Press Releases

  • SpeeDx Awarded A$2.5 million by NSW Medical Devices Fund

    , AUSTRALIA - Sep 18, 2017 - SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA – (September 18, 2017). For a second time, SpeeDx Pty. Ltd., an Australian-based molecular diagnostics company, was awarded a grant from the New South Wales Medical Devices Fund (MDF)

    Sep 18, 2017
  • Cofactor Genomics announces $18M funding in an oversubscribed Series-A round to bring RNA to Precision Medicine

    SAN FRANCISCO, CA, UNITED STATES - Sep 18, 2017 - Cofactor Genomics announces $18M funding in an oversubscribed Series-A round to bring RNA to Precision Medicine San Francisco, CA - September 18, 2017 Cofactor Genomics, developer of a leading platform for RNA sequencing and expression analysis, today announced $18M in financing led by Menlo Ventures with major participation from existing investor Data Collective (DCVC) and new investor Ascension Ventures, and participation from existing and new investors iSelect, Y Combinator, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, and Stanford

    Sep 18, 2017
  • Demand for genetic testing drives growth for award winning Elucigene diagnostics

    MANCHESTER, UNITED KINGDOM - Sep 15, 2017 - Having the right technology at the right time has made Elucigene Diagnostics a world leading developer and distributor of prenatal, rare disease and infertility genetics diagnostics

    Sep 15, 2017
  • SelectMDx Outperforms PCA3 Stratifying Men for mpMRI

    HERSTAL, BELGIUM - Sep 11, 2017 - MDxHealth SA (Euronext: MDXH.BR) today announced results from a retrospective study published in The Prostate ,  demonstrating that SelectMDx® for Prostate Cancer, a non-invasive liquid biopsy test, correlates with multiparametric MRI (mpMRI) and outperforms the PCA3 test

    Sep 11, 2017
  • Genestack offers ‘missing link’ for genomics drug discovery

    CAMBRIDGE, UK - Sep 8, 2017 - “Genestack is providing an essential missing link between data and its analysis,” says Imad I. Yassin, recently appointed Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Genestack, the Cambridge-based biodata management company

    Sep 8, 2017
  • Visualising gene-trait networks for faster discovery

    CAMBRIDGE, UK - Sep 8, 2017 - It is now possible for non-bioinformaticians to create knowledge-networks – a powerful way for biologists to visualise deep connections between genes and phenotypes – quickly and efficiently thanks to the integration of Rothamsted Research’s open-source KnetMiner software into the Genestack platform

    Sep 8, 2017
  • WCG’s MedAvante-ProPhase Adds Business Leaders to Expand Offerings, Increase Client Success in CNS, Mental Health

    PRINCETON, NJ - Aug 15, 2017 - WIRB-Copernicus Group® (WCG™), the world’s leading provider of solutions that measurably improve the quality and efficiency of clinical research, announced today that industry experts Steven Herne and Michael Cioffi have joined the leadership of MedAvante-ProPhase, the Group’s electronic clinical outcomes assessment (eCOA) arm

    Aug 15, 2017
  • BioreclamationIVT Acquires Biospecimen and Research Services Provider Asterand Bioscience

    WESTBURY, NY - Aug 10, 2017 - BioreclamationIVT, a leading provider of biospecimens and related services, today announced that it has acquired Asterand Bioscience™, a global provider of high quality, well-characterized human tissue and research solutions with a focus on the oncology market

    Aug 10, 2017
  • WIRB-Copernicus Group Acquires Patient Genesis’ ConsentNow eConsent Technology

    PRINCETON, NJ - Aug 2, 2017 - WIRB-Copernicus Group® (WCG™), the world’s leading provider of solutions that measurably improve the quality and efficiency of clinical research, today announced that it has acquired Patient Genesis’ ConsentNow™ eConsent technology

    Aug 2, 2017
  • SeraCare Announces the Launch of a Suite of Zika Virus Reference Materials for Improved Diagnostic Testing

    MILFORD, MA - Aug 1, 2017 -  SeraCare Life Sciences, a manufacturer and leading partner to global  in vitro  diagnostics manufacturers and clinical laboratories is announcing the launch of a set of unique Zika virus products as critical components of a robust QC program for validating and monitoring Zika virus test methods

    Aug 1, 2017
  • BioreclamationIVT Expands Biological Sample Portfolio to Support Drug, Diagnostic and Vaccine Development for Five Additional Infectious Diseases

    WESTBURY, NY - Jul 31, 2017 - BioreclamationIVT, a leading provider of biospecimens and related services, today announced that it has expanded its infectious disease-state portfolio to include frozen whole blood, plasma and serum samples from patients with HIV-1, HIV-2, dengue, zika and malaria infection

    Jul 31, 2017
  • BioreclamationIVT Appoints Vice President of Global Quality and Compliance

    WESTBURY, NY - Jul 26, 2017 - BioreclamationIVT, a leading provider of biospecimens and related services, today announced that it has appointed Karen Sasse to the newly-created position of vice president of global quality and compliance

    Jul 26, 2017
  • Definiens Forearms Organization for Strategic Expansion

    MUNICH, GERMANY - Jul 24, 2017 - Definiens, the leader in Tissue Phenomics® and provider of solutions from biomarker discovery to meaningful diagnostics, today announced the strengthening of its leadership team

    Jul 24, 2017
  • FDAnews Joins WIRB-Copernicus Group

    PRINCETON, NJ - Jul 20, 2017 - WIRB-Copernicus Group (WCG), the world’s leading provider of solutions to measurably improve the quality and efficiency of clinical research, announced today that it has acquired FDAnews, which provides global regulatory information for executives in the clinical research, biopharmaceutical and medical device industries

    Jul 21, 2017
  • Now Live: precisionFDA Hidden Treasure - Warm Up Challenge

    GLOBAL - Jul 18, 2017 - The precisionFDA team has launched the fourth precisionFDA challenge to continue its support of the genomics community in assessing, comparing, and improving techniques used for Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) analysis

    Jul 18, 2017
  • SeraCare Life Sciences Announces the Most Patient-Like cfDNA QC Technology

    MILFORD, MA - Jul 18, 2017 - SeraCare Life Sciences, a manufacturer and leading partner to global in vitro diagnostics manufacturers and clinical laboratories, is launching the SeraseqTM Circulating Tumor DNA v2 reference materials: a breakthrough in circulating cell-free DNA QC technology that will help ensure sensitivity and robustness of liquid biopsy assays

    Jul 18, 2017
  • Geneious Biologics Momentum Drives US, Europe and Asia Expansion for Biomatters

    AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND - Jul 18, 2017 - Bioinformatics software company Biomatters today announced it has opened new offices in Denmark and made key management appointments in North America, Europe and Asia to service growing demand from enterprises involved in biologic drug development

    Jul 17, 2017
  • MDxHealth Launches AssureMDx for Bladder Cancer Liquid Biopsy Test

    IRVINE, CA - Jul 6, 2017 - MDxHealth SA (Euronext: MDXH.BR) today announced the commercial launch of its AssureMDx™ for Bladder Cancer test in the United States as a laboratory developed test (LDT)

    Jul 6, 2017
  • CISCRP Recognizes WIRB-Copernicus Group’s Support and Donation to Clinical Trial Awareness and Education

    BOSTON, MA - Jun 27, 2017 - The Center for Information and Study on Clinical Research Participation (CISCRP), an independent, non-profit organization dedicated to educating patients and the public about clinical research is pleased to thank and recognize WIRB-Copernicus Group® (WCG) for its recent support of CISCRP’s Medical Heroes 5K Run & Walk, held last week in Chicago, and its additional donation to CISCRP’s clinical research education and outreach programs

    Jun 27, 2017
  • BioreclamationIVT and Qualyst Partner to Market Transporter Certified™ Hepatocytes

    WESTBURY, NY - Jun 22, 2017 - BioreclamationIVT, a leading provider of biospecimens and related services, today announced that it is partnering with Qualyst Transporter Solutions, LLC (Qualyst) to market Transporter Certified™ cryopreserved human hepatocytes

    Jun 22, 2017