Channels

 

Special Offers & Promotions

 

 

Latest News

 

 

View Channel

New Products

 

 

View Channel

Video Presentations

 

 

View Channel

Separation Science

 

 

View Channel

Microscopy & Image Analysis

 

 

View Channel

Laboratory Automation & IT Solutions

 

 

View Channel

 

Horizon Discovery Group plc and Thermo Fisher Scientific Sign Supply and Commercialization Agreement

publication date: May 12, 2015
 | 
author/source: Horizon Discovery group

Horizon Discovery Group plc (LSE:HZD) (Horizon), the international life science company supplying research tools and services that power genomics research and the development of personalized medicines, today announced it has signed a supply and commercialization agreement with Thermo Fisher Scientific, the world leader in serving science.

horizon discoveryUnder the terms of the agreement, Thermo Fisher will market and distribute Horizon’s X-MAN human haploid and diploid isogenic cell line collection and will further offer Horizon’s X-MAN haploid cell line generation service to its worldwide customer base.

The X-MAN cell line range represents an extensive bank of genetically defined human cell lines – models that accurately exhibit disease-causing genetics, and have undergone a high degree of validation and quality control. These models help researchers to understand how complex genetic diseases manifest themselves, and can reduce the cost of bringing to market new personalized therapies by streamlining many aspects of drug development, including target identification, target validation, assay development, drug screening, lead optimization and biomarker-driven clinical trial design.

The X-MAN catalogue includes both diploid (cells with two natural copies of each gene) cell lines and haploid (proprietary cells engineered to have only one copy of each gene) cell lines developed using Horizon’s proprietary precision (rAAV) and high-throughput (HT-CRISPR) genome-editing technologies. Additionally, Horizon offers rapid and low cost on-demand generation of engineered haploid cell lines that for the first time bring these valuable research tools to the 72,000+ research labs studying the basic and applied function of genes and genetic variation.

All of Horizon’s X-MAN cell lines are provided as ‘isogenic pairs’, meaning that each modified cell is provided with a matched control so that when experiments are performed, researchers can attribute differences in experimental results with confidence to the specific genomic modification, which is difficult to do using historical patient-derived cell lines.

Dr. Paul Morrill, President, Products, Horizon Discovery Group plc, commented: “This strategic agreement underscores the value of Horizon’s X-MAN cell line collection and gene editing services, and, in particular, highlights the impact Horizon’s haploid models are already having on the research community, following the acquisition of Haplogen Genomics GmbH in January 2015. Under this agreement, Thermo Fisher will market these products to researchers worldwide using its e-commerce and direct sales channels.”

“Thermo Fisher is committed to providing researchers around the world with the most advanced technologies designed to help them move scientific research forward,” said Lalit Dhir, vice president of Strategy, Portfolio & Business Development at Thermo Fisher Scientific. “Our agreement with Horizon Discovery Group is an example of that commitment to our research customers.”


more about horizon discovery group




 

Subscribe to any of our newsletters for the latest on new laboratory products, industry news, case studies and much more!

Newsletters from Lab Bulletin

 

Request your free copies HERE

 

 

 

Popular this Month

Top 10 most popular articles this month

 

 

Today's Picks

 


 

Looking for a Supplier?

Search by company or by product

 


Company Name:

Product:


 

 

 

 

Please note Lab Bulletin does not sell, supply any of the products featured on this website. If you have an enquiry, please use the contact form below the article or company profile and we will send your request to the supplier so that they can contact you directly.

Lab Bulletin is published by newleaf marketing communications ltd.


 

Media Partners

 

Exhibitions & Events