Eli Lilly has opened a new R&D facility in the Boston Seaport district with the aim of advancing the firm's RNA and DNA-based therapies, as well as discovering new drug targets and developing new medicines.

Results from the 100,000 Genomes cohort in the U.K. show that RNA sequencing has the potential to increase the number of diagnoses given to individuals with rare disease.

Qiagen and OncXerna Therapeutics said on Monday that they have signed a master agreement to develop a next-generation sequencing companion diagnostic for navicixizumab, which OncXerna is developing as a treatment for patients with ovarian cancer.