Thermo Fisher Scientific Accelerates 100 Percent Renewable Electricity Goal for European Operations with New Solar Power Agreement with X-ELIO

Company leads value chain partners in purchase agreement that adds 118 megawatts (MW) of solar energy to enable decarbonization across the pharmaceutical and healthcare industries WALTHAM, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (NYSE: TMO), the world leader in serving science, today announced a 10-year virtual power purchasing agreement (VPPA) with international renewable energy developer X-ELIO... Read more

Danaher Announces Investment Partnership in Innovaccer Inc.

Danaher Announces Investment Partnership in Innovaccer Inc. Partnership seeks to improve patient outcomes and experience through novel digital and diagnostic solutions. Investment aligns with Danaher’s mission to accelerate the transition to precision medicine with AI-enabled diagnostics. WASHINGTON, Jan. 9, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Danaher Diagnostics LLC and Danaher Ventures LLC, two subsidiaries of Danaher Corporation (NYSE:... Read more

Roche enters into a definitive agreement to acquire Poseida Therapeutics, including cell therapy candidates and related platform technologies

Acquisition supports Roche’s Pharma Strategy and allows for a range of potentially first and best-in-class therapies across oncology, immunology, and neurology, uniquely positioning Roche in the new field of donor-derived off-the-shelf cell therapies Roche to acquire Poseida Therapeutics for US $9.00 per share in cash at closing, representing a total equity value of approximately US... Read more

PacBio Onso™ Short Read Sequencing Instrument Joins 10x Genomics Compatible Partner Program

MENLO PARK, Calif., Oct. 22, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — PacBio (Nasdaq: PACB), a leading developer of high-quality, highly accurate genomic sequencing solutions, today announced the inclusion of the Onso short-read sequencing platform in the 10x Genomics Compatible Partner Program. The 10x Genomics Compatible Partner Program recognizes instruments and workflows compatible with 10x Genomics’ products and... Read more

PacBio Enters Cancer Genomics Research Collaboration in Singapore with Advanced Onso Sequencing

SINGAPORE, Oct. 11, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — PacBio (NASDAQ: PACB), a leading developer of high-quality, highly accurate sequencing solutions, today announced the signing of a new Research Collaboration Agreement (RCA) with the National Cancer Centre of Singapore (NCCS). This collaboration aims to accelerate cancer research by leveraging PacBio’s advanced sequencing technologies, including the innovative Onso short-read sequencing platform,... Read more

Singapore’s National Precision Medicine (NPM) programme will partner with PacBio to propel HiFi Sequencing in Southeast Asia

SINGAPORE, Aug. 05, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — PacBio (NASDAQ: PACB), a leading developer of high-quality, highly accurate sequencing solutions, announced that Precision Health Research, Singapore (PRECISE) has chosen the Revio HiFi sequencing system for its Long-Read Sequencing Flagship Project. This initiative aims to generate the largest long-read sequencing dataset in Southeast Asia, marking a significant... Read more

Danaher Launches Beacon Research Collaboration with Stanford University Aiming to Build Next Generation of Smart Microscopes for Cancer Drug Screening

Danaher Launches Beacon Research Collaboration with Stanford University Aiming to Build Next Generation of Smart Microscopes for Cancer Drug Screening Predictive tools will seek to reduce leading cause of failure rates in clinical trials of oncology drugs. Integrated AI and microscopy expected to lead to better understanding of tumor structures and treatment strategies. New technology... Read more

Danaher Launches Collaboration with Johns Hopkins University Aiming to Improve Neurological Diagnosis

Danaher Launches Collaboration with Johns Hopkins University Aiming to Improve Neurological Diagnosis The Danaher Beacon for Brain Injury Diagnostics seeks to identify mild Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) earlier and more precisely. Scientists will evaluate new blood-based biomarkers using highly sensitive technology from Beckman Coulter Diagnostics. This approach could potentially be adapted for diagnosis of other... Read more

Bruker Announces Share Purchase Agreement to Acquire Molecular Diagnostics Innovator ELITechGroup

ELITechGroup is a differentiated, fast growing and profitable systems and assay provider for molecular diagnostics (MDx), biomedical systems/specialty IVD, and microbiology ELITechGroup offers the proprietary, fully automated sample-to-answer (S2A) molecular diagnostic (MDx) systems InGenius® and BeGenius® for mid-sized hospitals and esoteric testing Large and diversified ELITech MDx assay portfolio is focused on pathogens and viral... Read more

Danaher Launches Collaboration with Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center Aiming to Improve Patient Safety in Early Drug Development

Danaher Launches Collaboration with Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center Aiming to Improve Patient Safety in Early Drug Development Danaher Beacon for Preclinical Drug Safety seeks to address major cause of failure in clinical trials Program will leverage automated liver organoid technology for drug toxicity screening Aims to expand genetic diversity of screening, accelerate therapy development,... Read more