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In July the press reported Merck & Co. was in advanced talks to acquire Seagen Inc. and was aiming to finalize a purchase of the cancer biotech in the next few weeks, according to people familiar with the matter, in a deal that could be worth roughly $40 billion or more. [69]
The history of biotechnology begins with zymotechnology, [2] which commenced with a focus on brewing techniques for beer. By World War I, however, zymotechnology would expand to tackle larger industrial issues, and the potential of industrial fermentation gave rise to biotechnology.
CRISPR Therapeutics AG is a Swiss–American biotechnology company headquartered in Zug, Switzerland.It was one of the first companies formed to utilize the CRISPR gene editing platform to develop medicines for the treatment of various rare and common diseases.
By Mariam Sunny and Kamal Choudhury (Reuters) -The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Ionis Pharmaceuticals' drug to treat a rare genetic disorder, making it the company's first wholly ...
Ginkgo Bioworks is an American biotech company founded in 2008 by five scientists from MIT, [3] headed by Jason Kelly. The company specializes in using genetic engineering to produce bacteria with industrial applications for other biotech companies, saving other companies the cost of reproducing the initial stages of design in synthetic biology.
March 1, 2013: Yahoo! announces that it was making some changes to the products it offers, including shutting down some while updating others. On April 1, the Yahoo! Message Boards site closed. The Yahoo! updates API were no longer supported after April 16. [112] March 25, 2013: Yahoo! acquires Summly. [113] [114]
Illumina, Inc. is an American biotechnology company, headquartered in San Diego, California.Incorporated on April 1, 1998, Illumina develops, manufactures, and markets integrated systems for the analysis of genetic variation and biological function.
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