Chalfont St Giles, UK – GE Healthcare, a unit of GE (NYSE: GE) announced today that it has acquired SeqWright, Inc., a provider of nucleic acid sequencing and other genomic services. The acquisition adds complementary genomics capabilities to Clarient, a unit of GE Healthcare and a leader in the fast-growing molecular diagnostics sector. The deal […]

SUNNYVALE, Calif.,– Arrayit Corporation (OTCBB: ARYC) and Arrayit Diagnostics, Inc. (“AD”) report significant results from a 257 patient research study on its pre-symptomatic ovarian cancer molecular diagnostic test in development, OvaDx(R). In this study, OvaDx® recorded sensitivity of 79.7%, correctly identifying patients known to have cancer, and specificity approaching 100%, correctly identifying the healthy controls, […]

SALT LAKE CITY,– Idaho Technology, Inc., a privately held biotechnology and clinical diagnostics company dedicated to providing the world’s fastest, highest-quality instruments for pathogen identification and DNA analysis, today announced the European launch of its FilmArray Respiratory Panel (FilmArray RP), a multiplex clinical diagnostic product that simultaneously detects 21 respiratory pathogens in about one hour. […]

NEW YORK, NY,– Enzo Biochem Inc.announced that the Company yesterday made its first peer-reviewed presentation of its novel AmpiProbe™ platform, encompassing low cost, and high sensitivity, real time nucleic acid amplification and detection assays, at the annual meeting in London of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID). The Company’s presentation, titled […]

PLEASANTON, Calif.,- Roche announced today the FDA approval of a new pre-analytical instrument that provides an integrated primary tube handling solution for its widely adopted automated molecular testing platform. The cobas p 630 Instrument, being introduced with new AMPLILINK 3.3 series software, unites primary tube handling with fully automated sample preparation, amplification and detection for […]

Austin, Texas – Asuragen, Inc. announced today that the Company received notice of a $6.8 million commercialization award to pursue Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) applications from the State of Texas through the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (“CPRIT”). CPRIT was established to expedite innovation and commercialization in the area of cancer research and […]

Wiesbaden, Germany — Abbott announced today it has obtained CE Marking (Conformité Européene) in the European Union to market its rapid, high-throughput PLEX-ID™ instrument, along with three assays for use on the system: PLEX-ID Viral IC Spectrum, PLEX-ID BAC Spectrum BC and PLEX-ID Flu. PLEX-ID, which is based on molecular diagnostic technologies, addresses a significant […]

OMAHA, Neb.,– Transgenomic, Inc. today announced that Jeana DaRe, Ph.D., Assistant CLIA Laboratory Director at Transgenomic, presented clinical findings from patients tested for nuclear mitochondrial disorders using Transgenomic’s NuclearMitome Test on Thursday, March 29, at the 2012 Annual Meeting of the American College of Medical Genetics (ACMG) in Charlotte, North Carolina. The discussion, titled “Clinical […]

CARLSBAD, Calif.– GenMark Diagnostics, Inc., announced today that it has entered into a license agreement with PerkinElmer, granting GenMark a non-exclusive license under PerkinElmer’s microfluidics patent portfolio. “Completing this agreement strengthens GenMark’s patent portfolio and provides us with maximum flexibility as we expand our menu of high-value multiplex molecular tests and develop new innovative platforms […]

Milford, Mass., – SeraCare Life Sciences (Nasdaq: SRLS), a global life sciences company providing vital products and services to facilitate the discovery, development and production of human diagnostics and therapeutics, announced the launch of SeraCon™ Vitamin D Depleted Diluent, the newest offering in the company’s line of SeraCon processed human plasma products. SeraCon™ Vitamin D […]