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MEDTECH

Benchling | September 17, 2021

Benchling , innovator of the research and development (R&D) cloud for the biotechnology industry, today announced its entry into the early development market. The company brings new solutions to market that enable scientists for the first time to work seamlessly from research to development in a single system. By expanding the range of services, the Benchling R&D cloud is designed to offer both the flexibility and speed required for research efficiency as well as the control and conformi...

CELL AND GENE THERAPY

PacBio | July 26, 2021

Pacific Biosciences has had no trouble growing its business on its own in the year and a half since its acquisition by Illumina was blocked by the Federal Trade Commission due to concerns that the combination would establish a monopoly in DNA sequencing. Earlier this year, the sequencer manufacturer received a staggering $900 million investment from SoftBank—a commitment almost as large as the $1.2 billion promised by Illumina for the planned acquisition. PacB...

INDUSTRIAL IMPACT

Palantir Technologies Inc. | December 21, 2021

Palantir Technologies Inc. a leading builder of operating systems for the modern enterprise, and Dewpoint Therapeutics the leading biomolecular condensates company, announced a partnership for Palantir’s Foundry platform to help power Dewpoint’s efforts to discover treatments and cures for the most challenging diseases. Palantir Foundry will help to enable researchers at Dewpoint to further their understanding of condensates biology by analyzing lab data along with oth...

AI

Cerebras Systems , Peptilogics | August 19, 2021

Cerebras Systems, the pioneer in high performance artificial intelligence (AI) compute, and Peptilogics, a biotechnology platform company and an emerging leader in leveraging computation to design novel therapeutics, today announced a collaboration to accelerate the development cycle of peptide therapeutics through AI. Leveraging the revolutionary Cerebras CS-2 system – powered by the world’s fastest AI processor – Peptilogics will be able to push the boundaries ...