Clinical Lab Management

News on issues related to managing clinical laboratories.

Walgreens to Sell Labcorp COVID-19 PCR Home Collection Kits Over-the-Counter

The drugstore will sell Pixel by Labcorp kits in up to 6,000 stores, with the goal of providing a testing option at stores that don't currently have on-site testing.

AMP Survey Finds Significant Decline in Molecular Cancer Testing Due to COVID-19 Pandemic

Laboratory staffing and supply shortages limited patient access to cancer screening tests, and the pandemic decreased the development and validation of new tests.

SARS-CoV-2 Test Pooling Studies Offer Insights for Implementing, Optimizing Approaches

A pair of studies published this week present an analysis of a real, large-scale testing pooling effort as well as analyses of how to further improve such strategies.

Adaptive Biotechnologies, LabCorp Expand Collaboration

The expanded partnership includes a commercial agreement for the ClonoSeq and ImmunoSeq assays, as well as a lab service agreement for the T-Detect COVID test.

Grail Signs on Quest Diagnostics to Provide Phlebotomy for Cancer Detection Test

The lab will use its phlebotomy network to help Grail with specimen collection for its Galleri multi-cancer early detection blood test, slated to launch this year.

Feb 19, 2021

Thermo Fisher Scientific Sued by New Jersey Lab Over COVID-19 Testing Problems

Feb 18, 2021

WHO Finds High Diagnostic Accuracy in Three Classes of MDx Technologies for TB Testing, Resistance

Feb 17, 2021

Biden Administration Will Provide $1.6B to Improve COVID-19 Testing and Sequencing

Feb 17, 2021

LifeLabs, Multiplex Genomics Partner on Coronavirus Testing in Canada

Jan 08, 2021

FDA Issues Alert About Potential False Negative Test Results From SARS-CoV-2 Mutations

Dec 20, 2020

How Will Labs Use Expanded Molecular Testing Capacities Post-COVID-19?

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Dec 10, 2020

Enzo Biochem Sees a Path for Growth Beyond COVID Testing

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Dec 09, 2020

LabCorp Receives EUA for OTC COVID-19 Molecular Test Home Collection Kit

Dec 05, 2020

FDA Authorizes Quest Diagnostics SARS-CoV-2/Flu Test With Self-Collection Kit for Emergency Use

Nov 19, 2020

AMP Panelists Highlight Need for Careful Lab Stewardship of Infectious Disease MDx

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Nov 18, 2020

Lab Directors Discuss Unprecedented Challenges and Scrambling for Solutions During COVID-19 Pandemic

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Nov 12, 2020

Quest Diagnostics Win in Wrongful Death Case Reveals Ongoing Challenges for Variant Classification

Nov 05, 2020

LabCorp Coronavirus Test EUA Reissued to Expand Sample Types for Pooled Testing

Nov 02, 2020

LabCorp Expands Companion Dx Agreement With BML

Oct 13, 2020

Palmetto Cease-and-Desist Letter to Reimbursement Expert Raises Questions About Pricing Transparency

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Oct 07, 2020

FDA Will No Longer Review EUA Submissions for SARS-CoV-2 Lab-Developed Tests

Sep 17, 2020

New York City Opening Dedicated COVID-19 Testing Laboratory

Aug 21, 2020

HHS Move Upends FDA Role in Laboratory-Developed Test Regulation

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Aug 20, 2020

HHS Says FDA Can't Regulate Lab-Developed Tests Without Notice, Comment Rulemaking

Aug 17, 2020

FDA Alerts Labs to Potential for Inaccurate Results With Thermo Fisher Scientific COVID-19 Test

The Scan

Keep It (Partly) Virtual

A survey by Nature finds that most researchers want scientific meetings to continue virtually or with a virtual component, even after the pandemic ends.

For Cross-Protection

Bloomberg reports that the B.1.351 SARS-CoV-2 viral variant could prompt the formulation of better vaccines.

Proteomics of Severity

Certain blood proteins may be able to distinguish COVID-19 patients who will become critically ill from those who will not, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports.

Genome Biology Papers on Regulatory Element, Single-Cell Integration, Sequence Simulation Tools

In Genome Biology this week: algorithm to assess regulatory features, approach to integrate multiple single-cell RNA-seq datasets, and more.

Featured White Papers

Automated Affinity Purification of Immunoglobulins (IgGs) Using INtip Dispersive Solid-Phase Extraction Technology

Increase Your Sample Screening and Genotyping Assay Throughput with the VOYAGER Adjustable Tip Spacing Pipette

Measuring Dead Volume in INTEGRA’s Multichannel Reagent Reservoirs

Performance of Low Retention GripTips from INTEGRA

Mar

09

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Implementation of Whole-Exome and Virtual Panel Testing for Rare Disease at a Children’s Hospital

The growth of next-generation sequencing (NGS) testing presents both opportunities and challenges for clinical, informatics, and laboratory teams.

Mar

16

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The Predictive Power of Poop: COVID-19 Wastewater Surveillance to Inform Public Health Decisions in Colorado

Wastewater based epidemiology (WBE) has been established as a viable, valuable, and cost-effective means to monitor infectious disease within a community.

Mar

23

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ctDNA MRD Detection and Personalized Oncogenomic Analysis in Colorectal Cancer

This webinar will discuss findings from the study, in which molecular residual disease (MRD) was assessed using circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) without prior mutational knowledge in oligometastatic colorectal cancer (CRC) patients who had received neoadjuvant chemotherapy. This study also investigated urine as an alternative analyte for ctDNA MRD detection.

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30

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Circulating Tumor Cells in Breast Cancer: Understanding a Validated Diagnostic Tool for Precision Medicine

This webinar will provide an overview of the current state of circulating tumor cell (CTC) enumeration for clinical use in metastatic breast cancer.

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