• Oxford Nanopore and Lonza Team Up, Medidata and Sanofi Vaccines Collaborate, More

    Bio-IT World | Oxford Nanopore and Lonza have teamed up to cGMP validate and commercialize a first-of-its-kind novel test to accurately determine multiple critical quality attributes of mRNA products by directly sequencing both the DNA template and the messenger RNA; Parse updates whole transcriptome kit; and more.

    Feb 29, 2024

  • Ginkgo Bioworks Announces Three Acquisitions

    Bio-IT World | Ginkgo Bioworks announced three acquisitions today: Reverie Labs, Proof Diagnostics, and Patch Biosciences. The acquisitions will expand Ginkgo’s capabilities for large-scale AI foundation models, its library of RNA programmable, non-Cas enzymes, and its machine learning models and downstream assays.

    Feb 28, 2024

  • Follow the Money: Cancer Early Detection Tests, Self-Sampling Solutions Expansion, Multiple Product Advancement

    Bio-IT World | Freenome will advance the pipeline of single-cancer and tailored multi-cancer early detection tests built on its multiomics platform; Capitainer plans to advance its journey toward becoming the foremost provider of self-sampling solutions with new funding, including scaling up production capacity, enhancing sales and marketing strategies, and launching new products; COUR will advance multiple, wholly owned product candidates that leverage the company’s immune tolerance platform, including Phase 2a proof-of-concept clinical studies in Myasthenia Gravis and Type 1 Diabetes, and other pipeline opportunities; and more.

    Feb 28, 2024