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Point-of-Care Testing

News on technologies and applications for point-of-care testing.

Lucira Health Combo Flu/COVID-19 MDx Test Gets Regulatory Approval in Australia

The firm also announced the US launch of its combo test as it seeks a strategic or financial partner following Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings.

Irish Diagnostics Firm Altratech Aims to Enter Molecular, POC Testing Space by Supplanting PCR
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The Ireland-based firm said its inexpensive capacitance-based assays deliver "molecular detection by proxy," providing rapid, multiplex, quantitative results.

LumiraDx Q4 Revenues Fall 65 Percent

The company was impacted by a $96.3 million accounting impairment due to excess manufacturing and inventory related to its COVID-19 test scale-up.

Cue Health Gets FDA EUA for Monkeypox Molecular Test

The nucleic acid amplification test returns results in 25 minutes and is authorized for use in professional point-of-care settings. 

Dutch Researchers Craft Glow-in-the-Dark POC Infectious Disease Test
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The team applied its method, which uses isothermal amplification and bioluminescent proteins, to SARS-CoV-2 detection.

Mar 15, 2023

SD Biosensor Eyes Global Expansion as Evaluations Find Rapid MDx System on Par With Competition
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Mar 14, 2023

Visby Medical Point-of-Care STI Test Gets FDA 510(k) Clearance, CLIA Waiver

Mar 13, 2023

DnaNudge, Mylab Discovery Solutions Forge Dx Partnership for Diabetic Foot Infections

Mar 6, 2023

As Pandemic Wanes, Firms That Rode COVID-19 Testing Wave Struggle for Solid Footing
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Feb 24, 2023

Lucira Health OTC, At-Home COVID/Flu Test Gets FDA EUA Days After Firm Files for Bankruptcy

Feb 23, 2023

Lucira Health Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy, Signals Intent to Sell Business

Feb 16, 2023

BioMérieux SpotFire MDx System Leverages Novel Approaches for POC Market
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Feb 16, 2023

QuidelOrtho Focuses on Three Growth Drivers in 2023 as Q4 Non-COVID Business Grows
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Feb 15, 2023

OraSure Technologies Restructures Business as Q4 Revenues Nearly Double

Feb 10, 2023

Sherlock Biosciences Expects Sense Biodetection Buy to Accelerate Commercialization Plans
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Feb 9, 2023

Anavasi Gets FDA Emergency Use Authorization for Molecular Point-of-Care COVID-19 Test

Feb 8, 2023

BioMérieux Point-of-Care System, Respiratory Panel Get FDA 510(k) Clearance, CLIA Waiver

Feb 1, 2023

LumiraDx Receives Notice From Nasdaq Over Missed Listing Requirement

Feb 1, 2023

Startup RT MicroDx Aiming to Disrupt OTC Space with Disposable Strep Spit MDx
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Feb 1, 2023

Sherlock Biosciences to Acquire Sense Biodetection

Jan 25, 2023

Abbott Q4 Diagnostics Revenues Fall 26 Percent on Declining COVID-19 Sales

Jan 18, 2023

Researchers Validate Rapid Molecular Kaposi's Sarcoma Assay in Uganda
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Jan 17, 2023

Blu Biotech Sniffing Out Infections, Cancer With Multi-Disease Breathalyzer
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Jan 12, 2023

Scripps Research, Cue Health Pair up for COVID Test-to-Treat Program for Immunocompromised
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Jan 9, 2023

QuidelOrtho Preliminary Q4 Earnings Beat Estimates

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Genetic Testing Approach Explores Origins of Blastocyst Aneuploidy

Investigators in AJHG distinguish between aneuploidy events related to meiotic missegregation in haploid cells and those involving post-zygotic mitotic errors and mosaicism.

Study Looks at Parent Uncertainties After Children's Severe Combined Immunodeficiency Diagnoses

A qualitative study in EJHG looks at personal, practical, scientific, and existential uncertainties in parents as their children go through SCID diagnoses, treatment, and post-treatment stages.

Antimicrobial Resistance Study Highlights Key Protein Domains

By screening diverse versions of an outer membrane porin protein in Vibrio cholerae, researchers in PLOS Genetics flagged protein domain regions influencing antimicrobial resistance.

Latent HIV Found in White Blood Cells of Individuals on Long-Term Treatments

Researchers in Nature Microbiology find HIV genetic material in monocyte white blood cells and in macrophages that differentiated from them in individuals on HIV-suppressive treatment.