Biomarker Commons Funding Announcements

Aushon to Launch New Multiplex Immunoassay Platform

Biomarker Commons Newsbot — Thu, 24 May 2012 19:05:42 +0000

Aushon announced its plans recently for an upcoming global launch of its new multiplex protein biomarker platform, which incorporates several engineering breakthroughs to deliver ELISA-level...

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Companion Diagnostics Budgets Exceed $1 Million as Companies Build Personalized Medicine into Drug Development Strategy

Walter Jessen — Tue, 22 May 2012 19:13:11 +0000

As the drug discovery paradigm shifts away from mass-marketed products toward targeted treatments and the life sciences industry adjusts to an increasingly payer-driven environment, precision...

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Mayo Clinic Researchers Discover Biomarkers for Prostate Cancer Detection, Recurrence

Biomarker Commons Newsbot — Tue, 22 May 2012 18:24:21 +0000

Alterations to the "on-off" switches of genes occur early in the development of prostate cancer and could be used as biomarkers to detect the disease months or even years earlier than current...

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NextGen Introduces New Generation Biomarker Products for Brain Disorder Diagnostics

Biomarker Commons Newsbot — Tue, 22 May 2012 17:57:06 +0000

NextGen Group Plc (AIM: NGG), an AIM listed company developing its own diagnostics product pipeline and providing diagnostic biomarker development services, announces the commercialisation of a new...

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Genedata and Roche Extend Collaboration of Biomarker Discovery for Personalized Healthcare

Biomarker Commons Newsbot — Tue, 22 May 2012 02:01:56 +0000

Genedata, a leading provider of advanced software solutions for drug discovery and life science research, recently announced that Roche renewed the licensing agreement of Genedata Expressionist for...

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Early Biomarker for Pancreatic Cancer Identified

Biomarker Commons Newsbot — Tue, 15 May 2012 18:06:09 +0000

Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and Moores Cancer Center have identified a new biomarker and therapeutic target for pancreatic cancer, an often-fatal disease...

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New US Patent Grant for ValiRx’s Cancer Screening Gene Biomarker

Biomarker Commons Newsbot — Tue, 15 May 2012 17:52:19 +0000

ValiRx Plc (AIM: VAL), a life science company with a focus on cancer diagnostics and therapeutics for personalised medicine, is pleased to announce that a method for cancer screening, using specific...

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Thermo Fisher Scientific Acquires All Rights for Pre-eclampsia Biomarker from Nephromics

Biomarker Commons Newsbot — Tue, 15 May 2012 17:46:43 +0000

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today announced it has signed an asset purchase agreement with Nephromics LLC, which includes a patent license for exclusive rights...

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OPKO Health Enters into License Agreement with International Health Technology for Next Generation Prostate Cancer Biomarker Panel

Biomarker Commons Newsbot — Tue, 08 May 2012 00:07:25 +0000

OPKO Health, Inc. (NYSE:OPK) today announced execution of a license agreement granting International Health Technology, Ltd. (Cambridge, England) the right to offer OPKO's novel panel of kallikrein...

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Genomic Health and OncoMed Announce Strategic Alliance for Biomarker Research and Discovery Using Next Generation Sequencing

Biomarker Commons Newsbot — Tue, 08 May 2012 00:01:42 +0000

Genomic Health, Inc. (Nasdaq: GHDX) and OncoMed Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (OncoMed) today announced a strategic alliance to use Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) to identify biomarkers that can be applied...

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