On September 19, Menarini Silicon Biosystems announced the launch of new cloud-based data analysis solution, MSBiosuite. MSBiosuite automated data analysis platform processes NGS data generated from research in liquid biopsy area and formalin-fixed paraffin embedded (FFPE) tissue analysis.
NGS Data Analysis Made Easy Through Menarini’s Cloud Based ‘Msbiosuite Bioinformatic Platform’
Topics: healthcare, Liquid Biopsy Market, Menarini Silicon, Next-generation sequencing (NGS)
Smith & Nephew completes acquisition of Atracsys Sàrl, a Swiss Optical tracking technology provider
Topics: healthcare, Smith & Nephew, Atracsys Sàrl, Atracsys Deal
Predictive AI Biomarker for Lung Cancer Immunotherapy by Lunit Inc. to augment growth of Companion diagnostics and cancer biomarker market
On May 28 Lunit Inc. announced an abstract presentation of its AI precision medicine research portfolio at the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting 2019. The accepted abstract highlights the feasibility of AI-based biomarker in metastatic non-small cell lung cancer, based on the H&E analysis that predicts response to immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICI).
Topics: healthcare, Biomarkers, Companion Diagnostics
Danaher to Solidify its Leadership in Bioprocessing - Post the Acquisition of the Biopharma Business of General Electric Life Sciences
Danaher Corporation has entered into a definitive agreement with General Electric (GE) Company to acquire a very lucrative Biopharma business unit of GE Life Sciences. Biopharma unit of GE Life Sciences, is the leading provider of instruments, consumables, and software that support the research, discovery, process development and manufacturing workflows of biopharmaceutical drugs. The business comprises process chromatography hardware and consumables, cell culture media, single-use technologies, development instrumentation and consumables, and service.
Topics: healthcare, Bioprocessing
Guardant Health and AstraZeneca to develop companion diagnostics (CDx) and liquid biopsy tests
On Dec 13, 2018 AstraZeneca, a global research based biopharmaceutical company, partnered with Guardant Health (US) for the development of CDx tests to commercialize AstraZeneca’s oncology portfolio including Tagrisso and Imfinzi. The CDx test is based on liquid biopsy platform supported by Guardant’s proprietary Digital Sequencing technology.
Topics: Medical Devices, blood-based companion diagnostics, cancer therapies, liquid biopsy, healthcare, tumor mutational burden