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Ventana Medical Systems, a member of the Roche Group, has received 510(k) clearance from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its Companion Algorithm p53 (DO-7) image analysis...
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Modern Mobility, Lumigene to develop molecular diagnostic products
US-based Modern Mobility Aids has announced an agreement with Canada's ACGT to integrate its resources and expertise with LumiGene Technologies, to develop and commercialise molecular...
Qiagen takes over AmniSure International
Qiagen has acquired AmniSure International, the US-based medical device company responsible for the commercialisation of its AmniSure assay for determining whether a pregnant woman is...
Great Basin C. difficile diagnostic assay gets FDA approval
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted approval for Great Basin's molecular diagnostic test for Clostridium difficile (C....
Hologic to take over Gen-Probe for $3.7bn
Hologic, a developer of diagnostics products, medical imaging systems and surgical products, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire all outstanding shares of Gen-Probe for $82.75 per share...
Luminex wins CE mark for newborn screening platform
Luminex has received CE mark approval for its newborn screening solutions, xMAP NeoPlex4 assay and NeoPlex...
Lophius concludes study of T-Track CMV / EBV tests
German-based developer of T-cell based diagnostic testing systems Lophius Biosciences has completed a prospective multicentre clinical validation study for its T-Track CMV / EBV...
Roche introduces sequencing assays against leukaemia
Swiss-based Roche has introduced the GS GType TET2/CBL/KRAS and the GS GType RUNX1 Primer Sets for comprehensive genetic variation detection in leukaemia samples, using its 454 GS Junior and GS...
Chembio completes patient enrolment for DPP HIV test trial
Chembio Diagnostics has completed patient enrolment in a pivotal clinical trial of its dual path platform (DPP) human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) 1/2 assay, used for the detection of...
Piramal reports positive Phase III results of PET imaging with florbetaben
Piramal Imaging, a subsidiary of Piramal Healthcare, reported positive results from a Phase III study which indicated that PET imaging with florbetaben detects beta-amyloid in the brain, giving...
Seattle Genetics, Millennium, Ventana to develop diagnostic test for Adcetris
Seattle Genetics, Millennium: The Takeda Oncology Company and Ventana Medical Systems have formed a collaboration to develop, manufacture and commercialise a molecular companion diagnostic test...
RiboMed (RCSL) introduces brain cancer prognostic assay
RiboMed Clinical Services Laboratory (RCSL), a CLIA-certified subsidiary of RiboMed Biotechnologies, has launched a multimarker methylation prognostic test for grading gliomas, a common type...
Scripps scientists to develop new screening tests for HCV
The National Institutes of Health (NIH), an agency of the US Department of Health and Human Services, has awarded a $1m grant to The Scripps Research Institute for a three-year study intended...
Quidel C. difficile diagnosis assay wins CE mark
Quidel, a provider of rapid diagnostic testing solutions and cell-based virology assays, received the CE mark for its Quidel Molecular Direct C. difficile Tox A/B assay for detection of...
Bristol-Myers joins Meso Scale to develop assays for brain disorder
Bristol-Myers Squibb and Meso Scale Discovery have signed an agreement to develop diagnostic assays which measure cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers for use in Alzheimer's disease...
DiaGenic, GE Healthcare to develop test for Alzheimer's
DiaGenic has reached an agreement with GE Healthcare to develop a blood-based test using DiaGenic's peripheral gene expression profiling, in patients with mild cognitive impairment, a...
Japanese researcher develops new pH image sensor
A new pH image sensor for applications including the treatment of Alzheimer's disease has been developed by Kazuaki Sawada, a researcher at the Toyohashi University of Technology,...
AppyScore blood test could diagnose acute appendicitis
AspenBio Pharma has reported results from a pivotal clinical study of its AppyScore blood test, designed for the diagnosis of children and adolescents presenting abdominal...
Abbott, Merck to develop companion diagnostic test for cancer
Abbott will partner with Merck to evaluate the use of a fluorescence in situ hybridisation (FISH) based companion diagnostic test to aid the development of Merck's investigational cancer...
Abbott, Genetics Laboratory to collaborate on diagnostic assay for infections
Abbott said it will team with Genetics Laboratory to develop and commercialise the new molecular diagnostic test to detect microorganisms that cause serious infections in bones and...
US researcher develops new melanoma detection device
University of Missouri, Columbia, US, biomedical engineering and dermatology associate professor John Viator has developed a new medical diagnostic device to speed up the detection of...
