20 Molecular Diagnostics Companies to Watch
Up-and-Coming Diagnostic Test Developers Emerge as Consolidation Thins the Field.
10 Liquid Biopsy Companies in the Money
10 privately-held diagnostics developers primarily focused on liquid biopsy tests, ranked by total money raised from venture capital firms.
Italian Researchers Identify Common Susceptibility Genes in COVID-19 Patients
The researchers looked to identify genetic differences with clinical outcomes. Using that study form, for each patient, the team identified an average of three disease-causing mutations involved in COVID-19 susceptibility.
10 Countries in 100K Genome Club
These ten governments have committed funding for projects that will sequence a minimum of 100,000 citizens to spur genomic medicine
8 Companion Diagnostic Developers Making a Mark
If companion diagnostics (CDx) were people, they would be old enough to drink. The first CDx won FDA approval in 1998, when Dako Denmark...
Abbott Launching ID NOW COVID-19 Tests, Offering Positive Results in Five Minutes
Company expects to deliver 50,000 tests per day of the rapid, instrument-based, isothermal system designed for qualitative detection of infectious diseases.
Mining the Microbiome: Microbiome startups are proliferating, exploring new markets, and colonizing diverse therapeutic...
It would be hard to find an area of health where the microbiome has not been implicated as a major player. The microbiome is...
UnitedHealthcare To Cover Genetic Testing for Precision Medicine in Depression, Anxiety
The nation’s largest private health insurer, UnitedHealthcare, announced August 1 that it will cover testing that will allow physicians to match their patients to...
COVID-19 Test Can Detect Infection in Less Than 45 Minutes
Researchers based at the Beaumont Health System in Michigan, have developed a test using a method known as Reverse Transcription Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification or RT-LAMP, that does not require the repeated heating cycles of PCR.
Small Sequencer Developer GenapSys Completes $90M Series C Financing
GenapSys’ sequencing system is about the size of an iPad, costs under $10,000, and is based on a proprietary direct electronic sequencing chip, which is intended to eliminate the need for cumbersome equipment.
