Infectious Disease

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Fusion Genomics Clinically Validating NGS Test for Infectious Disease; Eyes 2020 FDA Submission

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The firm has opened a $10 million Series A financing round that it expects to close in late summer to support running clinical studies for its assay.

Novacyt Posts 4 Percent Drop in Preliminary 2019 Revenues

The company attributed the revenue decline in part to working capital restraints and long manufacturing lead times, which are being addressed currently.

Co-Diagnostics Closes $5M Offering of Shares

The firm said it anticipates using the financing for further commercialization and expansion of its infectious disease testing vertical, among other activities.

PerkinElmer Q4 Revenues Rise 7 Percent

CEO Prahlad Singh said the firm is developing a PCR- and antibody-based assay for the novel coronavirus 2019-nCoV and is working with the Chinese NMPA.

Meridian Stock Rises 21 Percent After Reagent Mix Used in Coronavirus Testing

The company's Lyo-Ready 1-Step RT-qPCR mix is being used by diagnostic labs in China to develop screening assays for the virus.

Jan 27, 2020

CDC Provides Test Protocol for Novel Coronavirus, Preps Kits for Local Use

Jan 27, 2020

QuantuMDx Raises $14M to Support Development of POC Genotyping Assay

Jan 27, 2020

Noscendo, University Hospital Bonn Partner on Pathogen-Detection Platform Development

Jan 24, 2020

British Columbia Team to Study Campylobacter Omics With $500K in Genome BC, Genome Canada Funding

Jan 24, 2020

Co-Diagnostics Selling $5M of Shares

Jan 23, 2020

Diagnostics Developers Leap Into Action on Novel Coronavirus Tests

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Jan 23, 2020

Ontera Developing Single-Pore Sensor for Sepsis, TB, and Zika Diagnostic Testing

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Jan 20, 2020

Multi-Disease Diagnostic Platform Project Receives €22.5M in EU Funding

Jan 16, 2020

JP Morgan Healthcare Day 3: Exact Sciences, NanoString, Natera, Horizon, Accelerate Dx, GenMark, More

Jan 15, 2020

Roche Gets CE Mark for Adenovirus Transplant Monitoring Test

Jan 14, 2020

BioMérieux Submits 43-Target BCID2 Test to FDA

Jan 13, 2020

JP Morgan Healthcare Day One: Qiagen, Guardant Health, Bio-Rad, Hologic, Myriad Genetics

Jan 13, 2020

SpeeDx, LabCorp Will Codevelop MDx Tests

Jan 13, 2020

Accelerate Diagnostics Preliminary Q4 Revenues Rise 94 Percent

Jan 10, 2020

Inflammatix Raises $32M in Series C Financing

Jan 10, 2020

Harvard Spinout ReadCoor Raises $27M in Series B Financing

Jan 09, 2020

Quidel Reports Preliminary 14 Percent to 15 Percent Q4 Revenue Growth

Jan 09, 2020

T2 Biosystems Preliminary Q4 Revenues up 67 Percent, Firm Announces CEO Transition

Jan 09, 2020

Australian Firm Genetic Signatures to Enter US Market With Syndromic Kit for GI Conditions

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Jan 09, 2020

Fusion Genomics Wins $1M to Assess NGS-Based Respiratory Tract Infection Assay

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Harvard Prof Charged

A Harvard University professor has been charged with making false claims regarding funds he received from China, the New York Times reports.

Level of Transparency

Nature News reports that a US panel is reviewing current guidelines for federally funded gain-of-function viral research.

But What About That Preserved Frog Smell?

Discover magazine reports that animal dissections might dissuade students from science careers, but that a firm has developed synthetic frogs for dissections.

PNAS Papers Describe Amish De Novo Mutation Decrease, RNA Sequencing Method, Precision Med Results

In PNAS this week: de novo mutation patterns among the Amish, an alternative RNA-seq method, and more.

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