Invitae is working with Bristol Myers Squibb, Janssen, Novartis, and Genentech to advance an NGS panel to gauge the efficacy of AML treatments in trials.
Qiagen's CEO discussed the company's focus on specific growth drivers, while Invitae's CEO talked about pandemic-related challenges in its genetic testing business.
The partners will use PacBio's HiFi sequencing to develop assays for carrier screening, evaluating immune system responses, and diagnosing heritable diseases.
Although the total number of deals went down in 2020, those deals were worth more compared to 2019 — four of the top five had billion-dollar price tags.
The regulatory submission triggers a milestone payment, and Invitae will issue 5 million shares of its common stock to former ArcherDx securityholders.
The firms said they are collaborating to facilitate genetic testing to support early diagnosis of GM1, a rare monogenic recessive lysosomal storage disease.
The publisher of the Science family of journals will allow some authors to place peer-reviewed versions of their papers into publicly accessible repositories.