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Industrial Impact, Diagnostics

Kite Pharma and Arcellx | January 31, 2023

On January 30, 2023, Kite and Arcellx, Inc. informed that they have completed their previously-announced global strategic collaboration to co-develop and co-market CART-ddBCMA. CART-ddBCMA is Arcellx's lead late-stage candidate for treating patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma. For the majority of patients, multiple myeloma is an incurable disease; hence, there is a continuing demand for treatments that are not only effective but also secure and e...

Sestina Bio | October 17, 2020

Sestina Bio, a new company creating a platform for automated synthetic biology, today announced that it has launched with seed funding from Foresite Capital, General Inception and OMX Ventures. The funds will be used to further the development of its digital cellular engineering and phenotyping platforms and support initial product development. The firm is the first company to launch from incubator Foresite Labs. Practitioners of synthetic biology aim to engineer novel living organisms -- usuall...

Medical

PacBio | April 23, 2022

PacBio (NASDAQ: PACB), a leading developer of high-quality, highly accurate sequencing solutions, today announced the release of a transformative capability to detect DNA methylation using the Sequel IIe and Sequel II Systems. This extends PacBio’s unique and highly capable HiFi sequencing technology to now include access to the epigenome, a second layer of genomic information often left unexplored due to fundamental limitations of common sequencing technologies. PacBio’s single-mole...

MedTech, Medical

Magenta Therapeutics | February 03, 2023

On February 2, 2023, Magenta Therapeutics, a clinical-stage biotech firm focused on enhancing stem cell transplantation, announced that it has completed a business evaluation, including a review of its programs, resources, and capabilities. Magenta has decided to cease further program development and conduct a complete examination of strategic alternatives aimed at maximizing shareholder value. Magenta will investigate potential strategic options, including, but not limited to, ...