Manufacturing investments have taken center stage in recent years — from some pharma giants ramping up GLP-1 manufacturing capacity to meet soaring demand to other companies focusing on advanced capabilities that could ensure an adequate supply of vaccines.

Foundation Medicine, Inc., a genomics company committed to transforming cancer care, today announced a collaboration with Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. (SMPA) to develop the FoundationOne®Heme platform as a companion diagnostic to identify patients with acute leukemia with a KMT2A rearrangement, also known as mixed lineage leukemia (MLL) rearrangement, or NPM1 mutations for potential treatment with SMPA’s enzomenib (DSP-5336), an investigational menin inhibitor.

GRAIL, Inc. (Nasdaq: GRAL), a healthcare company whose mission is to detect cancer early when it can be cured, and Quest Diagnostics (NYSE: DGX), a leading provider of diagnostic information services, today announced the initial phase of a program to improve provider access to GRAIL’s Galleri® multi-cancer early detection (MCED) test. Providers can now order the Galleri test directly from GRAIL through the Quest Diagnostics connectivity system. The Quest Diagnostics connectivity system enables providers in the United States to order and receive reports of laboratory tests electronically through Quest’s Quanum laboratory portal and more than 900 electronic health record (EHR) systems. More than 500,000 providers used the Quest connectivity system last year.

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Imagene, a leader in AI-powered Oncology Intelligence, today announced a collaboration with Tempus AI, Inc., a technology company leading the adoption of AI to advance precision medicine and patient care. The collaboration aims to advance cancer diagnostics by accelerating biomarker prediction, integrating AI-powered tools into clinical workflows, and enabling the commercialization of accessible diagnostic solutions.

Diatech Pharmacogenetics announced an expansion of its collaboration with Merck Serono Middle East Ltd., affiliates of Merck KGaA (“Merck”). The collaboration aims to improve patient access to RAS biomarker testing in the Middle East and Africa (MEA) regions.

Leica Biosystems, a cancer diagnostics company and a global leader in workflow solutions, and Molecular Instruments® (MI), the inventor of the HCR™ Imaging technology, today announced a partnership to enable fully integrated RNA-ISH using the BOND RX and BOND RXm research staining systems.

Medix Biochemica, a global leader in the supply of critical raw materials for the in vitro diagnostics (IVD) industry, announced the acquisition of CANDOR Bioscience GmbH, a Germany-based developer and manufacturer of premium immunoassay solutions. The acquisition both strengthens Medix Biochemica’s range of high-quality raw materials to the worldwide IVD industry and enhances its capabilities to support test manufacturers in immunoassay development. Following the transaction, CANDOR Bioscience’s high-quality operations will remain in Wangen im Allgäu, Germany.

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Omics firm Sapient said Wednesday that it has partnered with Alamar Biosciences to provide proteomics services using Alamar's NULISA multiplexed immunoassay platform.