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Mission Bio Announces Yan Zhang as New CEO
April 8, 2021 GMT
SAN FRANCISCO, April 8, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Mission Bio, the pioneer in high-throughput single-cell DNA and multi-omics analysis, today announced the appointment of Yan Zhang to the role of CEO. Zhang joins Mission Bio after 10 years at Thermo Fisher Scientific, where she drove above-market growth for multiple business lines, including leading the commercial organization in China for Genetic Sciences and Clinical Next-Generation Sequencing divisions and leading the Reproductive Health and Microarray businesses as General Manager. Zhang succeeds current Mission Bio CEO and co-founder Charlie Silver, who will be moving into an advisor role with the company.
Direct from saliva PCR test for COVID-19 enables fast, low-cost results for high-frequency surveillance testing at colleges and universities
Product News: Direct from saliva PCR test for COVID-19 enables fast, low-cost results for high-frequency surveillance testing at colleges and universities
21 Dec 2020
Thermo Fisher Scientific has announced the availability of a new direct from saliva PCR test for COVID-19 to enable widespread, high-frequency surveillance testing. The Applied Biosystems TaqCheck SARS-CoV-2 Fast PCR Assay uses raw saliva samples and simplifies lab workflows using instruments that are widely available globally to deliver reliable data quickly.
The company also introduced the Safe Campus Reopening Program to subsidize the cost of the test for U.S. colleges, universities and post-secondary institutions. Availability of this program coincides with recent guidance issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that calls for expanded COVID-19 survei