Logo

PCR

News on qPCR, digital PCR, amplification, point-of-care testing platforms in genetics, genomics, and molecular diagnostics.

Becton Dickinson Gets CE-IVD Mark for High-Throughput COVID/Flu PCR Test

The SARS-CoV-2/flu assay is the second test available on the high-throughput BD Cor PX/MX system.

QuantuMDx Obtains CE Mark for 30-Minute Multiplex Respiratory Panel

The panel, which tests for flu, respiratory syncytial virus, and SARS-CoV-2, expands the company's menu for the molecular Q-POC platform.

Hologic Obtains CE Mark for Molecular Epstein-Barr, BK Virus Assays

The EBV and BK virus tests, the first quantitative assays developed for the Panther Fusion system, expand Hologic’s transplant pathogen monitoring menu.

Precipio Receives CE-IVD Mark for Hematologic Cancer Panels

The company said it can now market its HemeScreen MPN, AML, Anemia/MDS, and CLL panels in the European Union and the UK.

BioMérieux Gets Health Canada Approval for Updated BioFire Blood Culture ID Panel

The panel includes additional pathogen targets and resistance genes, as well as revised targets compared to the original BCID panel.

May 24, 2022

Biocept Q1 Revenues Rise 12 Percent as COVID-19 Testing Remains Strong

May 20, 2022

Luminex Obtains CE Marking for MDx Panel to Detect Flu A/B, RSV, COVID-19

May 20, 2022

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

May 19, 2022

Cepheid Gets CE Mark for Updated Rapid COVID MDx Test

May 17, 2022

Qiagen Gets CE Mark for Therascreen EGFR Plus RGQ Kit for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

May 16, 2022

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

May 16, 2022

Qiagen Gets CE Mark for High-Capacity Syndromic Testing Platform

May 12, 2022

Becton Dickinson High-Throughput MDx Module, Triplex STI Test Get FDA 510(k)Clearance

May 12, 2022

Cepheid Adds New Gene Target to SARS-CoV-2 Molecular Test to Account for Variants

May 11, 2022

Siemens Healthineers Set to Develop Next-Generation, High-Throughput MDx Platform
Premium

May 9, 2022

FDA Classifies Mesa Biotech Recall of Accula SARS-CoV-2 Tests as Class I

May 5, 2022

Standard BioTools Q1 Revenues Fall 19 Percent

May 5, 2022

Ares, Sandoz Extend Collaboration on Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance, Treatment
Premium

May 5, 2022

Becton Dickinson Fiscal Q2 Revenues Grow 2 Percent

May 5, 2022

Qiagen Obtains CE Mark for Molecular HSV Test on NeuMoDx Platforms

May 4, 2022

Quidel Q1 Revenues More Than Double on COVID-19 Immunoassay Sales

May 4, 2022

Abbott Nabs FDA Clearance for Multiplex Molecular STI Panel

May 4, 2022

BioMérieux Joint Infection Panel Gets FDA De Novo Authorization

May 3, 2022

FDA Grants EUAs for Audere SARS-CoV-2 Sample Collection Kit, LGC Biosearch Tech COVID-19 Test

May 2, 2022

Dx Startup Detect Preparing to Roll Out Next-Gen Molecular Instrument, Broaden Test Menu
Premium

Breaking News
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.