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PacBio builds in short-read sequencing with $110m Apton buy

Gene sequencing specialist PacBio has reached an agreement to buy Apton Biosystems, boosting its position in short-read sequencing technology that has traditionally been d

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Marrazzo to succeed Fauci as NIAID director

After months of deliberations, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) has a new director to replace Dr Anthony Fauci, who held the role for 38 y

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Thermo agrees settlement with Henrietta Lacks' family

The family of Henrietta Lacks, an African American woman whose cells have been used in research for decades but were allegedly harvested without her consent, has agreed to

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EQRx's low-price drugs mission ends with Revolution buy

EQRx's pledge to disrupt the pharma pricing system started with a clarion call in 2020 but ended with a whimper today with an agreement to be taken over by Revolution Medi

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Boehringer moves liposarcoma drug into pivotal trial

Boehringer Ingelheim has started a registration trial of its experimental therapy brigimadlin as a treatment for dedifferentiated liposarcoma (DDLPS), a rare cancer with l

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