• MGI Launches End-to-End Sequencing Platform With DNBSEQ-T7 Sequencer

    Bio-IT World | MGI, a subsidiary of BGI Group, has made a few announcements already this week: market clearance for its G and T Series sequencers in Asia Pacific countries and Europe, and an end-to-end genomics solution automating sample pre-processing through data analytics.

    Jan 15, 2020

  • The Healthcare Value Proposition For AWS’s New Data Exchange

    Bio-IT World | Amazon Web Services has launched AWS Data Exchange, a service that makes it easy for millions of AWS customers to securely find, subscribe to, and use third-party data in the cloud. ConvergeHEALTH by Deloitte is integrating tools to make the process particularly easy for healthcare data.

    Jan 15, 2020

  • Diagnostics Partnerships, New Sequencers, Technical Advances From Illumina

    Bio-IT World | Francis deSouza, CEO of Illumina, gave his report this morning at the annual JP Morgan Healthcare Conference. Just days after terminating the planned merger between Illumina and Pacific Biosciences, deSouza was positive about Illumina’s outlook for 2020, announcing agreements with Roche and Genomics England as well as new sequencers and technical advances. “I have never been more excited about the opportunity for Illumina as we enter 2020,” he said.

    Jan 13, 2020

  • Avoid These Eight Costly Biospecimen Procurement Mistakes

    Bio-IT World Contributed Commentary | Every day counts when it comes to saving lives and generating revenue, especially when you’re trying to bring a drug, treatment, or diagnostic tool to market. Unfortunately, these processes often take a lot longer and cost a lot more than initially expected.

    Jan 10, 2020

  • Top 10 Stories of 2019: National Genomic Data Initiatives, AI’s Impact in Drug Development, And More

    Bio-IT World | As we head into 2020, we at Bio-IT World would like to take a moment and reflect on the groundbreaking achievements from this past year. In that spirit, here are the top 10 stories of 2019, ranked in order of popularity.

    Jan 9, 2020

  • How To Improve Biopharmaceutical Research Data Utilization?

    Bio-IT World Contributed Commentary | Many enterprise network security people intuitively put everything behind a firewall—even though it has been well-established that firewalls are big hindrance to high-speed data flows. There are a few reasons of poor data mobility and thus low utilization.

    Jan 8, 2020