News about product and service launches
Exploratory efficacy data showed 88% of infants treated with Evrysdi were alive and did not require permanent ventilation at two years 59% of infants were able to sit without support for at least 5 seconds No new safety signals were identified In August, the FDA approved Evrysdi for the treatment of SMA in adults and... Read more
New Liquid Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry Workstream Offers Comprehensive Solution for Toxicology New Thermo Scientific Tox Explorer Collection provides instruments, columns and consumables with reliable and validated methods for reproducible results SAN JOSE, Calif., Sept. 24, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Clinical research, forensic and anti-doping toxicology laboratories facing the challenges of analyzing increasing numbers of analytes in biological matrices,... Read more
Expanding Bio-Techne’s lead in providing multi-omics research tools to co-detect RNA and protein targets MINNEAPOLIS, Sept. 22, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Bio-Techne Corporation (NASDAQ:TECH) today announced the expansion of the Advanced Cell Diagnostics (ACD)-branded RNAscope™ technology with release of the new RNA-Protein Co-Detection Assays. The RNAscope technology is an advanced in situ hybridization (ISH) assay that enables... Read more
Solution Receives AOAC® PTM SM Certification WALTHAM, Mass. – September 21, 2020 – PerkinElmer, Inc., a global leader committed to innovating for a healthier world, today launched the PerkinElmer Solus Listeria monocytogenes ELISA Assay. This new offering will help high throughput food processors and contract labs focus on L. mono testing for food and environmental... Read more
SAN DIEGO & MENLO PARK, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ: ILMN) and GRAIL, a healthcare company whose mission is focused on multi-cancer early detection, today announced they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Illumina will acquire GRAIL for cash and stock consideration of $8 billion upon closing of the transaction. In addition, GRAIL stockholders... Read more
Data from the Phase III IMpassion031 study demonstrated that Tecentriq in combination with chemotherapy improved pathological complete response for patients with early triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC), when compared to placebo plus chemotherapy Final overall survival data from the Phase III IMpassion130 study were consistent with prior interim analyses in patients with metastatic TNBC, whose tumours... Read more
The new Elecsys Anti-SARS-CoV-2 S test can quantitatively measure the level of antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 in patients who have been exposed to the virus. The test targets antibodies against the spike protein. This is the focus of vaccines in development and convalescent plasma therapy.1 Using the Elecsys Anti-SARS-COV-2 S antibody test, together with the Elecsys... Read more
Wed 16th September 2020 New Cas9 Sequencing Kit provides reagents for one-stop targeted sequencing, enabling scientists to cost-effectively sequence previously inaccessible target regions. Cas9 targeted sequencing with nanopore enables fast, simple, flexible target enrichment of long regions of interest – read lengths of over 100 kb have been observed to date. The approach is amplification-free, opening up regions... Read more
Solution helps producers reduce waste, increase product consistency and productivity and lower costs WALTHAM, Mass. – Sept 15, 2020 – PerkinElmer, Inc., a global leader committed to innovating for a healthier world, today introduced the DA 7350™ instrument and Process Plus™ cloud-based software to provide continuous quality control for food and food ingredient manufacturing processes.... Read more
MENLO PARK, Calif., Sept. 14, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc. (NASDAQ: PACB), a leading provider of high-quality sequencing of genomes, transcriptomes, and epigenomes, today announced the appointment of Susan G. Kim as Chief Financial Officer, effective as of September 28, 2020.“I am delighted that Susan is joining the company at a... Read more