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INDUSTRIAL IMPACT

XtalPi Inc. | November 25, 2022

XtalPi announced today that they are embarking on a strategic collaboration with CK Life Sciences, a member of the CK Hutchison Group. XtalPi and CK Life Sciences will leverage their respective expertise to jointly develop a novel AI tumour vaccine R&D platform to improve the discovery and design capabilities of tumour vaccines and accelerate the development of more vaccine types. The goal of this collaboration is to realize precision treatment for patients worldwide. Accordin...

MEDICAL

DxTerity | June 13, 2022

DxTerity Diagnostics today announced the commercial launch of their IFN-1 Test for patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE or lupus). The IFN-1 Test supports the advancement of precision medicine to improve the lives of patients living with lupus. DxTerity's test measures a key biomarker, Type-1 Interferon (IFN-1), an important indicator of SLE disease severity and prognosis. High IFN-1 levels have been shown to lead to higher likelihood of disease severity and an incr...

MEDICAL

Pfizer | January 15, 2021

Pfizer Inc. declared that, during the second 50% of 2020, it put a sum of $120 million of every four clinical-stage biotech organizations as a feature of the Pfizer Breakthrough Growth Initiative (PBGI). Through PBGI, Pfizer is putting up to $500 million in biotechnology organizations, giving subsidizing and admittance to Pfizer's logical skill to help guarantee the coherence of promising clinical improvement projects of likely future vital interest to Pfizer. Pfizer's ini...

BioSpace | February 27, 2020

Medicinal Genomics (MGC), a pioneer in harnessing cannabis genomics to improve the agricultural productivity, safety, and transparency of cannabis, today announced its new PathoSEEK® 5-Color Aspergillus Multiplex Assay that independently identifies four species of pathogenic Aspergillus— A. flavus, A. fumigatus, A. niger, and A. terreus — on cannabis samples using just one qPCR reaction. This new Aspergillus assay is the first and only qPCR multiplex that can satisfy the Californ...