FAST, Fellow and CARB-X Update January 2019

FAST & Fellows Round-Up

• Acorn Product Development and FAST grad (Spring 2015) Purigen Biosystems announced Breakthrough Platform for extracting, enriching and quantifying DNA and RNA from biological samples Read More
• FAST grad (Spring 2016) Paragon Genomics partners with MGI Tech to distribute its CleanPlex® NGS target enrichment panels worldwide Read More

CARB-X Updates

• Powered by CARB-X company Achaogen announced FDA clearance and launch for the Thermo Scientific QMS Plazomicin Immunoassay Read More
• Powered by CARB-X company Vedanta Biosciences raises $27M Series C financing to advance its clinical pipeline of microbiome-derived product candidates Read More
• Powered by CARB-X company Forge Therapeutics is granted a second award of up to $11.1M from CARB-X to support development of their LpxC inhibitor to treat serious lung infections Read More
• Powered by CARB-X company ContraFect receives an additional $2.3M in funding from CARB-X to support their gram-negative lysin program Read More