Industry

PerkinElmer to Acquire Oxford Immunotec Global PLC
PerkinElmer, Inc. (Waltham, MA; USA) has reached an agreement to acquire Oxford Immunotec Ltd. (Abingdon, UK) that will allow the company to grow its portfolio of advanced infectious disease testing solutions to include tuberculosis detection. More...08 Jan 2021
YHLO Helps China’s Top Ranking Hospital PUMCH to Upgrade from Traditional ELISA to CLIA Technology
Shenzhen YHLO Biotech Co., Ltd. (Shenzhen, China) has helped China’s top ranking hospital, Peking Union Medical College Hospital (PUMCH; Beijing, China), to successfully upgrade its laboratory from the traditional ELISA (enzyme-linked immunoassay) technology to CLIA (chemiluminescence immunoassay) technology. More...06 Jan 2021

COVID-19 Diagnostics Market to Surpass Revenues of USD 13 Billion in 2020
The global COVID-19 diagnostics market is expected to reach revenues of over USD 13 billion in 2020 and is projected to grow at a CAGR of around (9)% during the period 2020-2026, driven by the surging demand for rapid testing across the globe. However, once COVID-19 vaccines are released in the market, the novel coronavirus will no longer be given pandemic status and COVID-19 will become like any other normal infectious disease, thus reducing the demand for test kits in the market. More...10 Dec 2020

Global Viral RNA Extraction Kit Market to Continue Being Driven by COVID-19 Pandemic
The global viral RNA extraction kit market is projected to record significant growth in the years to come, driven by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic as a number of biotech companies race against time to come up with a coronavirus vaccine. More...08 Dec 2020

Nova Biomedical Launches New Laboratory Blood Glucose Reference Analyzer
Nova Biomedical (Waltham, MA, USA) has launched Nova Primary, a rapid, accurate, easy to use, blood glucose laboratory analyzer that fills the need for a new glucose reference analyzer to replace the YSI STAT PLUS 2300 Glucose and L-Lactate analyzer from YSI, Inc., (Yellow Springs, OH, USA). More...19 Nov 2020

New Monotest Diagnoses Risk of Invasive Aspergillosis
A new monotest using chemiluminescence, meets the need for the immediate testing of individual samples for patients at risk of invasive aspergillosis, without resorting to batching, cumulating samples, or sending out to an external laboratory. More...12 Nov 2020

Streck Launches Rapid, Modular qPCR Instrument with Market-Leading Speed
Streck (La Vista, NE, USA) has launched the Zulu RT, a rapid, modular qPCR instrument capable of performing four independent experiments simultaneously. It can perform a 40-cycle, 6-channel 3-step real-time PCR in less than 20 minutes, making it the fastest qPCR instrument in the world. More...11 Nov 2020
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Randox and Bosch Healthcare Alliance Targets COVID-19 Testing
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2020 AACC Annual Scientific Meeting & Clinical Lab Expo to Be an All Virtual Event Due to Coronavirus Pandemic
Hologic Showcased Latest Advances at Virtual ECR Congress 2020
QIAGEN to Focus on Molecular Testing amidst Coronavirus Pandemic after Voluntary Public Takeover Offer by Thermo Fisher Falls Short
Awareness Technology Announces ChemWell RPR Analyzer - The Most Significant Innovation in Syphilis Testing in Last 30 Years
Nova Biomedical Adds PT/INR Test to Allegro Analyzer for POC Testing
Global Blood Glucose Monitoring Devices Market to Reach USD 13 Billion by 2023
Global ELISA Kits Market to Surpass USD 418.5 Billion by 2025
Thermo Fisher Scientific to Acquire QIAGEN N.V.
New AI System Performs as Well as Expert Pathologists in Identifying Prostate Cancer
Quest Diagnostics Acquires Blueprint Genetics
Nova Biomedical Launches New BioProfile FLEX2 On-Line Autosampler
Global Hematology Diagnostic Devices and Equipment Market to Reach USD 2.35 Billion by 2022
AI-based Software Analyzes Cancer Cells from Digitized Pathology Slides to Improve Diagnoses
Global Lateral Flow Immunoassay Based Rapid Test Market to Reach USD 8.49 Billion by 2026
Mast Group Launches MAST ISOPLEX CRE-Art Kit for Rapid Molecular Detection of Carbapenemase Producing Organisms
Global Blood Gas and Electrolyte Analyzers Market to Surpass USD 2.1 Billion by 2025
Global Microfluidic Immunoassay Market to Reach USD 2 Billion by 2025
Global POC Testing Market to Reach USD 30 Billion by 2022
Baxter Acquires Cheetah Medical to Expand Specialized Patient Portfolio
ERBA Mannheim Opens New Subsidiary in Brazil
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