Infectious Diseases
FDA approves first at-home chlamydia and gonorrhoea sample collection in US
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved LetsGetChecked’s at-home testing system for chlamydia and gonorrhoea. The De Novo…
Siemens Healthineers and Global Fund target AI-enabled TB screening
Siemens Healthineers and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria have teamed up to bring artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled…
FDA approves BodyCAP’s eCelsius Medical System
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted approval for French MedTech company BodyCAP’s connected medical device, eCelsius Medical…
Meet the chlamydia and gonorrhoea combo test that gives results in 30 mins
A point-of-care test for chlamydia (CT) and gonorrhoea (GN) can give results in 30 minutes, the makers of the platform…
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation backs all-in-one, home rapid STI test
Aptitude Medical Systems is swapping Covid-19 for a different type of pathogen after the company revealed a partnership with the…
UK government backs AI-powered defence technology
UK diagnostic company Pictura Bio has been awarded funding by the UK government’s Ministry of Defence to accelerate the development…
MaximBio receives contract from NIH to develop new rapid test platform
Diagnostic solutions manufacturer MaximBio has received a new contract from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for the development of…
Lucira Health receives FDA EUA for at-home COVID-19 & Flu test
Lucira Health has received US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) emergency use authorization (EUA) for its COVID-19 & Flu over-the-counter…
US FDA grants EUA to the Mologic COVI-Go SARS-CoV-2 Ag Self-Test
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted emergency use authorization (EUA) to the Mologic COVI-Go SARS-CoV-2 Ag Self-Test…
Clinical evaluations begin for Co-Diagnostics’ PCR platform
Co-Diagnostics has started clinical evaluations for its Co-Dx PCR Home platform, developed to detect infectious diseases, and an initial Covid-19…
