Darmstadt, Germany, March 22, 2016 – R-Biopharm AG announced today it has entered into an agreement with Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany to collaborate on developing companion diagnostics. The agreement constitutes the first collaboration between the two companies, covering research, development and launching of novel companion diagnostics. The project provides framework for further collaborations across a potentially wide range of therapeutic …
£6m for Scottish Genomes Partnership
Minister for Sport, Health Improvement and Mental Health, Jamie Hepburn has announced a £6 million investment in the Scottish Genomes Partnership (SGP) The SGP is a collaboration of Scottish Universities and the NHS capitalising on £15 million investment in whole genome sequencing technology by the Universities of Edinburgh and Glasgow. The Scottish Government is contributing £4 million and the Medical Research …