Beckman Coulter Life Sciences announced on Monday that it has inked an application development agreement with Pillar Biosciences for next-generation sequencing solutions.

Twist Bioscience and DNAnexus said on Wednesday that they are collaborating on data analysis to help customers develop next-generation sequencing-based diagnostics.

Illumina said on Wednesday that it has entered into a codevelopment agreement with SomaLogic to create multiplexed, high-throughput proteomics assays with next-generation sequencing-based readout.

Genedrive announced on Wednesday that it has received CE marking for the next generation of its Genedrive System gene amplification platform.

Beckman Coulter Life Sciences said on Monday that it has entered into an agreement with Invitae to develop applications for Beckman's new next-generation sequencing library preparation system.