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Diagnostics World Brief | GRAIL has raised over $900 million through the first close of its previously announced Series B financing, which was led by ARCH Venture Partners, and includes Johnson & Johnson Innovation as the largest investor in the financing.
Mar 1, 2017
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STAT |
A STAT investigation found that Proove Biosciences studies are largely a ploy to boost revenues from genetic tests meant to guide the choice of pain drugs.
Feb 28, 2017
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Diagnostics World Brief | News, products, and partnerships from around the diagnostics community including news from Illumina, Veritas Genetics, MDxHealth, and more.
Feb 28, 2017
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The Huffington Post |
Despite the critical importance of diagnosis, diagnostic testing and laboratory capacity receive much less attention than vaccines and drugs in the global health arena.
Feb 24, 2017
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Diagnostics World | Diagnostics World has announced the winner of its first Diagnostics World Early Innovator Awards program. The winner was announced at the 2017 Molecular Medicine Tri Conference in San Fransisco.
Feb 22, 2017
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Diagnostics World | IBM’s Watson and other forms of artificial intelligence appear to be slowly shedding their sidekick status and taking on more prominent roles in solving today’s medical mysteries.
Feb 21, 2017
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Diagnostics World Brief | Advanced Genomic Solutions announces that their Health & Wellness Genetic Test is now available on Amazon Prime for a reduced price of $450.
Feb 17, 2017
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Diagnostics World | GenePeeks has launched its proprietary next-generation screening platform, which has the ability to assess the risk of conceiving a child with any one of more than 1,000 heritable genetic diseases.
Feb 14, 2017
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BioPharma Dive |
While they may never command the eye-popping $250,000 price tag that some newer drugs do, there are still many experts who think there could be a Cinderella story for certain types of in vitro diagnostics.
Feb 14, 2017
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Diagnostics World Brief | Quest Diagnostics has recently entered into an agreement with genomic diagnostics company Veracyte, for the extended access of the latter's laboratory-developed test, Afirma Gene Expression Classifier.
Feb 10, 2017
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Diagnostics World Brief | MDxHealth today announced that it has been awarded a US Government Services Administration supply contract to use ConfirmMDx for Prostate Cancer within the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Feb 8, 2017
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NPR.org |
People with sickle cell trait, which includes about 10% of African-Americans, can get higher readings on a common blood glucose test. That could lead to diabetes treatment they don't need.
Feb 7, 2017
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Diagnostics World | After struggling to treat Parkinson’s for centuries, researchers are reimagining the illness and pursuing a mind-gut connection that could lead to new and improved treatments.
Feb 6, 2017
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Diagnostics World | Harry Glorikian’s new book, Commercializing Novel IVDs: A Comprehensive Manual for Success, provides an overview of the IVD landscape today, from IVD conception through commercialization.
Feb 3, 2017
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American Council On Science And Health |
The ACMG recently published a statement discussing genome editing in clinical genetics. They discuss various topics, such as the limitations of genome editing technologies, and technical concerns.
Feb 1, 2017
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Forbes |
Aiming to tackle the severe shortage of specialist doctors in India, the 27-year olds behind the DocsApp platform promise a consultation with a doctor within 30 minutes of logging on to their app (with a little AI help).
Jan 30, 2017
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Diagnostics World Brief | Illumina today announced that it has declared conformity with the requirements of the IVD Directive and has applied the CE mark to an expanded VeriSeq NIPT Analysis Software for clinical laboratories in the European Union.
Jan 30, 2017