NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) — Cenix BioScience will support Boehringer Ingelheim with RNAi-focused contract research services for its therapeutic drug programs under a new agreement, Cenix said today.
Cenix will apply its knowledge combining high throughput applications of RNAi-based gene silencing with phenotypic analysis in what will be a genome-scale screen using cultured human cells. Cenix will use microscopy-based assays it developed to complement proprietary assays developed by Boehringer Ingelheim to generate information about the cellular functions and loss-of-function phenotypes of analyzed genes.
Financial terms of the agreement were not released.