AUSTIN, Texas–Luminex Corporation (NASDAQ: LMNX), the worldwide leader in multiplexed solutions, announced today that it has performed computer-based sequence analysis of the U.S. swine flu patient isolates and compared them to the primer sequences of the Company’s xTAG RVP assay. In the interest of providing information to its customers and to public health labs, Luminex […]
Unique GeneXpert® System Capabilities Enable Powerful New TB Diagnostic Tool SUNNYVALE, Calif., April 27 — Cepheid (Nasdaq: CPHD – News) today announced the release of Xpert® MTB/RIF as a CE IVD Mark product under the European Directive on In Vitro Diagnostic Medical Devices. For the first time, European clinicians will have access to a rapid […]
Agreement for Ahlstrom Grade 226 Dried Blood Spot Collection Delivers Added Consistency and Quality to Market WALTHAM, Mass.–PerkinElmer, Inc., a global leader focused on improving the health and safety of people and the environment, today announced that it has entered into a contract with ID Biological Systems of Greenville, South Carolina, USA, to become its […]
AUSTIN, Texas–Luminex Corporation (NASDAQ: LMNX – News), the worldwide leader in multiplexed solutions, today issued a follow-up statement to an announcement on Monday, April 27, 2009, confirming that the xTAG® Respiratory Viral Panel (RVP) assay has been demonstrated to be effective in surveillance of swine flu. Specifically, Luminex has verified through testing on confirmed swine […]
Genetic Analysis Patents and Cardiac Genetic Markers Key to Development of New Celera Tests MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.–Perlegen Sciences, which develops genetic tests that correlate genetic variation to predisposition to disease and drug response, announced today that it has entered a non-exclusive license agreement with Celera focused on a family of patents that covers methods of […]
Additional senior hires set the stage for global commercialization OTTAWA, ONTARIO–(April 22, 2009) – Spartan Bioscience Inc, a Canadian molecular diagnostics company that develops, manufactures, and markets DNA analyzers for on-demand applications, today announced management changes and the addition of several key staff. These additions to the Spartan team set the stage for accelerated growth […]
Mobile field clinics to provide cervical cancer screening to 50,000 women Venlo, The Netherlands / Kolkata, India, April 21, 2009 — QIAGEN and the Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute (CNCI) today announced a collaboration to establish the first large-scale cervical cancer screening program for women in Kolkata, India. QIAGEN (NASDAQ: QGEN, Frankfurt Prime Standard: QIA) will […]
MUKILTEO, Wash., April 20, 2009 — CombiMatrix Corporation (NasdaqGM:CBMX – News) announced today that Dr. Karine Hovanes has joined its wholly owned subsidiary, Combimatrix Molecular Diagnostics (CMDX), as its Laboratory Director. Dr. Hovanes is a Diplomat of the American Board of Medical Genetics in Clinical Molecular Genetics and Clinical Cytogenetics and is also licensed in […]
DAYTONA, FL — 04/20/09 — 25th Clinical Virology Symposium — Seegene’s Seeplex® Meningitis ACE Detection test introduced today at the 2009 Clinical Virology Symposium brings a novel and fast-acting multiplex PCR diagnostic technique to simultaneously verify a complex range of pathogens that indicate meningitis, a severely debilitating infection that if not diagnosed and treated quickly […]
LEXINGTON, Mass.–RainDance Technologies, Inc., a provider of innovative microdroplet-based solutions for human health and disease research, today announced the commercial sale of an RDT 1000 and Sequence Enrichment Solution to Expression Analysis, Inc., a leading provider of genomic services for clinical trials and research. The RainDance solution will enable Expression Analysis to expand its service […]
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