Industry
Sysmex and Siemens Extend Partnership in Hemostasis Testing
Sysmex Corporation (Kobe, Japan) and Siemens Healthcare Laboratory Diagnostics (NY, USA) have announced an extension to their long-standing partnership through at least 2020. The contract extension adds a minimum of two additional years to the global supply, distributorship, and sales and service agreement for hemostasis clinical testing products. More...26 May 2016
In Vitro Diagnostics Market to Witness Swift Growth
The global in vitro diagnostics (IVD) market is expected to expand rapidly owing to an aging population, chronic lifestyle related diseases, and increased usage of personalized medicine and point-of-care (POC) testing. These are the latest findings of Grand View Research (San Francisco, CA, USA), a market research and consulting company. More...26 May 2016
DiaSorin Enters U.S. Molecular and Immunoassay Market
DiaSorin (Saluggia, Italy) and Quest Diagnostics (Madison, NJ, USA) have announced an agreement under which DiaSorin will buy the Focus Diagnostics (Cypress, CA, UYA) immunodiagnostic and molecular diagnostic products business. More...26 May 2016
Near-Patient Molecular Diagnostics Forecasted to USD 1 Billion
Although currently the sector of point-of-care and near-patient molecular diagnostic solutions is less than USD 100 million, it is likely to grow to over USD 1 billion by 2020, according to a new healthcare market analysis. More...28 Mar 2016

HTG Molecular Diagnostics Announces IVD Development Agreement with Thermo Fisher Scientific
HTG Molecular Diagnostics, a provider of instruments and reagents for molecular profiling applications, have announced that it has entered into a long-term agreement with Thermo Fisher Scientific under which HTG will have the right to develop a number of in vitro diagnostic tests for use with Thermo Fisher’s next-generation sequencing Ion PGM Dx System. More...27 Mar 2016

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Collaboration Helps Accelerate Launch of New Malaria Test
Abbott to Gain Leadership in POC Diagnostics upon Acquisition of Alere
IVD Sector in India Shows Stable Growth and Exhibits Potential
Thermo Fisher to Acquire Affymetrix, Strengthens Biosciences Leadership
Top Five IVD Sector Trends of 2015 Announced
Challenge to Reduce Sexually Transmitted Disease Infections Spurs Growth in IVD Sector
Growth Continues in Infectious Disease Diagnostics
Gene Expression Informatics Companies Collaborate on Diagnostics of Age-Related Diseases
Molecular Diagnostics Sector Reaches New Peak
Distribution Agreement Reached for Multiplexed Assay Platforms
Enhanced IT Propels Clinical Laboratory Services Sector
Erba Mannheim Acquires Maxmat for Diagnostics Analyzers and Advanced Development
Diagnostic Company Acquisition to Ease Market Entry and Shorten Development Time for New Tests
Supply Agreement to Boost Molecular Diagnostic Testing in Scandinavia
Clinical Applications Transforming Flow Cytometry Sector
Partners to Develop and Commercialize Noninvasive Tests for Bladder Cancer
Distribution Agreement to Improve Automated Hemostasis Diagnostics
Innovative Microbial Diagnostics Developer Acquired by Biomedical Giant
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