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In Brief This Week: Veracyte, Danaher, Chembio Diagnostics, and More

News items for the week of Nov. 29, 2021.

People in the News: New Appointments at SomaLogic, 23andMe, Pacific Biosciences, More

New Products Posted to GenomeWeb: GenDx, Eurofins Technologies, Codex DNA, More

Oxford Nanopore Technologies Provides Tech Updates, Inks $68M Deal for UAE-Based Project
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The firm raised its 2023 revenue guidance to between £170 million and £190 million and said it expects revenue between £135 million and £145 million in 2022.

Danaher Prices $1B Offering of Senior Notes

Net proceeds from the offering are expected to be $984 million, which Danaher plans to use to redeem all outstanding 2.5 percent senior notes due in 2025.

Dec 2, 2021

Discovery Life Sciences Acquires Contract Research Firm In Vitro ADMET Laboratories

Dec 2, 2021

Audere Gets FDA Emergency Use Authorization for SARS-CoV-2 At-Home Sample Collection Kit

Dec 1, 2021

GenomeWeb Index Falls 6 Percent in November as Emergence of Omicron Spooks Markets

Dec 1, 2021

Illumina Wins $8M Jury Verdict in BGI Patent Infringement Suit, Loses Patent

Dec 1, 2021

Caris Life Sciences Facing FTC Lawsuit After Resisting Subpoena in Illumina, Grail Antitrust Case

Dec 1, 2021

Biodesix, Spesana Partner to Improve Workflows for Lung Cancer Molecular Diagnostic Tests

Dec 1, 2021

Freenome, Siemens Healthineers Partner to ID Blood-Based Breast Cancer Biomarkers

Nov 30, 2021

Exact Sciences, Pfizer End Cologuard Copromotion Agreement

Nov 30, 2021

Genetron Health Q3 Revenues up 36 Percent, Firm Announces AstraZeneca MRD Partnership

Nov 30, 2021

Novacyt SARS-CoV-2 PCR Test Approved in UK Under New Regulations

Nov 29, 2021

GE Healthcare, University of Cambridge Team on AI-Based Precision Oncology

Nov 29, 2021

Qiagen Sued for Allegedly Infringing Patent With Wi-Fi-Connected Instrument

Nov 29, 2021

Oppenheimer, BTIG Initiate Coverage of MDxHealth at Outperform, Buy

Nov 29, 2021

Top Five Articles on GenomeWeb Last Week: Invitae, Beckman Coulter, Ancient DNA, and More

Nov 24, 2021

IndyGeneUS AI Acquires Genetic Cryptocurrency Creator EncrypGen

Nov 24, 2021

Centogene Reports 17 Percent Drop in Q3 Revenues, Closing Down COVID Testing Business

Nov 24, 2021

StageZero Raising C$4.2M in Private Placement of Stocks, Warrants

Nov 24, 2021

NGeneBio Gets CE-IVD Mark for HLA Typing Assay

Nov 23, 2021

Twist Bioscience Details Production Issues, Plans to Expand Capacity at Bay Area Facility
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Nov 23, 2021

Stilla Technologies Raises €31.3M in Financing

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The Scan

Steps for Quick Review

The US Food and Drug Administration is preparing for the quick review of drugs and vaccines for the Omicron variant, according to the Wall Street Journal.

Moving Away From Using Term 'Race'

A new analysis finds that geneticists are using the term "race" in their papers less than in years past, as Science reports.

Point of the Program

The Guardian writes that some scientists have called the design of a UK newborn sequencing program into question.

Science Papers Present Multi-Omic Analysis of Lung Cells, Regulation of Cardiomyocyte Proliferation

In Science this week: a multi-omic analysis of lung cells focuses on RIT1-regulated pathways, and more.