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CELL AND GENE THERAPY

Exact Sciences Corporation | January 10, 2022

Exact Sciences Corp. announced it has acquired PreventionGenetics, a genetic testing laboratory, to complement its advanced cancer diagnostics portfolio and support its entrance into hereditary cancer testing (HCT). PreventionGenetics provides the clinical lab, expertise, and foundational technology necessary to accelerate the availability of HCT and help more patients know their germline risk of cancer and other diseases. "PreventionGenetics is a natura...

Biological Dynamics | July 30, 2020

Biological Dynamics, Inc., an innovative diagnostic company committed to improving global health, announces a new biomarkers program designed for drug development applications in Alzheimer's Disease (AD). The company will use its proprietary Verita™ platform to develop a portfolio of assays for detection and quantification of blood-based biomarkers associated with AD and other neurodegenerative conditions. The program is funded by the Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation's (AD...

EpiGentek | July 10, 2020

New York-based biotechnology firm EpiGentek has released a series of SARS-CoV-2 research assays in combatting the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The two kits focus on studies of SARS-CoV-2 targeted furin or proprotein convertase (PC) cleavage activity. These first-of-its-kind tools can be used to rapidly detect SARS-CoV-2 targeted PC and facilitated proteases using biological samples as well as screen for inhibitors of these enzymes that cleave SARS-CoV-2 proteins. Subsequent implications can be the...

BioSpace | March 02, 2020

Gilead Sciences is buying Forty Seven for $95.50 per share, or a deal value of $4.9 billion. The deal was unanimously approved by both companies’ boards. Gilead picks up Forty Seven’s lead product candidate, magrolimab, a monoclonal antibody in the clinic for several cancers, including myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS), acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL). Magrolimab targets CD47. Forty Seven presented positive results from a Phase Ib trial of the drug...