GlaxoSmithKline ($GSK) is taking a gamble on Idera Pharmaceuticals' ($IDRA) antisense drug technology, promising up to $100 million in a collaboration focused on renal disease. Under the deal, GSK is paying it..

Vela Diagnostics today announced a collaboration with France's Gustave Roussy Institute of Oncology on next-generation based cancer testing. The collaboration will focus on both solid and liquid tumor diagn..

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..