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Nov 05, 2019

Lucira Health Receives $11.5M Under Flu Test Development Contract

The firm is developing the test under a contract with the US Department of Health and Human Services' Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority.

Oct 30, 2019

Quidel Q3 Revenues Rise 8 Percent, Beat Expectations

The firm saw a 36 percent increase in influenza product sales compared to the third quarter last year.

Oct 29, 2019

Sense Biodetection Raises £12.3M to Develop Instrument-Free MDx Tests

Cambridge, UK-based Sense Biodetection will use the funding to develop a portfolio of instrument-free, point-of-care molecular diagnostic tests.

Oct 22, 2019

BioGx Gets CE-IVD Mark for Respiratory Infection Assay

The test is the latest in a series of CE-IVD-marked assays the company has launched for use on Becton Dickinson's PCR-based BD Max platform.

Oct 11, 2019

EU Researchers Awarded €3M to Develop POC Molecular Tests

Investigators at the Foundation for Research and Technology - Hellas, a Greek research institute, are coordinating the effort.

Sep 05, 2019

Nature Studies Investigate Influenza Polymerase, Annotated Pea Plant Assembly, More

In Nature this week: study of RNA polymerase that transcribes influenza, annotated chromosome-level reference genome assembly for the pea, and more.

Aug 16, 2019

Inflammatix Preps Immune-Response Sepsis Dx for FDA Clinical Trial, Lays Out Future Test Plans

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Beyond its HostDx Sepsis test, the firm is working on a test to detect and differentiate bacterial from viral infections in patients presenting with fever.

Aug 09, 2019

Quidel Updates Dx and MDx Commercial Strategies, Pipelines

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The company said it is pushing to begin simultaneous clinical trials for multiple small panel-based tests for its sample-to-answer Savanna platform.

Aug 08, 2019

Quidel Q2 Revenues Up 5 Percent on Rapid Immunoassay Business

The firm experienced a 30 percent jump in sales of immunoassays, attributed in part to a $6.2 million increase in influenza revenues year-over-year.

Aug 07, 2019

Point-of-Care Molecular Test Adoption: Insights From a Health System's Experience

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At the Henry Ford Health System in Southeast Michigan, bringing on the Roche Cobas Liat for flu testing led to a season of headaches before it started paying off.

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That Rude Reviewer

ScienceInsider reports that rude and unprofessional paper reviewers are common and can have harmful effects.

New FDA Commish Confirmed

The US Senate has confirmed Stephen Hahn as the next commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, according to the New York Times.

DNA Screening for Apple Employees

CNBC reports Apple is partnering with Color Genomics to offer its employees free DNA screening for disease.

Science Studies Describe Role for Microbiome-Derived Immunity, Platform to Develop Flavivirus Vaccines

In Science this week: researchers use CRISPR tool to find gut microbiome molecules involved in immunity, and more.

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