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Illumina Announces New Sequencing System, Partnership with Roche and Software Suite to Accelerate Adoption of Genomics
SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ: ILMN) further demonstrated its commitment to making genomics more accessible for the potential benefit
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[{"type":"text","content":" SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--\nIllumina, Inc. (NASDAQ: ILMN) further demonstrated its commitment to making genomics more accessible for the potential benefit of patients today with a series of technology and partnership announcements that further the company’s commitment to unlocking the power of the genome.\nThis press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20200113005753/en/The NextSeq 2000 Sequencing System — The latest NGS system from Illumina offers innovative design features, advanced chemistry, simplified bioinformatics, and an intuitive workflow that enable the widest range of applications on a benchtop sequencing system. (Photo: Business Wire)\n\nSpeaking today at the 38th Annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference in San Francisco, Illumina CEO, Francis deSouza, announced a 15-year, non-exclusive collaboration agreement with Roche, one of the world’s leading diagnostic companies to accelerate the availability of distributable NGS-based in-vitro diagnostic (IVD) tests on Illumina’s diagnostic (Dx) sequencing systems. Further, Roche will collaborate with Illumina to complement Illumina’s comprehensive pan-cancer assay TruSight Oncology 500 (TSO 500) with new companion diagnostic (CDx) claims. For additional details, please read the full press release on the Illumina News Center.\n\n\nTo support the growing demand for clinical grade genomic information at lower cost, Illumina announced the NextSeq™ 1000 and NextSeq 2000 Sequencing Systems offering breakthrough system design, chemistry innovations and on-instrument integrated informatics for rapid secondary analysis. The new systems incorporate more than 75 innovations, including the never before commercialized combination of super resolution and blue chemistry, that enables a substantial increase in density and throughput as well as a reduction in operating costs.\n\n\n“We are proud to continue our tradition of driving down the cost of sequencing without compromising accuracy,” said Omead Ostadan, Senior Vice President, Marketing and Products at Illumina. “NextSeq 1000 and 2000 are designed to enable core labs, small to medium research labs and clinical facilities to access high intensity sequencing applications using our industry-leading SBS technology.”\n\n\nIllumina also announced the development of a regulatory-cl...