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J. Craig Venter launches genomics startup designed to boost diagnostic insights
Genomics and life sciences pioneer J. Craig Venter, Ph.D., is back with a new J. Craig Venter Institute (JCVI) spinoff…
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Abbott shares sag as global diagnostic, nutrition business sales declines drag on earnings
Abbott Laboratories saw its shares down 10% at the end of trading Thursday, Jan. 22, as the market digested weaknesses…
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NeuroQure debuts test to ID autism risk at birth critical for earlier intervention
NeuroQure, a startup diagnostics medtech that formed in 2023, has launched a first-of-its-kind test that can identify autism risk at…
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Bristol Myers Squibb taps Microsoft’s AI detection network for speedy lung cancer diagnosis
Microsoft and Bristol Myers Squibb have signed a new pact aimed at identifying lung cancer cases more quickly. The U.S.…
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Guardant Health pens Merck & Co. cancer collab for next-gen tests, companion diagnostics
Guardant Health is signing up to a multiyear deal with Merck & Co. for the U.S. Big Pharma to tap…
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Abbott, AtaCor join forces on extravascular defibrillator implant
Abbott is teaming up with AtaCor Medical to develop a next-generation implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) designed to treat dangerous cardiac…
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Boston Scientific to snap up thrombectomy specialist Penumbra in deal valued at $14.5B
Boston Scientific is capping off a busy week with a major buyout, entering a deal worth about $14.5 billion to…
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JPM26: Illumina working with China on ‘a path through’ its export troubles, sees academic research environment ‘muted’ for ’26
Looking to usher in a more “predictable” year in 2026, Illumina is working with officials in China as it remains…
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Labcorp adds to its suite of tests to speed up detection of the recurrence of a range of common cancers
Labcorp is adding to its suite of tests designed to detect cancer recurrence much earlier than traditional imaging. The line…
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Saga Diagnostics expands ultrasensitive blood test to include colorectal cancer
Saga Diagnostics expanded the use of its ultrasensitive blood test to include detection of tiny amounts of colorectal cancer that…