Contents
AUGUST 2013 •
Biobusiness
DrugDiscovery
CorporateProfle
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Hematologic
Diagnostics
GowiththeFlow
Cover StillaPlace
MakingSenseof
SmallMolecules
www.GENengnews.com
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Metabolon has made a name for itself
as a pioneer in metabolomics and is
now moving forward with diagnostics.
Bioprocessing
forSteel
andGlass
NEWSInsideIndustry
Scientists are using fow cytometry
and related techniques to better
diagnose hematopathological
disorders.
WallStreetBiobeat
NEWSDiscovery&Development;
BigNeedinIBD:Drugs
toSlowProgression
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NEWSBioprocessing
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Tutorial
Tutorial
The infammatory bowel disease
market is set for a shakeup.
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RemovingtheReceptor
DeconvolutionBottleneck
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BiomarketTrends
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Single-CellGenomics
PoisedforGrowth
Certain segments of the single-cell genomics
market are set to grow more than 40%
annually, according to DeciBio.
NEWSProducts&Services;
DEPARTMENTS
CreativeAcquisitionin
Biotech,TakeTwo
Big pharma is not alone in its
M&A; quests—smaller frms are
also pursuing large biotech deals.
withArrayCGH
LegalAffairs
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Researchers are looking beyond
SNPs, assessing copy-number
variation as a key contributor
to genomic diversity.
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RethinkingTrade
SecretProtection
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Now more than ever, biotech frms ought
to evaluate how well they are protecting
proprietary information.
New Products
Calendar of Events
Company Index
People in the News
Classifed
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NovelCHO
Suspension
CellCultivation
According to Finesse Solutions,
its stirred-glass biorector is suitable
for cell culture applications at the
benchtop scale.
OMICS
Cover DivingDeep
PointofView
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Retrogenix says its microarray system
helps users identify the receptors for
many antibody ligands.
Researchers increasingly look
to standby glass and stainless
steel bioreactors over single-use
systems for certain projects.
RT-PCR:
Readyfor
PrimeTime?
Though it is a choice tool
for many scientists, a
relative consensus on how
best to perform RT-PCR is
still lacking.
NEWSGenomics&Proteomics;
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Translational
Medicine
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Molecular
ImagingDriving
Development
Using pharmacoimaging and
other approaches, scientists
are better selecting lead
candidates and improving
clinical trial designs.
NEWSMolecularDiagnostics
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NEWSClinicalTrials
Tutorial
MembraneProtein
MonoclonalAntibodies
SDIX outlines an approach
for the development of highperformance multipass
membrane protein antibodies.
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