Tony Fong
Tony Fong is managing editor for 360Dx, GenomeWeb's news site on the in vitro diagnostics market.

Articles Authored by Tony Fong
PerkinElmer CEO Talks COVID-19, Long-Term Outlook at JP Morgan
The company anticipates total revenues of $3.9 billion for 2020, including $1 billion from its COVID-19-related business.
Trump Administration Highlights Role of Private Sector in Effort to Increase Coronavirus Testing
In announcing a national emergency on Friday, Trump paraded out executives from the private sector as the administration tries to increase testing capacity
Namocell, Takara Bio, HepaTx Partner on Single-Cell Genomics for Late-Stage Liver Disease
The partners will use Namocell's single-cell dispensing tool and Takara's Smart-seq technology to isolate and characterize HepaTx's hepatocyte-like cells.
Centogene opened a Boston office in December and plans to open a lab there in a few months as it awaits an FDA decision on its clinical tool.
Winship's director of the cancer tissue and pathology shared resource said that some labs aren't leveraging molecular technologies due to reimbursement issues.

Q&A: Sentara's Tabetha Sundin on the Challenges of Molecular Technology in the Clinic
While molecular testing is now routine in cancer and women's health, for other disease areas, the technology may be overkill, Sundin said.

With recent and impending launches of POC MDx platforms, some industry observers believe the technology could replace some POC immunoassays in a few years.
Set to Emerge From Judicial Management, Vela Dx Eyes Technology Development, Geographic Expansion
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The Singaporean molecular diagnostics firm, which went into judicial management in March, has new financial backing from a Chinese pharmaceutical firm.
Japanese Agency Looks to Remap Country's Research Funding Landscape
Launched in April, the Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development is charged with streamlining that country's unwieldy funding process.
The firm will withdraw its planned IPO after being told that it would have to take a 30 to 40 percent discount to its valuation, its CEO said.