Beckman Coulter Life Sciences announced a collaboration agreement with Pillar Biosciences, which develops and distributes IVD & RUO NGS testing solutions based on their proprietary SLIMamp® technology to help localize patient testing and optimize the selection of precision therapies for cancer patients.
Pillar Biosciences will develop a series of applications for use on the Biomek NGeniuS Next Generation Library Preparation System as part of the agreement. Launched in June of 2022, the Biomek NGeniuS System continues to gain a solid following in research thanks to its open-chemistry concept, user-friendly software, and Dynamic DeckOptix System which reduces errors by identifying misplaced labware.
The application development partnership is initially focused on five commercially available, solid tumor liquid biopsy and hematology panels from Pillar Biosciences:
- oncoRevealTM Myeloid
- oncoRevealTM Solid Tumor v2
- oncoRevealTM Multi-Cancer plus CNV
- oncoRevealTM Solid Tumor 22 Gene
- oncoRevealTM Core LBx
The application from Pillar Biosciences specifically designed for the Biomek NGeniuS System will be available to customers via a first-of-its-kind electronic application library.
A presentation highlighting the research findings will take place at the November Association for Molecular Pathology (AMP) Annual Meeting and Expo in Salt Lake City, Utah. The presentation, titled Highly Accurate and Automated (RUO) NGS Assays for Efficient Localized LBx and TBx Testing in Oncology will take place on Wednesday, November 15, 2023 at 9:00 a.m. MST. A scientific poster entitled Automation of the Pillar Biosciences oncoReveal Solid Tumor 22 gene panel (ORST22) on the Biomek NGeniuS Next Generation Library Prep System will also be presented on Saturday, November 18 at 9:15 a.m. MST.
With the global NGS market projected to grow to nearly $27 billion by 20271, demand is expected to increase for solutions to provide critical assistance to NGS labs. The Biomek NGeniuS System provides users flexibility with exclusive software that allows any batch size, from 4 to 24 samples, to be set up from anywhere and monitored remotely*. The workstation also reduces loading errors by combining sophisticated optical analytics technology to give users real-time feedback on labware placement.
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