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Freenome, Walgreens Partner to Diversify Cancer Early Detection Studies
The pharmacy firm will lend its recruitment technology and infrastructure to enroll a more diverse patient population, beginning with Freenome's Sanderson Study.
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.
LabCorp Q2 Revenues Rise 5 Percent, Fueled by Diagnostics Growth
Total revenues reached $2.54 billion during the quarter, while LabCorp Diagnostics' revenues rose more than 8 percent to $1.80 billion.
Using gene expression data combined with bioinformatic analyses, scientists at the University of Georgia and China's Jilin University are developing a urine-based protein biomarker test for gastric cancer that they hope to offer as a direct-to-consumer diagnostic.
FDA Seeks Information from Pathway Genomics on Genetic Test Product
FDA believes Pathway Genomics is offering a device that has not been cleared for marketing by the agency, and that the firm has "moved outside of the currently sanctioned boundaries for lab-developed tests by marketing a product in a retail store that asks consumers to collect the sample."