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FDA Grants EUAs for Labcorp Respiratory Panel, Nexus Medical COVID-19 Test

Both tests rely on RT-PCR and are authorized for use with samples collected either in a healthcare setting or at home.

FDA Issues First EUA for Non-Prescription COVID-19/Flu/RSV Test

The sample kit can be purchased online or in a store without a prescription with users self-collecting nasal swab samples and mailing them to the lab.

In Brief This Week: Labcorp, QuantuMDx, PerkinElmer, Bruker, Pathomics Health, More

News items for the week of March 7, 2022.

In Brief This Week: Labcorp, Personal Genome Diagnostics, Applied DNA Sciences, Cytek, More

News items for the week of Feb. 21, 2022.

Labcorp to Acquire Personal Genome Diagnostics for up to $575M in Cash

The deal will add to Labcorp's cancer genomic profiling portfolio, providing kit-based options that will allow hospitals and laboratories to run tests internally.

Oct 25, 2021

Genome-Wide cfDNA Analysis May Detect CAR T-Cell Therapy Response in B-Cell Lymphoma
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Oct 12, 2021

Labcorp, GeneCentric Partnering on Development of RNA-Based Cancer Diagnostics

Oct 1, 2021

Labcorp Receives FDA EUA for Combo COVID-19/Flu Home Collection Kit

Aug 20, 2021

Labcorp, CCORN Ink Partnership to Address Precision Oncology Disparities

Jul 2, 2021

New Products Posted to GenomeWeb: Labcorp, Qiagen, Thermo Fisher, GenomSys, More

Jun 18, 2021

New Products Posted to GenomeWeb: Labcorp, Omniseq, Dovetail Genomics, DNA Script, More

May 3, 2021

Labcorp to Acquire Myriad Genetics' Vectra Rheumatoid Arthritis Test for $150M

Feb 25, 2021

Adaptive Biotechnologies Touts New Era of T Cell-Based Dx With T-Detect COVID Launch
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Feb 24, 2021

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

Feb 23, 2021

Adaptive Biotechnologies, LabCorp Expand Collaboration

Dec 20, 2020

How Will Labs Use Expanded Molecular Testing Capacities Post-COVID-19?
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Dec 9, 2020

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

Nov 17, 2020

Diagnostics Firms, Lab Providers Form Genomic Profiling Coalition

Nov 5, 2020

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

Nov 2, 2020

LabCorp Expands Companion Dx Agreement With BML

Oct 2, 2020

LabCorp Receives FDA Emergency Use Authorization for SARS-CoV-2 RNA Extraction Method

Sep 16, 2020

LabCorp's Covance Joins Tempus TIME Trial Program

Sep 8, 2020

As Flu Season Nears, Dx Companies Shift Attention to Multiplex Tests for SARS-CoV-2, Influenza
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Aug 14, 2020

Mission Bio Seeks to Increase Drug Trial Collaborations, Improve Gene and Cell Therapy Efficacy
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Jul 25, 2020

FDA Reissues EUA for LabCorp Molecular SARS-CoV-2 Test for Asymptomatic Population, Pooled Testing

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The Scan

Billion-Dollar Diversity Initiative

The Howard Hughes Medical Institute is now accepting applications for its new $1.5 billion initiative to boost the diversity of the scientific workforce.

Biotech Co-Founder Arrested

A co-founder of a Los Angeles-based biotech company has been arrested in connection with a murder-for-hire scheme, according to Endpoint News.

Return of the Tasmanian Tiger

The Washington Post reports that a team in Australia is working to bring the thylacine back from extinction.

Nature Papers on Genome of Individual From Pompeii, CircRNA Study Best Practices, More

In Nature this week: first sequenced genome of a person from Pompeii, best practice guidelines for circRNA studies, and more.