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Novacyt to Sell Cytology, Clinical Lab Units

The company said it will sell off the businesses in order to focus on in vitro diagnostic product development and its diagnostic reagent units.

BC Platforms, Medaffcon Partner for Data Harmonization

Finnish medical evidence provider Medaffcon will tap BC Platforms' global biobank analysis platform to generate medical evidence for researchers.

Enzo Biochem Fiscal Q1 Revenues Down 21 Percent

The firm said clinical services revenues fell during the quarter due to reduced insurance reimbursement payments and mix of testing in the prior year.

IdentiGen Receives €1.8M R&D Grant From Irish Government

The company will partner with University College Dublin's Animal Genomics Laboratory to further develop genomic technologies to assess the origin, quality, and safety of food.

Agilent Granted Motion to Amend Complaint for Lawsuit Against Twist

Agilent alleges that Twist CEO Emily Leproust and other employees stole trade secrets from it. A trial date has been set for Feb. 24, 2020.

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Dec 10, 2018

Guardant Health to Launch Cell-Free DNA Assay for Cancer Recurrence Monitoring in 2019

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Dec 10, 2018

Biocept Expects to Net $9.1M From Shares, Warrants Offering

Dec 10, 2018

10x Genomics Acquires Spatial Transcriptomics

Dec 10, 2018

AusDiagnostics Hemochromatosis MDx Receives CE-IVD Mark

Dec 10, 2018

Foundation Medicine, QED Therapeutics to Develop CDx for Bile Duct Cancer

Dec 07, 2018

Amended Lawsuit Against Illumina, Thermo Fisher, Others Names Additional Defendants

Dec 06, 2018

Qiagen to Develop Companion Dx for Novartis Breast Cancer Drug

Dec 06, 2018

Cancer Early Detection Firm Ark Launches With $40M Series A Investment

Dec 06, 2018

Veracyte Expands Early Access for Genomic Lung Disease Classifier

Dec 05, 2018

Bio-Rad, Bioaster, Genetic Analysis Team Up on Microbiome Diagnostics for Metabolic Disorders

Dec 05, 2018

New York State Approves OneOme PGx Test

Dec 04, 2018

PredictImmune, Crohn's & Colitis Foundation Collaborate to Study Efficacy of Prognostic IBD Test

Dec 04, 2018

Cofactor Genomics Inks Pilot Study Deal for Immune Profiling Kit Evaluation

Dec 04, 2018

Q&A: Gary Marchant Discusses Research on Genetic Testing Lawsuits, Future Liability

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Dec 04, 2018

Grail Launches New Early Cancer Detection Study, Refocuses Strategy to Multi-Cancer Test

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Dec 04, 2018

Biocartis, Genomic Health to Develop IVD Version of Oncotype Prostate Test

Dec 04, 2018

Asuragen Myotonic Dystrophy 1 Dx Kit Receives CE Mark

Dec 03, 2018

Pacific Biosciences' Stock Leads November Recovery for GenomeWeb Index

Dec 03, 2018

Cellworks AI-Driven Modeling System Can Help Predict Response to AML, MDS Therapies

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Dec 03, 2018

Yourgene Health H1 2018 Revenues Climb 45 Percent

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Not Mentioning It

The New York Times and ProPublica say that many physicians fail to disclose their financial ties when publishing in medical journals.

Lost Some Value There

The Wall Street Journal reports Human Longevity's valuation has dropped by 80 percent.

Slight Budget Trim

Science reports that the US National Cancer Institute is cutting its operating budget by 5 percent.

This Week in PLOS

In PLOS this week: similar variants seen in bullbogs, people with Robinow syndrome; ApoE genotypes in African-American, Puerto Rican populations; and more.

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