miRNA is a small non-coding RNA molecule of 20–30-nucleotide length, and it plays an important role in gene regulation. As it is partially complementary to messenger RNA (mRNA), it serves a major function of down-regulating the gene expression, which makes it a key controller of important cellular functions. miRNAs are associated with pathological processes such as viral infections, autoimmune diseases, and carcinogenesis. Thus, extensive research is being conducted to identify new miRNAs.
Illumina, Inc., and Thermo Fisher Scientific – Notable Market Players in miRNA Sequencing and Assay Market
Market leaders operating in the market have undertaken various organic growth strategies in the miRNA sequencing and assay market. The miRNA sequencing and assay majorly consists of the players such Illumina, Inc., Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., Qiagen, Perkin Elmer, Inc., Takara Bio Inc., New England Biolabs, Norgen Biotek Corp, TriLink BioTechnologies Inc, Lexogen GmbH, Oxford Nanopore Technologies among others. Some of the activities undertaken by the company, which have promoted its growth are, product launch, Approvals, partnership and strategy and business planning. Companies such as Akron Biotech. Qiagen, Takara Bio, Inc., New England Biolabs, Inc., and others have been implementing various strategies that have helped the growth of the company and in turn have brought about various changes in the market.
Below is the list of the growth strategies done by the players operating in the miRNA sequencing and assay market:
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Dec-2020 |
New England Biolabs has launched NEBNext Custom RNA Depletion Design Tool and RNA Depletion Core Reagent Set for Customizable RNA Depletion. This has expanded its RNA depletion product portfolio. The NEBNext Custom RNA Depletion Design Tool allows researchers to input their target RNA sequence to obtain customized probe sequences of 40 to 60 bases. |
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Oct-2019 |
TriLink BioTechnologies expands small RNA sequencing portfolio with launch of new primers. The new Ion Torrent Convert barcode primer sets enable small RNA library preparation on the sequencer platform from Thermo Fisher Scientific. TriLink’s CleanTag Small RNA Library Prep Kit has been in use for several years with Illumina sequencers. |
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Oct-2020 |
QIAGEN has launched novel RNA-seq library preparation solutions QIAseq FastSelect RNA Removal Kits for next-generation sequencing. This launch has expanded the QIAGEN’s portfolio RNA-seq solutions including miRNA Library Kit for small RNA sequencing. |
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Aug-2017 |
Lexogen expands the product portfolio of RNA-seq kits with the launch of a new small RNA-seq library prep kit. This is small RNA-Seq library prep kit has enabled RNA sample preparation for regulation of gene expression in the group of non-coding sRNAs such as microRNA (miRNA) and small interfering RNA (siRNA). miRNA from liquid biopsy samples (i.e. plasma, serum, and urine) . |
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Apr-16 |
Takara Bio USA, Inc. and Integrated DNA Technologies signed Collaboration agreement to Support Targeted RNA Sequencing. This collaboration has leveraged the companies’ expertise and complementary strengths in order to develop innovative RNA-seq solutions to answer important biological problems. |
