The deal centers around Metabolon's platform for identifying pharmacodynamic, efficacy, and response biomarkers and tracking changes in biological pathways.
The firm said it would use the funding to grow its client base and further R&D programs using machine learning for biomarker discovery and precision medicine.
The company will provide the services for the VA's Million Veteran Program, which is studying the link between genes and disease in US veteran volunteers.
Dian will install Metabolon's Discovery HD4 metabolomics platform in its Hangzhou laboratory, and will commercialize Metabolon's products throughout China.
The consortium is made up of Genome Profiling, Rob Knight's UCSD lab, KromaTid, Metabolon, and Orig3n, and is sponsored by a new company called Interome.
CNN reports that a US Food and Drug Administration document says Johnson & Johnson's SARS-CoV-2 vaccine meets the requirements to receive an Emergency Use Authorization.
In Cell this week: analysis of fitness patterns among SARS-CoV-2 isolates, single-cell transcriptome analysis of immune features in COVID-19, and more.
