Advanced BioMatrix Acquires HyStem® from Lineage Cell Therapeutics

Advanced BioMatrix acquires HyStem® technology for R&D marketTechnology highly synergistic with existing Advanced BioMatrix productsAdvanced BioMatrix to fully manufacture and distribute the HyStem® kits California, USA – January 14, 2020 – Advanced BioMatrix has acquired the HyStem® line of products from Lineage Cell Therapeutics – previously BioTime/ESI Bio/Glycosan. HyStem® kits are based on innovative thiolated hyaluronic... Read more

LabCorp to Adopt Thermo Fisher Scientific’s Ion Torrent Genexus Next-Generation Sequencing System and Pan-Cancer Assay for Use in Oncology Research and Development

January 14, 2020 06:39 AM Eastern Standard Time BURLINGTON, N.C. & CARLSBAD, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–LabCorp® (NYSE: LH) announced it will adopt the Ion Torrent Genexus System* and Oncomine Precision Assay* for use in research and development of companion diagnostics as well as other future oncology and precision medicine applications. LabCorp will also evaluate the potential for... Read more

Swift Biosciences Partners with MGI for High Throughput Genomic Sequencing

(ANN ARBOR, Mich. – January 14, 2020) Swift Biosciences, Inc. (“Swift”), a leader in design and manufacturing of unique DNA and RNA library preparation and normalization kits for Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS), and MGI Tech Co., Ltd. (MGI), a subsidiary of BGI Group, today announced a co-marketing agreement for Swift’s DNA and RNA library preparation products... Read more

Illumina Announces New Sequencing System, Partnership with Roche and Software Suite to Accelerate Adoption of Genomics

SAN DIEGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ: ILMN) further demonstrated its commitment to making genomics more accessible for the potential benefit of patients today with a series of technology and partnership announcements that further the company’s commitment to unlocking the power of the genome. Speaking today at the 38th Annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference in San Francisco,... Read more

Danaher Schedules Fourth Quarter 2019 Earnings Conference Call

WASHINGTON, Jan. 7, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Danaher Corporation (NYSE: DHR) announced today that it will webcast its quarterly earnings conference call for the fourth quarter 2019 on Thursday, January 30, 2020 beginning at 8:00 a.m. ET and lasting approximately 1 hour. The call and an accompanying slide presentation will be webcast on the “Investors” section... Read more

ERS Genomics announces agreement with New England Biolabs to commercialize CRISPR gene editing tools and reagents

License agreement expands New England Biolabs’ rights to use and sell CRISPR/Cas9 reagents and tools DUBLIN, Ireland, and Ipswich MA, USA, (07 January 2020): ERS Genomics Limited, which was formed to provide broad access to the foundational CRISPR/Cas9 intellectual property (IP) co-owned by Dr. Emmanuelle Charpentier, today announced it has signed an agreement with New England Biolabs... Read more

Bio-Rad Appoints Dara Grantham Wright Executive Vice President and Clinical Diagnostics Group President

Date: 01/06/2020 HERCULES, Calif.–Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE: BIO and BIOb), a global leader of life science research and clinical diagnostic products, today announced the appointment of Dara Grantham Wright as Executive Vice President and President of the Clinical Diagnostics Group, effective January 1, 2020. She takes the place of John Hertia who retired from this... Read more

Illumina and Pacific Biosciences Announce Termination of Merger Agreement

SAN DIEGO & MENLO PARK, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ:ILMN) and Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc. (NASDAQ:PACB) today announced that they have mutually agreed to terminate their merger agreement, previously announced on November 1, 2018, under which Illumina would acquire Pacific Biosciences at a fully diluted enterprise value of approximately $1.2 billion in an all-cash transaction.... Read more