeting this week SAN DIEGO —  Bionano Genomics, the genome mapping company, today announced the global commercial launch of new chemistry for sequence motif […]

Horizon out-licenses proprietary cell line and Helitron transposon gene editing technologies demonstrating Horizon’s ability to generate revenues from internally derived IP Horizon retains commercial rights over improvements to its technology platforms to develop new cell line technologies and gene delivery IP that can be licensed to customers for applications in biomanufacturing, diagnostic reference standards and […]

MENLO PARK, Calif. — Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc. (Nasdaq:PACB) announced today that the U.S. International Trade Commission (the “ITC”) has terminated its investigation into whether Oxford Nanopore’s MinION and PromethION devices and associated consumables, reagents, and software infringe one or more claims of U.S. Patent Nos. 9,404,146 and 9,542,527, owned by Pacific Biosciences. The decision by the ITC is based on its […]

Strand Life Sciences announced an investment by Quadria Capital, Asia’s leading healthcare focused private equity investor. India-based HealthQuad Fund and Singapore-based Heritas Venture Fund also contributed to this fund. Strand Life Sciences, formed from the business combination of Strand and Triesta, the diagnostics unit of HCG, is India’s leading specialized diagnostics company. Its expertise spans […]

Funding will help develop new treatments for the commonest cause of chronic liver disease Eagle Genomics and the Stratified Medicine Scotland Innovation Centre (SMS-IC) have been awarded a £1.7M collaborative grant from Innovate UK (the UK’s innovation agency), for a ground-breaking project that could help develop new tests and treatments for patients with non-alcoholic fatty […]

Unique immune detection technology and flexible workflow for tuberculosis control efforts HILDEN, Germany & TOKYO–QIAGEN N.V. (NYSE: QGEN; Frankfurt Prime Standard: QIA) today announced that Japan’s Ministry of Health Labor and Welfare has approved QuantiFERON®-TB Gold Plus (QFT®-Plus) as an in vitro diagnostic to detect tuberculosis (TB) infection. QFT-Plus is the fourth generation of QIAGEN’s […]

San Carlos, California Today NuGEN Technologies announces a breakthrough DNA-Seq library system giving researchers a simplified library preparation system for Illumina sequencers. The new system, Celero™ DNA-Seq, features a fast, addition-only workflow that eliminates in-process bead purifications. The system also features a breakthrough library quantitation method that saves both time and cost. In line with NuGEN’s new indexing solutions, […]

In November 2016, PacBio filed a Complaint with the International Trade Commission (“ITC”) alleging that Oxford Nanopore infringed two of PacBio’s patents and seeking to prevent Oxford Nanopore from selling its product in the United States. Today, the ITC Commission has made a Final Determination affirming the Administrative Judge’s decision that Oxford Nanopore has not […]

RIJSWIJK, The Netherlands & Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA — Bluebee, a company driving global genomic data-driven medicine, and New England Biolabs, Inc. (NEB®) have partnered to provide a secure and convenient data processing solution for NEB’s NEBNext Direct target enrichment technology. Through this partnership, Bluebee enables NEB’s NEBNext Direct customers the ability to rapidly analyze, store and […]

Basel, Switzerland Genedata, a leading provider of advanced software solutions for biopharma R&D, today announced that Pfizer Inc. has licensed the Genedata Bioprocess™ enterprise platform. The integration of Genedata Bioprocess with Pfizer’s existing Genedata Biologics™ platform – in use since 2014 – establishes a centralized data repository that can be accessed by both research and development units. […]