BD to invest $12 billion in pre-fillable syringe manufacturing capacity over next four years
On Dec. 2, 2020, BD (Becton, Dickinson) announced plans to invest approximately $1.2 billion over a 4-year period…
Viruses shown to evolve as a result of different immune responses in different ethnic populations
On Nov. 19, 2020, University of Oxford researchers announced that research into the HIV-1 virus had shed light…
Cue’s Molecular, point-of-care COVID-19 tests deployed to five states in HHS and DOD pilot program
On Nov. 19, 2020, Cue Health announced that, as of November 9, the U.S. Department of Health and…
bioMerieux announced CE marking of ARGENE SARS-CoV-2 diagnostic test to include saliva specimens
On Nov. 16, 2020, bioMerieux announced the expansion of its ARGENE range for the detection of SARS-CoV-2. As…
Respiratory failure in COVID-19 usually not driven by cytokine storm
On Nov. 13, 2020, a study from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and St. Jude…
Wren Laboratories launched saliva-based PCR COVID-19 test
On Nov. 12, 2020, Wren Laboratories announced that it had been granted an emergency use authorization by the…
BD announced Canadian Government order of 76 million portable, rapid point-of-care antigen tests to detect SARS-CoV-2
On Nov. 10, 2020, BD (Becton, Dickinson) announced its rapid, point-of-care, SARS-CoV-2 antigen test for use on the…
Mesa Biotech received additional $13 million from HHS to develop 30 minute SARS-CoV-2 & Flu A/Flu B test
On Nov. 6, 2020, Mesa Biotech announced it had been awarded a contract up to $13 million from…
Denmark tightened lockdown in north, mink cull devastates industry
On Nov. 5, 2020, Denmark announced strict lockdown rules in the north of the country after authorities discovered…
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UC Berkeley launched pop-up lab to monitor Bay Area sewage for COVID-19
On Oct. 29, 2020, UC Berkeley announced that it had launched a new high-throughput pop-up lab – a…
Postpartum depression may persist three years after giving birth
On Oct. 27, 2020, a National Institutes of Health (NIH) study of 5,000 women found that approximately 1…
DOD and HHS awarded $33 million contract to Tecan to establish domestic production of disposable pipette tips
On Oct. 26, 2020, the Department of Defense (DOD), in coordination with the Department of Health and Human…
Todos Medical announced instrument validation completed at MOTO+PARA Mobile Lab
On Oct. 26, 2020, Todos Medical announced the completion of the instrument validation in its mobile lab division….
Todos Medical announced clinical validation and national CLIA certification for MOTO+PARA mobile labs
On Oct. 26, 2020, Todos Medical announced the completion of clinical validation and CLIA certification for MOTO+PARA’s mobile…
CerTest Biotec and BD announced CE Mark for combination COVID-19, Influenza, RSV test
On Oct. 21, 2020, CerTest Biotec, along with BD (Becton, Dickinson), announced that the VIASURE SARS-CoV-2 (N1 +…
Thermo Fisher Scientific increased availability of COVID-19 testing with sample collection kit from Everlywell
On Oct. 19, 2020, Thermo Fisher Scientific announced it had received an expansion of its Emergency Use Authorization…
BD announce assay for immune assessment of COVID-19 patients available in Europe
On Oct. 16, 2020, BD (Becton, Dickinson) announced the CE mark and European availability of a product for…
AMSP partnered with bioMerieux to facilitate supply of high-quality COVID-19 diagnostics
On Oct. 8, 2020, bioMerieux and the Africa Medical Supplies Platform (AMSP), announced a new partnership to facilitate…
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Abbott’s released ID NOW COVID-19 interim clinical study results to provide facts on clinical performance
On Oct. 7, 2020, in a continuing effort to provide the facts about ID NOW to support public…
Sonic Healthcare enhanced test offerings with launch of multiplex assay for COVID-19 and flu
On Oct. 7, 2020, Sonic Healthcare USA announced that it had launched a multiplex RT-PCR assay that combined…
Hologic Panther Platform and HIV-1 Quant assay used in ‘HIV Cure’ research
On Oct. 6, 2020, Hologic announced that two studies in the Journal of Clinical Microbiology demonstrated the utility…
Quest Diagnostics launched three new combined COVID-19 and respiratory virus tests
On Sept. 30, 2020, Quest Diagnostics announced three different test options for healthcare providers across the U.S.to aid…
BD announced CE Mark of portable, rapid point-of-care antigen test to detect SARS-CoV-2 in 15 minutes
On Sept. 30, 2020, BD (Becton, Dickinson) announced its rapid, point-of-care, SARS-CoV-2 antigen test for use on the…
Global partnership made available 120 million affordable, quality COVID-19 rapid tests for low- and middle-income countries
On Sept. 28, 2020, the World Health Organization announced agreements to make available, for low and middle-income countries,…
Todos Medical entered Into COVID-19 PCR testing implementation and equipment financing partnership with AID Genomics
On Sept. 25, 2020, Todos Medical announced that it had entered into an implementation and equipment financing partnership…
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FDA published comparative performance data for COVID-19 molecular diagnostic tests
On Sept. 15, 2020, the FDA published comparative performance data for some authorized COVID-19 molecular diagnostic tests. The…
Todos Medical announced commercial launch of COVID-19 qPCR test kits in the U.S.
On Sept. 11, 2020, Todos Medical announced that the FDA has added the TODOS 2019-nCoV RT-qPCR Detection Kit…
Study showed U.S. decline in awareness, treatment and control of high blood pressure
On Sept. 9, 2020, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced that after nearly 15 years on an…
Head-to-head study demonstrated equivalency and accuracy of COVID-19 rapid point-of-care tests, despite test sensitivity claims
On Sept. 9, 2020, BD (Becton, Dickinson) announced the results of a new research study that demonstrated performance…
UT Southwestern researchers showed how mutations in DNA packaging machines cause cancer
On Sept. 7, 2020, research from the Children’s Medical Center Research Institute at UT Southwestern (CRI) determined how…