A new collaboration plans to provide genomic profiling and information for patients that have been unsuccessful on repeated therapy for the group of cancers that include leukemias, lymphomas, and myeloproliferative and myelodysplastic diseases.
Read MoreVisualDx, a web-based clinical decision support system and mobile app from Logical Images, Rochester, NY, has been honored in the Best in KLAS report for the third year in a row.
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Companion diagnostics provide information about a patient’s genetic and genomic characteristics to guide decisions about treatment with specific drugs. In this article from the March issue of CLP, contributing writer Gary Tufel examines how this relatively recent phenomenon is spawning a significant increase in pharmaceutical companies partnering with diagnostics firms to develop and produce such diagnostics—and thus more targeted and effective treatments.
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Genomics tools company RainDance Technologies has closed a $16.5 million financing round extension. New investors include GE Ventures and Northgate Capital; all existing financial investors also participated in the round.
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New products include the BioStack MicroPlate Stacker from BioTek, an electronic reporting module from the College of American Pathologists, and the Purelab Chorus range of customizable water purification systems from Elga Labwater.
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