bioMérieux today announced that it has been granted U.S. FDA 510(k) de novo clearance for VITEK® MS, the first clinical mass spectrometry MALDI-TOF-based system available in the U.S. for rapid identification of disease-causing bacteria and yeast. VITEK® MS is the latest addition to the VITEK® family of products, and it is the first system to […]
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today allowed marketing in the U.S. of the first mass spectrometer system for automated identification of bacteria and yeasts that are known to cause serious illness in humans. The VITEK MS can identify 193 different microorganisms and can perform up to 192 different tests in a single automated series […]
BOULDER, Colo.– Biodesix, Inc., a fully integrated molecular diagnostic company dedicated to personalizing medicine, today announced that the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office has granted the company a patent for a new method and system of validating the performance of matrix-assisted, laser desorption ionization-time-of-flight (MALDI-TOF) mass spectrometer machines. Mass spectrometry is central to the proprietary […]
PORTAGE, Mich.– Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today announced that its Thermo Scientific ImmunoCAP Peanut Component Tests are now available through Quest Diagnostics (NYSE: DGX), the world’s leading provider of diagnostic information services. Quest Diagnostics is the first national diagnostic information services provider to broadly offer diagnostic services based on […]
Milford, Massachusetts, – SeraCare Life Sciences, a leader in life science products for the diagnostic industry, has acquired Kirkegaard & Perry Laboratories (KPL). KPL is a leading provider of antibodies and related reagents for the diagnostic and life sciences markets. With the acquisition, SeraCare has expanded its portfolio of products designed to help diagnostic researchers […]
SUNNYVALE, Calif., — Cepheid (Nasdaq: CPHD) today launched its mobile community for the recently announced ‘Ride Against TB’ campaign to benefit the American Lung Association. The goal of the campaign (atwww.Facebook.com/RideAgainstTB) is to raise overall awareness of the need for improved diagnostic solutions for tuberculosis (TB) and to raise funds to benefit the American Lung […]
BOSTON, MA – Pathogenica, Inc. (www.pathogenica.com) announced today that the company has achieved the CE mark under the European Directive on In Vitro Diagnostic Medical Devices for its HAI BioDetection kit that runs on the Ion PGM™ benchtop sequencer. This milestone marks the HAI BioDetection CE-IVD kit as the first sequence-based infectious disease diagnostic kit […]
WALTHAM, Mass.– PerkinElmer, a global leader in human and environmental health and an innovator in the field of prenatal screening for more than thirty years, announced today the first available early onset preeclampsia screening test in the United States. The PreeclampsiaScreen™ | T1 serum screening test enables physicians to more precisely detect asymptomatic patients in […]
IRVINE, Calif., and NEW YORK, — CombiMatrix Corporation (Nasdaq:CBMX), a molecular diagnostics company specializing in DNA-based testing services for developmental disorders and cancer diagnostics, and Manhattan Labs jointly announced today that they have entered into a strategic partnership under which Manhattan Labs will market and distribute CombiMatrix microarray tests for the miscarriage management testing market […]
Männedorf, Switzerland, – The Tecan Group (SIX Swiss Exchange: TECN) today announced that Dr. Achim von Leoprechting has been appointed a member of the Management Board. As the new Head of the Partnering Business division, effective October 1, 2013, he will assume responsibility for Tecan’s global OEM business, which has been led by Dr. David […]
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