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OpGen Unyvero IVD Platform Nabs Chinese Regulatory Approval

The company's cartridge for pneumonia for the Unyvero system is under review and pending approval by Chinese regulators.

BioMérieux's BioFire Pneumonia Panel Could Improve Care, Find Secondary Infection in COVID-19 Cases
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A handful of recently published trials suggest that use of the pneumonia panel could lead to more targeted therapy delivered more quickly than standard methods.

Curetis, Karolinska Institute Collaborate to Identify Bacterial Co-Infections in COVID-19 Patients

The institute will use Curetis' Unyvero Hospitalized Pneumonia panel on high-risk patients admitted to the ICU for COVID-19 pneumonia.

FDA Clears Curetis Lower Respiratory Tract Infections Panel

The LRT BAL panel detects a wide spectrum of clinically relevant causative agents, such as atypical pathogens and antibiotic resistance markers.

Streptococcus Pneumoniae Changes in Response to Vaccine Introduction, Global Genomic Survey Finds

The Global Pneumococcal Sequencing consortium found that non-vaccine-type bacteria increased after the introduction of pneumococcal conjugate vaccines.

Apr 11, 2019

Curetis 2018 Revenues Grow 17 Percent

Feb 6, 2019

AstraZeneca Spinoff Entasis Inks Deal to Use BioFire Tests

Feb 4, 2019

Curetis Partner Submits MDx System, Pneumonia Test for Chinese Regulatory Approval

Jan 30, 2019

Curetis Receives Malaysia, Thailand Regulatory Approvals

Dec 13, 2018

Curetis to Cut 30 Percent of Workforce as Part of Strategic Restructuring

Nov 13, 2018

BioMérieux Pneumonia Panels Get FDA 510(k) Clearance, CE Mark

Oct 11, 2018

Curetis Extends Distribution Agreement With Beijing Clear Biotech in China

May 17, 2018

Veracyte Launches Early-Access Program for Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Test

Apr 19, 2018

BioMérieux Q1 Revenues Up 3 Percent

Apr 4, 2018

Curetis Unyvero System, Lower Respiratory Tract Infection Cartridge Get FDA Clearance

Feb 6, 2018

Curetis Gets Singapore Approval for Pneumonia Test

Jul 31, 2017

IDbyDNA, ARUP Laboratories Partner to Develop, Commercialize NGS Infectious Disease Tests

May 12, 2017

Metagenomic Analysis Tool Taxonomer IDs Multiple Pathogens From Clinical Samples

May 11, 2017

With New Instrument and Assay Claims, BioMérieux Takes on Antibiotic Stewardship
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Oct 26, 2016

Curetis Wraps Up US Clinical Trial for Lower Respiratory Infection Panel; Readies FDA Submission
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Jun 15, 2016

FDA Clears Meridian Bioscience's Updated Mycoplasma Pneumoniae Test

Mar 3, 2016

Curetis Validating Blood Culture Cartridge for CE-IVD Launch in Q2
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Jan 13, 2016

Cepheid, MedImmune, COMBACTE Ink Bacterial Dx Collaboration

Aug 20, 2015

Comparative Sequencing Study Sheds Light on Mycoplasma Pneumoniae Evolution

Apr 17, 2015

Curetis Second-gen Pneumonia Test Gets CE Mark, Set to Launch Later This Month
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And a Fourth?

A fourth dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech SARS-CoV-2 vaccine in an Israeli study increased antibody levels but did not prevent Omicron variant infections, according to the Financial Times.

For Better Science Software

A virtual institute funded by former Google CEO Eric Schmidt's philanthropy aims to lure software engineers to academia, Science reports.

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Genome Research Papers on De Novo Mutation Rates, Polyploid Genotyping, Oncogene Epigenomic Translocation

In Genome Research this week: de novo mutations rates in hemoglobin subunits, analysis of variant calling methods for polyploid plants, and more.