Illumina’s NovaSeq Platform, the $100 Human Genome & Moore’s Law: is it Good Business?

At the JP Morgan Conference on Monday, Illumina took the opportunity showcase its new DNA sequencers, the NovaSeq 5000 and NovaSeq 6000, promising that by the end of the year

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Following the Quintiles IMS Megamerger, which CRO will Enter the Healthcare Analytics Space Next?

Earlier this year a megamerger between Quintiles, the world’s largest CRO, and healthcare data and consultancy firm IMS was announced, with the combined company branded as Quintiles IMS. With a

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Evolution Infographic: The Rise & Diversification of Biologics

For our latest Data Visualisation project, the Evolution Global Team analysed historical new drug approval statistics and the current clinical trials pipeline to identify trends that highlight the rise and

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To CRISPR or not to CRISPR: The Ongoing Ethical Debate Surrounding Embryonic Gene Editing

The UK’s Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) has given the go-ahead for a select group of Francis Crick Institute researchers to edit the genomes of human embryos. The group,

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Evolution M&A Analysis: Thermo Fisher to Acquire Affymetrix for $1.3 billion

Thermo Fisher Scientific (NYSE:TMO) have announced an agreement to acquire Affymetrix (NASDAQ:AFFX) for approximately $1.3 billion, or $14.00 per share, in cash. The acquisition was unanimously approved by the boards

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The Role of Metagenomic Analysis in Drug Development

In recent years Next Generation Sequencing instrumentation has become much more accurate, efficient and affordable, enabling researchers to collect, sequence and analyse genomes with increasing ease. Consequently researchers are developing

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Thermo Fisher and Illumina Prepare for Round Two of the Next-Gen Sequencing Battle

Earlier this month Thermo Fisher Scientific announced the launch of two novel next-generation sequencing (NGS) instruments, the Ion S5 and the Ion S5 XL benchtop systems, which combine the ability

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Evolution Announce Human Capital Partnership with Genomics Startup QuantiHealth

Evolution Global Talent Attraction recently signed a contract to provide human capital to newly formed company QuantiHealth in China. QuantiHealth was founded by Zhao Bowen, who was named as one

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Evolution Infographic – An Analysis of Biopharmaceutical Production in EMEA

Evolution Global Talent Attraction’s latest market research report looks at the capacity and content of biopharmaceutical production in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Rather than publish a lengthy report,

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Genentech and Regeneron win Thomson Reuters Allicense Awards for Top BioPharma Deals of the Year

The Intellectual Property and Science business of Thomson Reuters recently honoured Genentech Partnering and Seragon, and Regeneron and Avalanche with the Allicense 2015 Breakthrough Award for Deals of the Year.

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Elsevier to Launch Open Access Multi-Disciplinary Scientific Journal

Academic publishing giant Elsevier have announced the forthcoming launch of a new open access multi-disciplinary scientific journal, calling for researchers to adopt a new collaborative and open source ethos. Dr.

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