Drug Discovery & Development

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

CFDRC Acquires Drug-Discovery Division of iXpressGenes

CFDRC obtained iXG's high-throughput antimicrobial discovery platform, EMAD (extremophilic microbiome antimicrobial discovery).

Microbiotica, Genentech Ink IBD Alliance

Microbiotica will use its metagenomics microbiome platform to help Genentech develop biomarkers, targets, and medicines for inflammatory bowel disease.

Centogene Partners With Aldeyra to Identify Rare Disease Patients

Centogene will help Aldeyra identify patients with Sjögren-Larsson Syndrome, a rare genetic disease for which Aldeyra is developing a treatment.

Envisagenics Wins $1.5M NIH Grant to Advance Alternative Splicing Analysis Tech

The company will use the funds to further develop its cloud-based alternative splicing analysis platform for drug discovery.

OncoDNA, Kura Oncology Sign Patient Enrollment Pact

OncoDNA will provide patient-enrollment services for an ongoing clinical study of Kura's head and neck squamous cell carcinoma drug tipifarnib.

May 21, 2018

Verge Genomics Partners With UCSD, VIB to Sequence Single Cells From Parkinson's Patients

May 15, 2018

OncoDNA Inks Patient Enrollment Alliance With BioClin Therapeutics

May 14, 2018

Genetic Variants Can Highlight Possible Drugs for Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Apr 30, 2018

NanoString Announces Digital Spatial Profiling Deals With Several CROs

Apr 18, 2018

MIT Drug-Discovery Spinout ReviveMed Raises $1.5M

Apr 11, 2018

Veracyte, Loxo Oncology Partner on Drug Development Research

Apr 05, 2018

UCB Acquires Element Genomics for $30M

Mar 14, 2018

Exosome Diagnostics, Intezyne to Develop Exosomal RNA Assay for Novel CRP Inhibitor

Feb 20, 2018

Nohla Therapeutics to Use Karius Pathogen Detection Test in AML Therapy Trial

Feb 12, 2018

Search of Soil Microbiome Turns Up New Class of Antibiotics Called Malacidins

Feb 09, 2018

Q-State Subsidiary Buys Claritas Assets, Plans Relaunch of Lab to Support Drug Discovery Programs

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Feb 01, 2018

Publication Highlights Key Questions as Basket Studies Proliferate

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Jan 31, 2018

Ambry Genetics, Invicro Partner to Combine Imaging, Genomics Services

Jan 31, 2018

Drug Discovery Startup Engine Biosciences Raises $10M

Jan 17, 2018

Quanterix Hopes IPO Will Help Drive Biotech, Pharma Business

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Jan 16, 2018

Startup Datavant Foresees Pharma Success in Aggregating Genomic, Claims, EHR Data

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Jan 10, 2018

Amgen Finland, BC Platforms Partner to Link Genomic Data, EMRs in Disease Studies

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Jan 09, 2018

WuXi NextCode, Rhythm Pharmaceuticals Partner Around Rare Metabolic Syndromes

Jan 05, 2018

Analytics Startup Datavant Inks Partnerships with G3, Duke, Verge Genomics

Jan 04, 2018

Pfizer to Use Berkeley Lights' Single-Cell Tech to Streamline Workflows

The Scan

NIH Boost Proposed

A draft bill released by the US House of Representatives appropriations committee would increase the 2019 National Institutes of Health budget by 3 percent.

Police, Genealogy, and Privacy

Bloomberg looks into privacy issues raised by law enforcement's use of genetic genealogy sites.

Gotta Sequence 'Em All

NBC News reports on the Earth BioGenome Project, which aims to sequence all eukaryotic life on Earth.

This Week in Science

In Science this week: environmental DNA can help in studies of marine animals, and more.

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