Helicos BioSciences Corporation
One Kendall Square
Building 700
Cambridge
Massachusetts
02139
United States
Tel: 877-2-HELICOS
Fax: 617-264-1700
Website: http://www.helicosbio.com/
Email: info@helicosbio.com
About Helicos BioSciences Corporation
Financial Company Profile
Helicos BioSciences (NASDAQ: HLCS) is a life science company focused on innovative genetic analysis technologies for the research, drug discovery, and diagnostic markets. Helicos’ proprietary True Single Molecule Sequencing, tSMS™, technology allows direct measurement of billions of strands of DNA enabling scientists to perform experiments and ask questions never before possible. Helicos is a recipient of the $1,000 genome grant and committed to providing scientists the tools to unlock the era of genomic medicine. The company is currently commercializing its first product, the Helicos™ Genetic Analysis System.
Based on Helicos’ tSMS technology, the Helicos Genetic Analysis System enables ultra high-throughput genetic analysis by directly sequencing single molecules of nucleic acids. The tSMS workflow is based on a simple, cost effective sample preparation process that can easily be scaled and replicated to meet the requirements of large, complex experiments, overcoming laboratory workflow bottlenecks.
Helicos believes the tSMS sequencing by synthesis approach represents the first comprehensive and universal solution for single molecule genetic analysis, dramatically lowering the cost of individual analyses. The Helicos Genetic Analysis System has extensive capabilities in basic and translational research, and pharmaceutical R&D, thus increasing the potential for improved drug therapies, personalized medicine and more accurate molecular diagnostics for diseases such as cancer.
The Helicos leadership team is comprised of eight experienced industry leaders with an extensive track record of leading successful life science companies within their respective disciplines. The team includes Steve Lombardi, President and Chief Executive Officer; Stephen Hall, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer; Bill Efcavitch, PhD, Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer; Marc S. Levine, Senior Vice President of Product Development; Patrice M. Milos, PhD, VicePresident and Chief Scientific Officer; Chip Leveille, Vice President of Sales and Marketing; Alan Sherr, Vice President of Intellectual Property and Mark Solakian, Vice President and General Counsel.
In addition, Helicos has a preeminent group of scientists and technologists on its Scientific Advisory Board, including Dr. Leroy Hood, MD, PhD, President of the Institute for Systems Biology, and Steven Chu, PhD, Director of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and winner of the 1997 Nobel Prize for Physics. The company’s corporate headquarters are located at One Kendall Square, Building 700, Cambridge, MA 02139, and its telephone number is 617-264-1800.
For more information, please visit www.helicosbio.com.
108 articles about Helicos BioSciences Corporation
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Battered Helicos BioSciences Corporation Files for Chapter 11
11/16/2012
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Illumina, Inc. Announces Favorable Outcome of Its Patent Litigation Against Helicos BioSciences Corporation
8/30/2012
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Helicos BioSciences Corporation Settles its Patent Litigation Against Pacific Biosciences
5/14/2012
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Helicos BioSciences Corporation Announces Prenatal Diagnostics IP Sale to Sequenom Inc.
4/16/2012
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WaferGen Biosystems Appoints Ivan Trifunovich President, CEO, and Director
3/12/2012
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Helicos BioSciences Corporation Expands its License with Arizona Technology Enterprises Covering Next Generation Sequencing; New Patents Continue to Issue
8/31/2011
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RIKEN Chooses Helicos BioSciences Corporation Single Molecule Sequencing for Global Map of Human Promoters
12/6/2010
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Helicos BioSciences Corporation Amends Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Pacific Biosciences to Include Illumina, Inc. and Life Technologies
10/25/2010
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Helicos BioSciences Corporation Names New CEO Ivan Trifunovich
10/15/2010
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Helicos BioSciences Corporation Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Pacific Biosciences
9/9/2010
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Pacific Biosciences Responds to Patent Infringement Complaint by Helicos BioSciences Corporation
9/1/2010
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Helicos BioSciences Corporation Announces Nature Publication on First Evidence of RNA Copying Mechanisms in Human Cells
7/30/2010
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Helicos BioSciences Corporation and Massachusetts General Hospital Demonstrate Clinical Diagnostic Utility of Helicos Platform
7/20/2010
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Helicos BioSciences Corporation Announces Launch of Diagnostics Business
6/25/2010
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Helicos BioSciences Corporation Announces Strategic Focus on Diagnostics Markets and Operational Restructuring; Approximately 40 Positions to Go
5/18/2010
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Helicos BioSciences Corporation Featured at Advances in Genome Biology and Technology Meeting
2/23/2010
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Helicos BioSciences Corporation Announces Additional System Installations for the St. Laurent Institute and Stanford University
2/3/2010
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Helicos BioSciences Corporation Introduces New Sequencing Kits to Enhance Versatility of the HeliScope(TM) Single Molecule Sequencer
1/26/2010
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Helicos BioSciences Corporation Announces the Sale of a Helicos(R) Genetic Analysis System to the Turku Centre for Biotechnology
1/19/2010
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Helicos BioSciences Corporation Raises $6.4 Million
12/16/2009