October 19, 2017 Clinical Research/Diagn. Informatics & Software Life Science Tools M&A, Partnerships

Fabric Genomics Partners to Improve Pediatric Care

October 19, 2017 06:00 AM Pacific Daylight Time ORLANDO, Fla.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Fabric Genomics has partnered with Genomics England’s 100,000 Genomes Project, Rady Children’s Institute for Genomic Medicine (RCIGM), and The Utah Genome Project (UGP), to provide fast and accurate identification of pediatric disease-causing variants to improve the clinical care of children. Fabric Genomics’ Opal™ Clinical is the only genomic interpretation and reporting... Read more

October 19, 2017 Clinical Research/Diagn. Informatics & Software Life Science Tools M&A, Partnerships

Edico Genome And Fabric Genomics Develop Integrated Solution For Genomic Analysis With The Goal Of Improving Clinical Care

Industry Leaders Partner to Provide Streamlined Variant Data Analysis Solution ORLANDO, Fla., Oct. 19, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Today at the American Society for Human Genetics (ASHG) Annual Meeting, Edico Genome and Fabric Genomics announced their collaboration to provide an integrated solution for secondary and tertiary analysis of next-generation sequencing data. Through this partnership, users can seamlessly utilize Edico Genome’s DRAGENTM Bio-IT platform with Fabric... Read more

October 18, 2017 Clinical Research/Diagn. Product Launch

Fluidigm to Unveil High-Parameter Tissue Imaging System

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Oct. 18, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Fluidigm Corporation (NASDAQ:FLDM) today announced that it will unveil a commercially available system for high-parameter tissue imaging on Tuesday, October 24, 2017, via a global livestream video. This new imaging system significantly expands the number of protein biomarkers that can be simultaneously detected from tissues and tumors as compared to... Read more

October 17, 2017 Clinical Research/Diagn. Informatics & Software M&A, Partnerships

The Jackson Laboratory and Seven Bridges Collaborate to Build Centralized Data Platform to Advance Cancer Research

October 17, 2017 National Cancer Institute awards $2M grant to fund joint PDX data center to integrate, share, and analyze cancer treatment data for research community FARMINGTON, Conn., and BOSTON, Mass., October 17, 2017 – The Jackson Laboratory (JAX), a nonprofit biomedical research institution, and Seven Bridges, the leading biomedical data analysis company, today announced a new collaboration to... Read more

October 9, 2017 Clinical Research/Diagn. Informatics & Software Life Science Tools M&A, Partnerships

QIAGEN and CENTOGENE to collaborate in bioinformatics for genetic diseases

Aiding the analysis of hereditary disorders by integrating genomic and clinical databases Hilden and Rostock, Germany, and Germantown, Maryland, October 09, 2017 –QIAGEN (NASDAQ: QGEN; Frankfurt Prime Standard: QIA) and CENTOGENE AG today announced a collaboration and co-marketing agreement to provide customers more complete Sample to Insight research and clinical testing solutions in rare genetic diseases.... Read more

October 6, 2017 Clinical Research/Diagn.

Taking a significant leap forward in workflow support for ophthalmic surgery

The modular ophthalmology microscope platform Proveo 8 takes another significant step forward with further enhanced visualization and workflow support. The latest enhancements of the platform concern the core microscope and include brighter illumination for further optimized red reflex and automated adjustment of settings that respond to surgical visualization needs at every stage of anterior and... Read more

October 6, 2017 Clinical Research/Diagn. Lab Top-10 Liq. Handling & Robotics

Bruker Introduces Additional Key Products for Diagnosis and Susceptibility Testing of Invasive Fungal Diseases (IFD) into European Clinical Microbiology Markets

BELGRADE, Serbia, Oct. 6, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — At the Trends in Medical Mycology (www.timm2017.org) conference, Bruker today introduces the new, CE-IVD marked Fungiplex® Candida fast diagnostic assay, a multiplex real-time PCR test for the rapid identification of the most common pathogens associated with invasive candidiasis.  The new Fungiplex Candida assay does not require any culture steps,... Read more

October 6, 2017 Clinical Research/Diagn.

Augmented reality imaging supports clinical decision-making for vascular neurosurgeons

Wetzlar, Germany. At the Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS) Annual Meeting 2017, Boston, USA, Leica Microsystems will showcase its new groundbreaking GLOW augmented reality (AR) platform featuring the latest innovation in vascular fluorescence imaging: GLOW800 AR fluorescence. Visitors to the booth will also be able to experience FL560 fluorescence, the first FDA 510(k) cleared microscope... Read more

October 5, 2017 Clinical Research/Diagn. Product Launch

QIAGEN launches fourth-generation QuantiFERON®-TB Gold Plus in the U.S.

NovelCD4/CD8 design delivers most comprehensive evaluation of patients’ immune response to tuberculosis infection Germantown, Maryland, and Hilden, Germany, October 5, 2017 – QIAGEN (NASDAQ: QGEN; Frankfurt Prime Standard: QIA) today announced the U.S. launch of QuantiFERON®-TB Gold Plus (QFT®-Plus), the fourth generation of its leading blood test for tuberculosis (TB) infection. QFT-Plus kits will be available... Read more