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Qiagen Settles Becton Dickinson Patent Infringement Lawsuit for $53M

BD filed the suit against NeuMoDx, now part of Qiagen, in 2019 for infringing patents related to the use of microfluidic cartridges for molecular diagnostics.

Armed With $55M in New Funding, Nucleix to Further Invest in Early-Stage Lung Cancer Dx
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The Rehovot, Israel-based firm expects to soon receive marketing clearance from the US Food and Drug Administration for its methylation-based Bladder EpiCheck test.

With Diagenode Acquisition, Hologic Expects to Expand Panther Fusion Testing Menu
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Diagenode already sells more than 30 real-time PCR tests that are CE-marked for the detection of bacteria, parasites, and viruses for multiple infectious diseases.

Bio-Rad Q4 Revenues Jump 27 Percent; Firm Gets FDA EUA for COVID/Flu Combo Test

The firm's quarterly revenues beat estimates. Its full year revenues also beat estimates and were up 10 percent year over year.

Anitoa Systems Gets CE-IVD Mark for Portable qPCR Instrument

The Maverick instrument enables calibration-free multiplex testing in the field and is supported by cloud-based software.

Dec 10, 2020

Following Acquisition, UK Firm MyHealthChecked Launches SARS-CoV-2 Consumer Testing Service
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Dec 3, 2020

DnaNudge Deploys Direct-to-Consumer Service for PCR-Based Pool Testing of SARS-CoV-2
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Nov 12, 2020

PerkinElmer Coronavirus RT-PCR Assay Receives CE Mark for Saliva Use, Sample Pooling

Oct 29, 2020

Biocartis, Exact Sciences Terminate Oncotype DX Agreement

Oct 27, 2020

Qiagen Reports 26 Percent Q3 Revenue Growth; Ups Full-Year Guidance

Oct 16, 2020

Interdisciplinary NIST Team Claims qPCR Improvements Using Unusual Math Tweaks
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Sep 25, 2020

Genetron, CStone Launch Clinical Trial to Develop CDx for Cancer Drug Avapritinib

Sep 1, 2020

Immunexpress, Biocartis to Roll Out Sepsis Test in Europe Ahead of Planned US Launch
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Aug 5, 2020

Roche Epstein-Barr Virus Quantitative Test Receives FDA Clearance

Jul 31, 2020

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

Jun 19, 2020

Improved Pool Testing Methods Could Enable COVID-19 Screening as Pandemic Continues
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May 27, 2020

BioGX, Bosch Healthcare Solutions Partner to Develop Point-of-Care Infectious Disease Tests

May 19, 2020

Israel's Nucleix Targeting US Market With Noninvasive Bladder, Lung Cancer Assays
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May 18, 2020

Ubiquitome, DKSH Sign Asia Pacific Distribution Agreement for Mobile COVID-19 Testing Platform

May 15, 2020

Case Study Shows Power of SARS-CoV-2 Genome Testing to Track Viral Spread, ID Strains
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Apr 30, 2020

BAG Diagnostics Gets CE Mark for Coronavirus MDx Test

Apr 29, 2020

UK's DnaNudge Prepares Cartridge-Based PCR Test for COVID-19 Testing
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Apr 23, 2020

Oklahoma Institutions, Fluidigm Ready to Roll Out High-Throughput COVID-19 Testing

Apr 22, 2020

New Zealand Funds Research Pairing Ubiquitome, Oxford Nanopore Devices for SARS-CoV-2 Detection

Apr 16, 2020

UCSF, Mammoth Bio Develop Rapid Coronavirus Diagnostic Using CRISPR-Cas12 Method

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The Scan

Omicron's Sewage Path

The New York Times writes that testing sewage is helping public health officials track Omicron.

IBM Sells Part of Watson Health

The Wall Street Journal reports IBM is selling part of its Watson Health business to an investment firm.

Identifying the Right Whales

The Boston Globe writes that genetic testing has helped identify North American right whales and find that weaning can take place earlier than thought.

Science Papers on Approach to Quickly Sort Single Cells, Alternative Splicing in Cancer

In Science this week: high-speed sorting of single cells using fluorescence imaging, and more.