Asterand Wins Patents On Tissue AnalysisDetroit-based Asterand plc (LSE: ATD) and its subsidiary BioSeek LLC of South San Francisco, Calif. announced Thursday that the United States Patent and Trademark Office has issued U.S. Patent Nos. 7,908,089 entitled “Patient classification” and 7,912,651 entitled “Function homology screening."
Asterand, 5AM To Develop New Biobanking SoftwareDetroit-based Asterand plc (LSE:ATD), a provider of human tissues and related services to pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, and 5AM Solutions, a life science technology firm, announced they have agreed to develop next generation virtual biobanking software for exclusive use by Asterand and its collaborators.
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