Precision Medicine Group (PMG), an integrated team of experts focused on biomarker-guided drug development has raised $275 million in funding led by Berkshire Partners and TPG Growth and also includes significant participation from Precision’s co-founders and management team as well as original investors Oak Investment Partners and J.H. Whitney. . This investment will support the expansion of PMG’s global footprint and provide additional scale to accelerate the development, approval and
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Mayo Clinic, sphingotec Collaborate for Evaluation & Use of Biomarkers to Improve Diagnosis
sphingotec GmbH , a biotechnology company that develops biomarkers for the detection and management of diseases, has recently signed an agreement with Mayo Clinic to collaborate on the evaluation and use of several biomarkers that may improve the diagnosis of certain disease states, including kidney disease, breast cancer, sepsis, and cardiovascular disease.As part of the agreement, Mayo Clinic will evaluate the biomarkers proenkephalin (penKid) and three others for research and potential
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Philips Launches Informatics Platform to Advance Drug Research & Biomarker Discovery
Today, Philips has announced the launch of Xplore, a web-based image and data management platform that will help pharma and academic researchers speed up drug research and biomarker discovery through enhanced integration, visualization and analytics tools. Xplore v4.0 will be available commercially in July 2017. Customers have the option to purchase the basic package or with custom additions including a dedicated TMA module for enabling faster and streamlined research.As the industry continues
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