Juno Therapeutics and Thermo Fisher Scientific Announce CAR T Manufacturing Partnership

Juno Therapeutics and Thermo Fisher Scientific Announce CAR T Manufacturing Partnership WALTHAM, Mass., Dec. 20, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Juno Therapeutics (NASDAQ: JUNO) and Thermo Fisher Scientific have entered into a partnership for Juno to use Thermo Fisher’s Cell Therapy Systems (CTS) activation reagents in the manufacturing of its chimeric antigen receptor T cell (CAR T)... Read more

First Genomic Platform Powered by the Blockchain Raises $2 Million in Funding; Backed by Illumina Veterans

Luna DNA is the first and only genomic and medical research knowledge base powered by the blockchain and owned by its community. SAN DIEGO, Dec. 18, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Luna DNA, the first and only genomic and medical research knowledge base powered by the blockchain and owned by its community, announced $2 Million in Seed funding today. The round included... Read more

TECENTRIQ GO29695 (NCT02431208) and BO29562 (NCT02631577) FDA partial clinical hold lifted

Basel, 05 December 2017 TECENTRIQ GO29695 (NCT02431208) and BO29562 (NCT02631577) FDA partial clinical hold lifted Roche (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY): today announced that following close consultation and agreement on study modifications with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the partial clinical holds placed on the Phase Ib and Phase Ib/II studies evaluating TECENTRIQ... Read more

FDA approves Foundation Medicine’s FoundationOne CDx, the first pan-tumour comprehensive genomic profiling assay incorporating a broad range of companion diagnostics

Basel, 04 December 2017 FDA approves Foundation Medicine’s FoundationOne CDx, the first pan-tumour comprehensive genomic profiling assay incorporating a broad range of companion diagnostics Roche (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY) announced today that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved FoundationOne CDx™, Foundation Medicine’s comprehensive companion diagnostic assay for personalised oncology care1. FoundationOne... Read more

Bio-Rad Authorizes New $250 Million Share Repurchase Program

HERCULES, Calif — November 28, 2017 — Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE: BIO and BIOb), a global provider of life science research and clinical diagnostic products, today announced that its board of directors has authorized a new share repurchase program, granting the Company authority to repurchase, on a discretionary basis, up to $250 million of the outstanding... Read more

Illumina Wins Infringement Suit Against Premaitha Health plc and Ariosa Diagnostics, Inc.

SAN DIEGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ: ILMN) announced today that the High Court of Justice, Chancery Division, Patents Court in the United Kingdom issued a judgment in its favor in the patent infringement suit filed against Premaitha Health plc, et al. and the patent infringement suit filed against Ariosa Diagnostics, Inc., et al. The Court found... Read more

Boehringer Ingelheim makes many of its best molecules openly available to the scientific community via opnMe.com to unlock their full potential

opnME.com provides scientists with many best-in-class tool molecules supported by comprehensive data packages on one centralized platform for researchers to use The platform offers direct access to molecules for independent research as well as other molecules for partnering with Boehringer Ingelheim. Ingelheim, Germany – 20 November, 2017 – Boehringer Ingelheim today announced the launch of opnME.com,... Read more

BD to Introduce Integrated Medication Management Platform Designed to Address Hospitals' Greatest Challenges at #ASHP17

FRANKLIN LAKES, N.J., Nov. 16, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) (NYSE: BDX), a leading global medical technology company, will launch its latest advancement in comprehensive medication management, BD HealthSight™ platform for enterprise medication management, which offers a unique combination of connective technologies, analytics and expert services at this year’s American Society of... Read more

Edico Genome Announces New Offering: Comprehensive Clinical Genomics Information System

SALT LAKE CITY, Nov. 16, 2017 — Today at the Association for Molecular Pathology’s 2017 Annual Meeting (AMP), Edico Genome announced a new offering: the comprehensive DRAGEN Clinical Genomics Information System (CGIS). Designed to enable clinical laboratories of all sizes to quickly, simply and efficiently develop sequencing-based laboratory developed tests (LDTs), DRAGEN CGIS harnesses the power of... Read more