| Today's Top Story |  |  | | - Bayer, Qiagen team up to develop companion diagnostics
Qiagen and Bayer HealthCare agreed to jointly develop companion diagnostic tests for the latter's drugs, starting with treatments for solid tumors. The assays will run on Qiagen's QIAsymphony automated instruments. The partners will also work together on technologies to identify patients who could be helped by exploratory or translational treatments. The deal sets the stage for the development of diagnostics outside oncology as well, according to a Qiagen executive. GenomeWeb Daily News (free registration) (10/25)       | | Health Care & Policy | | | | - Rapid Pathogen offers tool for rapid pink eye diagnosis
Rapid Pathogen Screening has developed an assay that uses technology designed for explosives detection to quickly diagnose pink eye, a condition commonly linked to adenovirus. The test, which already has been cleared in Europe and the U.S., takes about 10 minutes to detect the presence of adenovirus in tear samples collected during a clinical visit. MedCityNews.com (10/24) | Company & Financial News | | | | - ViaCyte, Bluebird Bio receive funding from CIRM
The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine is giving out grants totaling almost $20 million for developers working on treatments for type 1 diabetes and beta-thalassemia. ViaCyte will receive $10.1 million for clinical trials of a living artificial pancreas device called Pro-Islet that contains encapsulated pancreatic cells to supply insulin. Bluebird Bio will receive $9.3 million for the development of a treatment for beta-thalassemia. North County Times (Temecula, Calif.) (10/25) - Human and animal cell-based systems provider raises $4M in financing
HemoShear, which supplies biotech and drug firms with human and animal cell-based systems that replicate organs and diseases for use in the development of treatments, raised $4 million in a Series C financing round. The Charlottesville, Va.-based firm will use the proceeds to relocate to a bigger laboratory next year, and increase its science and business workforce. "Our customer base and revenues are growing rapidly," CEO Jim Powers said. MedCityNews.com (10/25) | Food & Agriculture | | | | - Support for Proposition 37 plunged last month, poll finds
Voter support for California's Proposition 37 biotech labeling law has dropped to a virtual tie during the last month, according to a USC Dornsife/Los Angeles Times poll. The telephone survey, conducted from Oct. 15 to 21, found that 42% of voters opposed the initiative, 44% supported it and 14% were undecided. A previous poll, carried out from Sept. 17 to 23, had 25% of voters opposing the measure, 61% in favor and 14% undecided. Los Angeles Times (tiered subscription model) (10/25), Reuters (10/25) | Industrial & Environmental | | | | - Calif. company eyes $1.50-per-gallon gasoline from biomass
California-based biofuels developer Cool Planet Energy Systems is planning to develop 30 small production facilities in the next three years to produce biomass-based gasoline for about $1.50 per gallon, said President and CEO Howard Janzen. Instead of larger plants that can take years to get up and running, the company wants smaller plants that can be put together using shipper-container-sized components, Janzen said. The company has received orders for $500 million worth of the gasoline, so there's "a home for this product already," he said. Bloomberg Businessweek (10/24)  | |  | | The Buzz(CORPORATE ANNOUNCEMENTS)
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