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Tangen Biosciences Closes $12.2M Series B Financing

Tangen will use the proceeds to scale up manufacturing for its SARS-CoV-2 point-of-care test and accelerate development of a panel test including SARS-CoV-2 targets.

Fluidigm Q2 Revenues Fall 8 Percent but Beat Analysts' Estimates

In Q2 the firm filed for FDA Emergency Use Authorization for its saliva-based Advanta Sx SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR assay as it continued its pivot to COVID-19 markets.

SARS-CoV-2 Study Documents Viral Dynamics in Young Adults With or Without Symptoms

Samples collected over time from more than 300 SARS-CoV-2-infected young adults pointed to prolonged viral shedding in symptom-free individuals.

Genetron Health Posts 40 Percent Jump in Q2 Revenues

The Beijing-based company, which went public in the US in June to raise $235.0 million, specializes in genomic products and services for cancer.

Genedrive, Beckman Coulter Life Sciences Partner on Automated PCR Testing for SARS-CoV-2

The companies are validating the Genedrive 96 Sars-CoV-2 kit using saliva samples extracted with Beckman Coulter's RNAdvance viral extraction chemistry

Aug 06, 2020

PavMed Raises $7M in Private Funding Round

Aug 06, 2020

Biocept, Aegea to Develop PCR-based COVID-19 Assay Using Switch-Blocker Tech

Aug 06, 2020

Becton Dickinson Fiscal Q3 Revenues Drop 11 Percent

Aug 06, 2020

Vela Diagnostics, Capstone Healthcare Get FDA Emergency Use Authorization for Coronavirus Tests

Aug 05, 2020

Fulgent Genetics Touts Returns on COVID-19 Testing Investment

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Aug 05, 2020

NeuMoDx Molecular Receives CE Mark for Quantitative BK Viral Assay

Aug 05, 2020

Visby Medical Gonorrhea Test Wins $19M AMR Diagnostic Competition

Aug 05, 2020

Roche Epstein-Barr Virus Quantitative Test Receives FDA Clearance

Aug 05, 2020

Cleveland Clinic, Three Other Labs Get FDA EUAs for Coronavirus Tests

Aug 04, 2020

Fulgent Genetics Revenues More Than Double in Q2, Driven by COVID-19 Testing

Aug 04, 2020

Qiagen Q2 Revenues Soar 16 Percent on Coronavirus Testing Product Sales

Aug 03, 2020

Pacific Biosciences, Asuragen Collaborate on Clinical Assays

Aug 03, 2020

FDA Grants Emergency Use Authorizations for Zeesan Biotech, UCSD Coronavirus Tests

Aug 03, 2020

Yourgene Health SARS-CoV-2 Test Receives CE-IVD Mark

Jul 31, 2020

Facing 'Unfathomable' Demand, Quidel Ramps Up SARS-CoV-2 Test Production

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Jul 31, 2020

Clinical Reference Laboratory Gets FDA Emergency Use Authorization for COVID-19 Saliva PCR Test

Jul 31, 2020

NIH Awards $249M to Seven Firms for Rapid Acceleration of COVID-19 Diagnostics

Jul 31, 2020

SARS-CoV-2 E Gene SNP Raises Concerns About Test Accuracy, Transparency

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Jul 31, 2020

Diazyme Inks US Distribution Deal for Maccura Biotechnology Coronavirus Test

Jul 30, 2020

Quidel Q2 Revenues Grow 86 Percent on COVID-19 Test Sales

The Scan

Swabs for Science of Spread

A study of families explores how children transmit SARS-CoV-2, according to the Associated Press.

Genome of the Murder Hornet

US Agricultural Research Service scientists have sequenced the genome of the Asian giant hornet.

In a Pool Together

According to the Economist, pooled testing for COVID-19 could help alleviate strains on testing labs.

Science Presents Paper on Computational Method to Predict IBD Patient Response to Therapy

In Science this week: MIT researchers outline approach dubbed translatable components regression to predict treatment response among IBD patients.

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Case Study: An IVD Manufacturer’s Experience Building a Complete Sample-to-Result Workflow

This webinar will present a case study from in vitro diagnostics developer SpeeDx on its experience building a complete sample-to-result workflow — encompassing instrumentation and data analysis software — for its qPCR-based ResistancePlus MG Mycoplasma genitalium assay.

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Utility of Novel RNA-Based Tools in Oncology Drug Development

This webinar, Part 1 of the “Advances in RNA-based Biomarker Development for Precision Oncology” webinar series sponsored by GeneCentric Therapeutics, will discuss how gene expression signatures can accelerate (and rehabilitate) drug programs, define targeted patient populations, expand drug indications, and improve clinical success.

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Liquid Biopsy-based Molecular Risk Stratification of ALK-mutated Lung Cancer Patients

Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients with ALK rearrangements are treated with tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs), which often leads to prolonged overall survival. However, treatment resistance will almost inevitably occur, and the disease remains incurable.

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