Despite the havoc wreaked by the COVID-19 pandemic on the economy, several companies in the index saw their shares rise by triple-digit percentages last year.
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 researchers, who also performed whole-genome sequencing on 853 macaques, found new lineage-specific genes and expanded gene families in the monkeys.
At the Association for Molecular Pathology annual meeting, cancer researcher William Hahn talked about efforts to map cancer fitness genes at the genome scale.
The new consortium is aiming to make comprehensive genomic profiling accessible to advanced cancer patients in the US, to help inform their treatment decisions.
The collaborators said they're creating a solution for pharmaceutical clients that will encompass everything from patient recruitment to regulatory approvals.
