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Boost for mRNA as Moderna to acquire OriCiro for $85 million

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and OriCiro Genomics K.K. The company develops mRNA therapeutics and vaccines , and the move will enable it to utilise the synthetic biology and enzyme tech of 2018-founded Japanese company OriCiro, which develops cell-free DNA synthesis and amplification technologies, and thereby expand Moderna’s portfolio. Biotech Moderna, Inc.

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Oxford Nanopore makes stellar debut on UK stock market

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It also won a £113 million contract to provide rapid saliva-based COVID-19 testing services to the NHS, although that was ended early by the UK government in the summer as demand fell due to vaccinations. Chief technology officer Clive Brown is also sitting on a £10 million stake.

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A Reversal on Sequencing? Proposed Legislation Would Allow Patenting of Naturally Occurring Genes

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Rather, developers of diagnostic tests and, indeed of any product that relies on free access to gene sequence and other biomarker information, should pay also close attention, as PERA would overturn longstanding judicial precedent. By 2010, about 2000 isolated human genes had been patented in the U.S.

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