Bio-Techne Makes Big Push Into Liquid Biopsy With Exosome Acquisition

Bio-Techne has reached an agreement to acquire Exosome Diagnostics, putting the firm in a stronger position in the emerging liquid biopsy and precision medicine spaces.

Bio-Techne Corp. is acquiring Exosome Diagnostics Inc. to complement its existing Advanced Cellular Diagnostics (ACD) business with Exosome's biofluid-based diagnostics, and to take advantage of the emerging precision-medicine trend.

"Exosome Diagnostic's technology is a game-changer, and positions Bio-Techne to be a leader in the rapidly-growing noninvasive liquid biopsy market,"...

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