Genetics & Genomics Business News

Financial news, mergers and acquisitions, partnerships, and alliances.

Bioké Inks Distribution Deal for OLS Omni Cell Analysis Products

Bioké has signed a number of recent distribution deals covering the the Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg including ones with Syntec and Namocell.

NimaGen Licenses PCR Tech From Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust

NimaGen said that it will use the technology to develop and market new kits and panels for next-generation sequencing.

MDxHealth Preliminary 2018 Revenues Drop Nearly 1 Percent

The firm has also begun an initiative to reduce and deliver sustainable revenue growth for 2019 to compensate for commercial challenges in the US market.

Roche, MilliporeSigma Renew PCR Products Distribution Agreement

The firms originally inked the agreement in 2015 and have now extended it until 2025.

BC Platforms Forms Alliance With MedEngine

The partnership with Finnish medical data sciences services vendor MedEngine will help BC Platforms offer end-to-end services for pharma and health-tech companies.

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Jan 11, 2019

Color Partnering With Health Systems Exploring Impact of Genomic Testing on Outcomes, Cost

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Jan 11, 2019

LifeMap, Novogene Tianjin Form Strategic Partnership

Jan 10, 2019

Tempus, ASCO Partner to Facilitate Recruiting for TAPUR Trial

Jan 10, 2019

Lineagen Taps PWNHealth to Increase Consumer Access to Genetic Tests

Jan 10, 2019

NanoString on Target to Launch Digital Spatial Profiler at AACR, CEO Says at JP Morgan Conference

Jan 10, 2019

JP Morgan Healthcare, Day 3: Luminex, GenMark, Bio-Techne, Quanterix, PerkinElmer, MGI, and More

Jan 10, 2019

Cancer Genetics Targets $3M in Public Offering

Jan 10, 2019

New Natera CEO Highlights Three Goals for Company at JP Morgan

Jan 10, 2019

Chiral Technologies Acquires Arbor Biosciences

Jan 09, 2019

Routine Genetic Testing to Be Implemented in New NorthShore-Color Partnership

Jan 09, 2019

Invitae Begins Offering Consumer-Initiated Testing Via Early Access Program

Jan 09, 2019

Canon BioMedical Ceases Operations

Jan 09, 2019

Adaptive Biotechnologies to Leverage Genentech, Microsoft Deals to Advance Immune Profiling Business

Jan 09, 2019

JP Morgan Healthcare, Day 2: Thermo Fisher, Exact Sciences, Guardant, Hologic, Caris, and More

Jan 08, 2019

Genomenon Raises $2.5M in Equity Financing Round

Jan 08, 2019

GreenLight Biosciences Raises $50M in Private Financing Round

Jan 08, 2019

Qiagen Talks New Products, Acquisitions for Digital PCR, TB Testing, Informatics, Sample Prep

Jan 08, 2019

GenMark Diagnostics' Preliminary Q4 Revenues Up 21 Percent

Jan 08, 2019

JP Morgan Healthcare, Day One: 10x Genomics, Myriad, Bruker, Konica Minolta, Geisinger

Jan 08, 2019

Phosphorus Gets NY Clinical Lab Permit, Test Approvals

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The Scan

And Deal

Germany's Project DEAL has come to an agreement with the publisher Wiley over journal access and open-access publishing, ScienceInsider reports.

For Long Life

Researchers uncover additional loci associated with lifespan, which the Telegraph says could be folded into a genetic test.

Positive Review

A Canadian panel recommends public coverage of the gene therapy Kymriah if its cost comes down, the Globe and Mail reports.

This Week in Nucleic Acids Research

In Nucleic Acids Research this week: new accurate quantification by sequencing approach, CNV breakpoints in Plasmodium falciparum, and more.