• Boehringer Ingelheim GmbH, of Ingelheim, Germany, entered a research service agreement with diagnostics firm Diaxonhit, of Paris, for the discovery and characterization of splice variants that have the potential to be therapeutic targets for oncology. With the agreement, Boehringer secures an option to acquire the rights to research, develop and commercialize any targets identified using Diaxonhit’s Splicearray discovery platform.