Drug Discovery & Development

News on drug screening, clinical trials, companion diagnostics, immunotherapy, & personalized therapies in genetics, genomics, and molecular diagnostics.

Charles River Partners With Fios Genomics for Analytics Services

The Scottish bioinformatics firm will crunch multi-omic datasets to assist Charles River Laboratories in "data-driven" drug discovery.

Adaptive Biotechnologies, Genentech Partner on MRD Testing in Venetoclax Clinical Trial

Genentech will use Adaptive's ClonoSeq assay for MRD testing in a CLL study. Adaptive will receive upfront and sample testing payments of undisclosed amounts.

Empirico Inks Drug Target Discovery Alliance With Antisense Drug Firm Ionis

As part of the deal, Ionis also took a $10 million equity stake in Empirico and was the lead investor in the company's Series A-2 financing round.

New Drug Approvals More Likely With Supporting Human Genetic Evidence

AbbVie researchers validated and extended a previous study to find different types of genetic evidence have varying influences on approval prospects.

Immunotherapy Regimens Yield Contrasting Results in Early Triple Negative Breast Cancer

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In two trials in the neoadjuvant setting reported at SABCS, one showed improved rates of pathologic complete response with added immunotherapy, and the other showed no difference.

Dec 12, 2019

Oncology Pharma to Acquire Stake in Diagnomics

Dec 05, 2019

High-Throughput Single-Cell Transcriptomics Assay Facilitates Compound Screens

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Dec 04, 2019

PGDx Gets IDE For Tissue NGS Test in Merck Immunotherapy Trial

Nov 20, 2019

Cancer Genetics' Discovery Services Drive Q3 Revenue Gains

Nov 18, 2019

Centogene to Provide Diagnostic Testing Services for PTC Therapeutics Gene Therapy Program

Nov 13, 2019

Interpace Diagnostics Reports 33 Percent Q3 Revenue Growth; Changes Name to Interpace Biosciences

Nov 13, 2019

Pfizer Inks Deal for Access to Centogene Rare Disease Data

Nov 07, 2019

Centogene Prices US IPO at $14 per Share

Nov 06, 2019

Cellular Analytics Eyes Drug Development Space with Circulating Tumor Cell Capture Platform

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Oct 23, 2019

Envisagenics Awarded $300K NCI Grant to Refine Drug Discovery Tech

Oct 17, 2019

Centogene Files to Go Public in US

Oct 10, 2019

UTC Labs, Principals Agree to Pay $42.6M in PGx Testing Fraud Case

Oct 09, 2019

Fauna Bio Awarded $229K NIH Grant for Animal Genomics-Based Drug Discovery Platform

Oct 09, 2019

Evotec, Celmatix Partner on Women's Reproductive Health Drug Discovery

Sep 30, 2019

Sciex, Protein Metrics Partner on Mass Spec Data Analysis

Sep 30, 2019

Bioanalytical Instrumentation Firm Creoptix Raises CHF 8M

Sep 26, 2019

23andMe, TrialSpark Request Proposals for New Joint Clinical Trial Offering

Sep 26, 2019

A-Alpha Bio Raises $2.8 million in Seed Financing to Develop NGS-Based Protein Interaction Tech

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Sep 17, 2019

Amgen, Adaptive Biotechnologies Expand Partnership on NGS Blood Cancer Monitoring

Sep 16, 2019

Interpace Diagnostics, Genecast Biotechnology Ink Worldwide Research Services Agreement

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From the Depths

Researchers have sequenced the genome of the depth-dwelling giant squid.

Prosecutors have charged a former Drexel University professor with theft for allegedly spending federal grant money on adult entertainment and other unrelated expenses, according to the Philadelphia Inquirer.

Prison in Insider Trading Case

Chris Collins, a former US representative, has been sentenced to more than two years in prison in an insider trading case involving an Australian biotechnology firm, the New York Times reports.

PNAS Papers on Trypanosoma brucei Transcripts, Inherited Retinal Disease, Gut Microbiome Development

In PNAS this week: Trypanosoma brucei transcripts, estimate of people at risk of inherited retinal disease, and more.

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Advances in NGS Gene Expression Studies to Reduce The Cost of Sequencing

This webinar will discuss the use of 3’ mRNA sequencing to reduce the cost of gene expression studies on Illumina NGS systems.

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Transformation of the Lab to Fight Genetic Illnesses in the Amish and Mennonite Populations

This webinar will explain how the Clinic for Special Children in Strasburg, Pennsylvania, has transformed its DNA workflows to improve the diagnosis and treatment of genetic illnesses that are prevalent in the pediatric population of its community.

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