Key Developments

In March 2023, OraSure Technologies, a medical device company, and nRichDX, which provides In-vitro Diagnostic (IVD) liquid biopsy samples and molecular testing, announced a collaboration to validate and co-promote their research-use technologies to analyze cell-free DNA from urine
In February 2023, Bionano Genomics, Inc, a biotechnology company, announced the China National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) approval for DNA Extraction Kits and Labeling Products for In vitro diagnostics (IVD) Use in hematologic malignancies
In November 2022, RevoluGen, a biotechnology company, announced a partnership with Tecan, a biotechnology company, to transform high molecular weight DNA extraction kits. The partnership will support the manufacturing and supply of Tecan’s 96-well filter plates to be used in RevoluGen’s automated Fire Monkey high molecular weight (HMW)-DNA extraction kits.
In May 2022, Biotium, a supplier of cutting-edge life science reagents, announced the acquisition of Cell Data Sciences RNAstorm and DNAstorm kits for RNA/DNA extraction. Biotium, which previously distributed Cell Data Sciences kits, will now be their sole manufacturer. The extraction kits will be offered from the Biotium website and authorized distributors.
In October 2021, Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., a medical device company, announced that it will manufacture its Applied Biosystems MagMAX Dx Prefilled Viral/Pathogen Nucleic Acid Isolation kits in India for Indian markets
In February 2020, Promega Corporation, a global biotechnology manufacturer, launched its new Wizard HMW DNA Extraction Kit for researchers working with large fragments of genomic DNA. The kit enables researchers to obtain DNA that will provide strong performance in long-read sequencing applications in a 90-minute manual protocol. The kit supports purification from a variety of sample types including whole blood, bacterial cultures, cultured mammalian cells, and plant leaf tissue.