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...J&J’s medtech division has outstripped the growth of the company’s drugs and diagnostics business, generating $30.4bn in sales last year, or 35 per cent of group revenues....
...In the new space, about 20 minutes north of Cancún, these priorities are reflected in an extraordinary building designed to resemble the shape of human DNA....
...The diagnostics, sold as packages, harness various combinations of advanced imaging technology, DNA analysis and blood panels for hundreds of markers, as well as exhaustive functional evaluations: fitness...
...“Apple was going outside its core DNA, and to spend another $10bn would be putting good money after bad.”...
...Comprehensive diagnostic testing — which harnesses advanced imaging technology, DNA analysis, blood panels for hundreds of markers and an exhaustive functional evaluation — flags up a wide range of issues...
...“The problem you had was that Toshiba had built into its DNA the idea that it just would always seek to expand, so its management saw the company as a growth story....
...He was previously chief of the Roche diagnostics business, and is now focusing on improving the future of the pharmaceutical division with internal development and deals, after disappointments including...
...The prolonged legal battle and mounting competition in the genomics industry have caused investors to question the company’s strategy to diversify into cancer diagnostics....
...A global team of scientists has discovered how to make more accurate predictions of genetic mutations that cause disease in humans after applying AI techniques to an expanded primate DNA database....
...Grail will soon face competition in the US from Datar Cancer Genetics, which inked a $250mn deal last year with US-based diagnostic laboratory company Artemis DNA to fund the rollout of its own MCED test...
...According to the NHS, 6mn people are now on the waiting list for elective care — all non-urgent medical services ranging from diagnostic tests and scans, to surgery and cancer treatment — up from 4.4mn prior...
...Artificial chat is at least a less sinister way to help that process along than asking users to swab the insides of their mouth, as DNA-dating app Pheramor once did....
...Genomics England, a government-owned company, aims to read all the DNA carried by a representative national sample of babies shortly after they are born....
...But many shareholders are sceptical about Illumina’s determination to hold on to Grail and want the board to negotiate a deal with EU authorities to spin off the cancer diagnostics company....
...“If someone calls you and says ‘hey, I need a diagnostic of biodiversity’. then they need it yesterday, not in six months,” he said....
...But Element has also benefited from increased interest in its products from Grail competitors that use DNA sequencing, she added....
...The test works by using genetic sequencing and artificial intelligence to scan a certain type of DNA (cell-free DNA) found in people’s blood for changes caused by cancer cells....
...In 2013, the American Psychiatric Association’s diagnostic manual, which is essential for accessing health insurance for a disorder, put gambling on par with drug and alcohol addiction....
...Diagnostic tests — brain scans and/or lumbar punctures — are required to determine eligibility for treatment. And the drug is not a simple chemical but an antibody, expensive to develop and produce....
...Its network in Italy and Europe is priceless, and I think that is embedded in its DNA. For example, the MBA cohort is about 100 people, but the teams you learn with change almost every term....
...Factors such as stress, pollution or diet can cause changes in this environment that lead to changes in DNA methylation (where methyl molecules stick to the DNA, like barnacles on a ship), causing parts...
...“Putting these building blocks together opens up a range of possibilities from drug development to materials to diagnostics.”...
...“If you’ve been successful on a global scale, there are ways to bring that DNA to the China market,” said Alexander. “It just takes a shift in thinking about how to go about doing that....
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