When PerkinElmer iced a deal to pick up UK gene editing firm Horizon Discovery, it trumpeted its big move into next-gen therapeutics. Now, not content to sit on its laurels, PerkinElmer is dipping into the war chest again, this time for a firm specializing in cutting-edge bioservices.
Horizon Discovery Group, a United Kingdom-based provider of gene editing technologies and gene modulation for cell line engineering, announced on Jan. 21, 2020 that it will license its gene-edited glutamine synthetase (GS) knockout Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) K1 cell line to NGM Biopharmaceuticals, a South San Francisco, CA-based clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing novel therapeutics for cardio-metabolic, liver, oncologic, and ophthalmic diseases.