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Agena Bioscience Gets FDA Emergency Use Authorization for MassArray Coronavirus Test

The company's RT-PCR/MALDI-TOF test comprises five assays designed to detect the N, ORF1, and ORF1ab regions of the SARS-CoV-2 genome.

Biodesix Prices $72M IPO

Shares of the Boulder, Colorado-based firm will begin trading on the Nasdaq today under ticker symbol "BDSX" at $18 per share.

Qiagen Reports 26 Percent Q3 Revenue Growth; Ups Full-Year Guidance

Qiagen said that growth in the quarter was primarily driven by COVID-19 testing products and improving customer demand for other products.

WUSTL, PercayAI to Seek COVID-19 Treatments Via AI, Deep Learning

University spinout PercayAI will analyze genomic and clinical data from WUSTL's McDonnell Genome Institute in search of potential coronavirus drug combinations.

Exact Sciences Aiming to Make Pan-Cancer Blood Screening Part of Standard Medical Care

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The company's acquisitions of Thrive Early Detection and Base Genomics are meant to accelerate its development of a liquid biopsy multi-cancer screening test.

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Oct 27, 2020

Waters Q3 Revenues Up 3 Percent

Oct 27, 2020

Caris Life Sciences Raises $310M Through Equity, Debt Financing

Oct 27, 2020

Exact Sciences to Acquire Thrive Earlier Detection for up to $2.15B; Q3 Revenues Spike 87 Percent

Oct 27, 2020

NeoGenomics Q3 Revenues Rise 20 Percent

Oct 27, 2020

FDA Reissues EUA for Broad Institute Coronavirus Test, Authorizes Immunoassay From Celltrion

Oct 26, 2020

GoodCell Raises $17.9M for Analytics Technology, Personal Biobanking

Oct 26, 2020

Roche, Fabric Genomics Ink Comarketing Agreement for Whole-Exome Sequencing Solution

Oct 26, 2020

Moving From Reagents Supplier to Test Developer, Meridian Bio Expands Role During COVID-19 Pandemic

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Oct 26, 2020

Sage Science to Distribute Universal Sequencing Technology's Sample Prep Kits in US

Oct 26, 2020

Helix Coronavirus Test FDA EUA Reissued to Include Specimen Self-Collection

Oct 23, 2020

New Products Posted to GenomeWeb: Qiagen, Fabric Genomics, Lexogen, More

Oct 23, 2020

BTIG Initiates Coverage of Progenity With Buy Rating

Oct 23, 2020

FDA Grants EUAs for Wren Labs, P23 Coronavirus Tests, Binx Health At-Home Sample Collection Kit

Oct 22, 2020

Genetron Health Licenses ImmuQuad Technology for Blood Cancer Testing

Oct 22, 2020

Eurofins Q3 Revenues Rise 17 Percent on COVID-19 Testing

Oct 22, 2020

Danaher Q3 Revenues Up 35 Percent

Oct 22, 2020

Invitae, Pacific Biosciences Collaborate on NGS-Based Pediatric Epilepsy Testing

Oct 21, 2020

Sanofi Commits $1M to Support Parkinson's Disease Genetic Testing Study

Oct 21, 2020

MDxHealth Q3 2020 Revenues Drop 6 Percent

Kaiser Health News reports San Francisco and Alameda counties in California are no longer using Verily Life Sciences' COVID-19 testing program, but a Verily spokesperson says it currently working with multiple Bay Area counties.

From Bread Bakery to Lab Space

The New York Times reports that developers in New York City are increasingly interested in life science spaces.

Decline in Antibodies

A UK study has found that antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 may decline over time, Reuters reports.

PNAS Papers on Diabetic Kidney Disease, Spontaneous Diploid Yeast Mutations, More

In PNAS this week: genetic and epigenetic variation in individuals with diabetic kidney disease, spontaneous genetic alterations in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, and more.

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