A group of more than 100 members of the US House of Representatives yesterday signed a letter urging the House Committee on Appropriations work with the US Senate to boost fiscal 2016 funding for the National Institut..

Horizon Discovery has formed a strategic partnership with Axol Bioscience to develop and commercialize genomically modified and differentiated induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) for neuronal and cardiovascular res..

Beckman Coulter Life Sciences and IncellDx have signed a distribution agreement focusing on human papillomavirus and cancer research in China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan. Under the agreement, IncellDx's investig..

Biocept today announced that it has signed two new agreements with preferred provider organization networks — Fortified Provider Network and Three Rivers Provider Network. Under the deals, the approximate..

Recently, Roche acquired Adheron Therapeutics with $580 million for enhancing the immune research. The shareholders of Adheron Therapeutics get $150 million cash, the other $475 million will be paid after they ..

The National Institutes of Health announced that it will commit as much as $40 million over the next seven years to fund the creation of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Progenitor Cell Translational Cons..

Affymetrix, Inc. (Santa Clara, CA, USA) and XRGenomics LTD (Nottingham, UK) have announced a partnership to collaborate on research and development of a new generation of diagnostic tests for age-related diseases. ..

As the number of drug-resistant superbug infections continues to rise, diagnostics companies are rolling out rapid, point-of-care devices that can quickly identify infectious bacteria and potentially cut down on the n..

Meridian Bioscience announced this week that the US Food and Drug Administration has cleared new claims for the firm's illumigene Pertussis molecular amplification test. The new claims include specimens collected ..

Nov 18, Thermo Fisher Scientific said that it has entered into a long-term agreement with Novartis and Pfizer to develop and commercialize a multi-marker, next-generation sequencing-based companion diagnostic test. Th..

Germany's Merck KGaA today announced the completion of its $17 billion acquisition of Sigma-Aldrich, following approval from the European Commission. The deal creates a science sector giant that will "co..

Diatherix Laboratories, a Eurofins subsidiary, and Color Genomics have both announced accreditation from the College of American Pathologists. To receive accreditation inspectors examined several laboratory co..

NOV 17，Shenzhen Kangmei Biotechnology Co., Ltd apply for list on the new OTC market. The details show’s Shenzhen Kangmei was established in Dec 29, 2007. Mr. Bi Shaohui, the chairman of Shenzhen Kangmei account..

Epic Sciences and the University of Pennsylvania's Abramson Cancer Center today announced a collaboration to find biomarkers in circulating tumor cells. Under the terms of the agreement, the partners will cond..

A new firm called Codiak BioSciences has secured more than $80 million in financing to create therapeutic and diagnostic products based on exosome-related technology developed at the University of Texas MD Anderson Ca..

“The second wave of laid-offs will be invaded” spread widely recently. A senior researcher on employment at Renmin University of China, Zeng Xiangquan, said at a recent forum that the unemployed rate issue..

NOV 17, Mokobio Life Science was approved to list on the new OTC market and public transfer. The note shows, Mokobio’s revenues from January to April in 2015 is ￥3.234 million, and net profit is ￥-4.36 ..

Enzo Biochem today announced that the New York State Department of Health has granted approval of its AmpiProbe-HCV assay for quantitative detection of Hepatitis C virus. AmpiProbe is the firm's proprietar..

Molecular Health said today that it has raised €25 million ($26.8 million) in a private financing round led by current investor Dievini, which it will use to continue building out its commercial platform and to d..

At a two-day workshop held here last week to discuss regulatory standards for next-generation sequencing tests, industry stakeholders, academicians, and researchers considered whether a prescriptive framework or more ..