Company Announcements Biodesix announced in July that it will begin offering Biognosys’s HRM technology as part of its companion diagnostic–development capabilities to create novel protein assays for the oncology market. In August, Agilent Technologies announced a collaboration with Dr. Steven Gross of Weill Cornell Medical College’s Department of Pharmacology to advance ALS research. Agilent MS […]
Company Announcements Sage Analytics announced in July the appointment of Herzog Scientific as its US West Coast sales representative. In September, Princeton Instruments named Delta Optics, part of Irida Iberica, as its new sales representative for Spain. Agilent Technologies named DKSH as a spectroscopy solutions distributor for Vietnam, covering marketing, sales and after-sales services. Product […]
Company Announcements Lockheed Martin formed in July its Healthcare Technology Alliance to develop and refine technologies to help guide decisions for care, diagnosis and treatment of disease while protecting critical health information. Founding members include Cisco, Cloudera, Illumina and Intel. Illumina announced in August the second funding cycle of its Accelerator investments: PathoGn, which uses […]
This month, New Zealand’s government released the “National Statement of Science Investment (NSSI) for 2015–2025.” The strategy’s 10-year goals are a simpler, more transparent science system investing effectively in the long term to benefit the country’s health, environment and society. The NSSI seeks to elevate New Zealand’s position as an R&D destination, and to regularly […]
The Izmir Biomedicine and Genome Center (iBG), based at Dokuz Eylül University, was launched in Turkey last month. The Center is considered an opportunity to bring hope and prominence to research in the country. Turkey’s current science funding, most of which is allocated to applied research, though increasing, is less than half of the EU’s […]
This month, the 1,000 Genomes Project published its final two papers, based on the analysis of 2,504 genomes of individuals from 26 populations in five continental regions. The broad sample gives insight into the level of normal genetic variation in humans. The first paper reported over 88 million genetic variants affecting up to 500 bases […]
This month, the US EPA updated to 70 parts per billion (ppb) the National Ambient Air Quality Standards for ground-level ozone. To meet the standard, the fourth-highest maximum daily eight-hour ozone concentration each year, averaged over three years, must not exceed 70 ppb. The changes are to both the primary (public health) and secondary (public […]
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has proposed a rule to implement the means to determine the rates paid for lab tests (see IBO 4/15/14). The CMS would require “applicable” labs—those with Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments certificates receiving more than half of their Medicare revenue from the clinical laboratory fee schedule (CLFS) or […]
This month, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine issued its report, “Support for Forensic Science Research: Improving the Scientific Role of the National Institute of Justice.” The document made recommendations for strengthening the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) in its capacity as the supporting body for forensic research in the US. This article […]
Abcam Gains on Asia Expansion Fiscal 2015 sales for Abcam ending June 30 grew 12.6%, 14.2% excluding currency, to £144.0 million ($225.1 million = £0.64 = $1). Product revenue climbed 16.6% to account for 94% of sales. This growth was driven by new products, direct sales initiatives, geographic expansion in China and the acquisition of […]
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