A step ahead for healthcare

Company Overview

Pangenia Group is a leading molecular diagnostics (MDx) group in Hong Kong founded by Professor Joseph Wing-On Tam. Since its establishment in 2006, Pangenia (formerly known as DiagCor Bioscience) has been working hard towards promoting a healthier society by researching, developing and commercializing MDx innovations.

Through the dedication of an elite group of forefront biotech scientists and executives, Pangenia Group’s patented DNA and RNA analysis techniques allow us to offer a wide variety of services and solutions to our valuable customers. Our service areas specialize in genetic testing, including prenatal diagnosis, parentage investigation, cancer testing, infectious disease identification, and various hereditary risk assessments.

Pangenia Group strives to actively work with commercial, institutional and governmental organizations across the world, maintain the forefront of practical bioscience, and promote MDx understanding and benefits to the general public.

Vision

We aim to be a leading global innovator in the biotechnology industry by continuously developing groundbreaking molecular diagnostic (MDx) technologies, increasing health awareness in society and inspiring future generations in order to achieve a healthier community with higher standard of living.

Mission

We are dedicated to providing the public with the best preventive and the most precise disease diagnosis through the diligence of our devoted experts, the guarantee of our high quality laboratory services, and the continuation of our innovative biotechnological advancement.

Value

Integrity

Bonding starts with trust. We pledge to carry out our laboratory tests with impartiality and honesty and will uphold our high standards of integrity at all times for the benefits of our valued customers.

Innovative

Adapt to thrive. We stay at the forefront of the biotechnology field by remaining sensitive to the demand of the ever-changing society in order to provide the best services and solutions to our valued customers.

Collaboration

Teamwork makes the team work. We emphasize on the cooperation among our group of elites with wide range of expertise in order to optimize the management and technical support of the company.

Development

Learn for a lifetime. We encourage our people to stay curious and passionate about new trends in the biotech industry and offer them a platform that challenges and drives them to their full career potential.

History & Development Milestones

Deep scientific knowledge with over 10 years of hands-on experience in molecular diagnosis

  • Pangenia Group is one of the Hong Kong’s largest biotech companies in molecular diagnostics (MDx)
  • We are the 1st independent private laboratory that provides preimplantation genetic screening (PGS) services in Hong Kong
  • Since the establishment of the company in 2006, Pangenia Group analyzed over 700,000 clinical samples in our own laboratory
  • From 2010 to 2016, Pangenia Group was granted numerous patents and ISO certifications
  1. INITIATION

    2006
    • Dr Joseph Wing On Tam and Mr Wong Shun Yun co-founded DiagCor Bioscience Incorporation Limited, providing cytogenetic and molecular diagnostics services for prenatal testing
  2. INITIATION

    2007
    • The first generation of in-vitro diagnostic products based on flow-through hybridization technology was launched
  3. Establishment

    2010
    • Obtained US Patent “Rapid Genotyping Analysis and the Device thereof” (the use of Allele-Specific-Oligonucleotide (ASO) as detection assay for human HLA classification, US Patent No.: US 7,732,138 B2)
    • Obtained ISO 9001 certification for “Design and production of Diagnostic HPV kit and Provision of Paternity Testing service”
  4. Establishment

    2011
    • Winner of the  “2011 Deloitte Technology Fast 50 China" programme
  5. Establishment

    2012
    • The new generation of flow-through hybridization device FTPro was launched
    • 22Plus Genomic Information Technology Limited was established, dedicated to professional tests providing information that help humans to know more about genes, explore potential to plan and live a healthy and happy life
  6. Establishment

    2013
    • Obtained ISO 13485 certification for “Design and manufacture of Sexually Transmitted Disease Array Test Kits”
  7. Expansion

    2015
    • Obtained US Patent “Rapid Genotyping Analysis and Devices thereof” (methods, primer, probes, and kits for genotyping various mutations or disease causing agents including multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis, HBV, beta-globin mutations, mutations related to thrombophilia, or the presence of sexually transmitted diseases, US Patent No.: US 8,980,555 B2)
    • Pangenia Lifesciences Limited was established, specializing in genetic testing and advisory services that apply the latest next-generation sequencing (NGS) technology
  8. Expansion

    2016
    • Pangenia Lifesciences Limited obtained ISO 15189 Accreditation
    • Guangzhou Baigao Medical Laboratory Company Limited, the only wholly foreign-owned independent clinical laboratory in China was established
    • Pangenia Lifesciences Limited was awarded by Hong Kong Brand Development Council as “Hong Kong Emerging Service Brand”
    • Pangenia Group comprises the group of molecular diagnostics subsidiaries, was acquired by Mason Group Holdings Limited
    • 10th Anniversary of the Group
  9. Expansion

    2017
    • Pangenia Lifesciences Limited was licensed by the Council on Human Reproductive Technology for carrying Pre-implantation genetic screening (PGS)
  10. Expansion

    2018
    • Guangzhou Baigao Medical Laboratory Company Limited became strategy partners with Shanghai Tongshu Biotech Company Limited and renamed as Guangzhou DiagCor Tongshu Medical Laboratory Company Limited

Chairman

Professor Joseph Wing-On Tam

Professor Joseph Wing-On Tam is the Founder and Chief Scientific Officer of Pangenia Group, and Chairman of the Board. Professor Tam is a research pioneer with over 30 years of teaching and research experiences in the biotechnology and diagnostics sector. Professor Tam was a Visiting Professor at UCSF School of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine and Medical College of Georgia. He was also a Scientist of National Institute of Health and an Honorary Associate Professor at School of Biomedical Sciences of The University of Hong Kong. He is the Founder and President of the Hong Kong Biochemistry Association.

Professor Tam has been working in DNA research field in Hong Kong during the late 1970s. With the support of UNESCO, Professor Tam organized and trained the first group of scientists in China and Asia Pacific Region on recombinant DNA research in 1983. Professor Tam invented and US patented the “flow-through hybridization technology”, which is currently the fastest hybridization process that is applied in DNA macro- and microarray development.

Following his passion for Molecular Diagnostics, Professor Tam established DiagCor Bioscience Incorporation Limited in 2006, which is the important foundation of the Pangenia Group. He strives to influence and inspire the next generation talent in Hong Kong’s biotechnology industry.

Our Team

Management

Core Scientist

Advisory Board

Partnership

Research Partnerships

We work with the following institutions and encourage academics across the world to contact us to discuss how we might collaborate.
Hong Kong Society of Molecular Diagnostic Sciences
Independent evaluation of tuberculosis diagnostic kit
The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University
HER2( Human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 )amplification in breast cancer diagnostic
University of Hong Kong
HPV screening in an Asian population

Research Partnerships

We work with the following institutions and encourage academics across the world to contact us to discuss how we might collaborate.
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Development of a Testing System for Molecular Diagnostics
City University of Hong Kong
Mammalian species identification in food with flow-through hybridization
Chinese University of Hong Kong
Biomarkers development

Commercial partnerships

We work with the following commercial organizations and encourage bioscience executives across the world to contact us to discuss how we might collaborate.
Asuragen
USA
Embitec
USA
Epigenomics
Germany
Taigen
Taiwan
Promega
USA

Social partnerships

We work with the following NGOs as part of our initiatives to provide people with better healthcare.
WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
We support the WHO millennium development goals, with the aim of eradicating tuberculosis and other infectious disease
CHILDREN’S THALASSEMIA FOUNDATION
We participate in fundraising activities for the Children’s Thalassemia Foundation – the first charity of its kind that supports research into genetic disorders affecting children, and provides support services to their families

Research Partnerships

We work with the following institutions and encourage academics across the world to contact us to discuss how we might collaborate.

Hong Kong Society of Molecular Diagnostic Sciences
Independent evaluation of tuberculosis diagnostic kit

The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University
HER2( Human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 )amplification in breast cancer diagnostic

University of Hong Kong
HPV screening in an Asian population

Research Partnerships

We work with the following institutions and encourage academics across the world to contact us to discuss how we might collaborate.

Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Development of a Testing System for Molecular Diagnostics

City University of Hong Kong
Mammalian species identification in food with flow-through hybridization

Chinese University of Hong Kong
Biomarkers development

Commercial partnerships

We work with the following commercial organizations and encourage bioscience executives across the world to contact us to discuss how we might collaborate.

Asuragen
USA

Embitec
USA

Epigenomics
Germany

Taigen
Taiwan

Promega
USA

Social partnerships

We work with the following NGOs as part of our initiatives to provide people with better healthcare.

WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
We support the WHO millennium development goals, with the aim of eradicating tuberculosis and other infectious disease

CHILDREN’S THALASSEMIA FOUNDATION
We participate in fundraising activities for the Children’s Thalassemia Foundation – the first charity of its kind that supports research into genetic disorders affecting children, and provides support services to their families

Our Subsidiaries

DiagCor Bioscience
Incorporation Limited

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  • The first private MDx laboratory in Hong Kong that occupies the largest market share in the local biotech industry
  • Provides one-stop prenatal DNA testing services, e.g. non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT)
  • Analyzed >500,000 MDx samples in our own laboratory
  • Obtained ISO 9001 certification for paternity testing service
  • Close to 100 employees
  • Non-invasive Prenatal Test (NIPT)
  • Fragile X Carrier Screening (MFX)
  • Paternity Testing – Legal and Non-legal use
  • Pangenia
    Lifesciences Limited

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  • Applies advanced genetic testing to enable preventive, predictive and personalized treatments
  • Our technology includes cutting edge next-generation sequencing (NGS) and other frequently used methods such as qPCR, digital PCR, patented flow-through hybridization, Sanger sequencing, etc.
  • MDx services include in the areas of reproduction medicine, women’s health, hereditary risk assessments, precision cancer tests
  • The first independent private laboratory, with the official license, providing the PGs/PGD services in Hong Kong
  • Laboratory tests certify with HOKLAS accreditations
  • Hereditary Risk Assessment
  • Precision Cancer Tests
  • Female Health Tests
  • 22plus Genomic
    Information Technology Limited

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  • Specialized in professional tests to structure a healthier personal lifestyle
  • Provides a wide variety of tests including:
    • Potential talent
    • Athletic aptitude
    • Communication ability
    • Responsiveness to certain diet
    • Physical and mental health
    • Beauty and character

  • Potential Talent Discovery Test
  • Athletic Aptitude DNA Testing Test
  • Responsiveness to Dietary Nutrients Test
  • Physical and Mental Health Test
  • Bio-Technology Limited

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  • Established in 1983 and has been acquired by Pangenia Group since 2017
  • Specialist provider of cervical screening service in Hong Kong
  • Provides gynecological cytology testing service including:
    • Conventional Pap Smear
    • Liquid-based cytology (ThinPrep Pap Test)
    • Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) molecular diagnostics.

  • Cervical Screening Service
  • Investigation of Gynecological Disorders
  • Precancerous Test: Pap Test
  • HPV Molecular Diagnostics
  • GUANGZHOU DIAGCOR TONGSHU MEDICAL LABORATORY CO.,LTD

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  • Independent Clinical Laboratory (ICL) in mainland China for expanding the Group’s cross-border MDx services
  • Meets relative standards of Hong Kong and European medical testing
  • Provides MDx services in prenatal care, women’s health, genetic risk assessments, precision cancer tests, etc.
  • Hereditary Risk Assessment
  • Precision Cancer Tests
  • Female Health Tests
  • Our Affiliated Company

    DiagCor Life Science Limited

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    • Dedicated solely to molecular diagnostics (MDx) as the global leader in flow-through hybridization technology
    • Translates cutting-edge MDx research into proven practical market applications
    • Team of more than 80 bioscience specialists in-vitro diagnostics (IVD) industry
    • Operations span over primary research, clinical and market studies, manufacturing, commercialization, and global distribution
    • Complete platform for commercial and clinical MDx diagnosis
    • Serve clinical diagnostic services markets in Latin America, Europe, Middle East and South East Asia


    • Hong Kong’s Leading Molecular Diagnostics (MDx) Innovator
    • In Vitro Diagnostic (IVD) Products
    • Practical and Proven MDx Lab Solutions
    • Clinical Diagnostic Services in Global Markets


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