INDIANAPOLIS – Roche announced today the establishment of a strategic alliance with Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles for the center to operate as a Roche Molecular Center of Excellence (MCOE) for the next five years. As a nationally recognized Roche MCOE, the Medical Center’s molecular diagnostics laboratory will be one of the first centers […]

LAUSANNE, Switzerland – Funds Will be Used to Commercialize a Fully Automated, Compact Molecular Diagnostics System Designed to Drive the Widespread Adoption of Personalized Medicine and Other Diagnostic Applications Including the Fight Against Infectious Disease Biocartis, a company developing and commercializing compact molecular diagnostic (MDx) systems designed to drive the widespread adoption of personalized medicine […]

SAN FRANCISCO – Caliper® Life Sciences, a Perkin-Elmer Company, launched their new Vectra™ 2 with AQUA technology, an integrated solution for quantification of protein biomarkers in tissue, at the Molecular Targets & Cancer Therapeutics meeting here this week. Caliper and HistoRx® collaborated on this new immunofluorescent imaging and analysis solution that will deliver objective, quantitative, […]

ITHACA, N.Y.–Rheonix today announced the appointment of two individuals—Tom Karpen as Vice President of Operations overseeing engineering, production and quality teams and Terry Howell as Quality Manager. These two new members to the management team will be instrumental as the Company moves toward commercialization of its Rheonix CARD® system, a powerful automated microfluidic platform capable […]

SAN DIEGO – Gen-Probe Incorporated announced today that long-time chairman Hank Nordhoff has informed the board that he plans to retire at the end of 2011, and that the board has elected Carl Hull, the Company’s president and chief executive officer (CEO), to succeed him. Mr. Nordhoff led Gen-Probe as president and CEO from 1994 […]

CHANTILLY, Va. – Dynex Technologies, Inc., a global manufacturer of products designed to make diagnostic testing easier, more cost-effective, and less labor intensive, will feature its breakthrough Dynex® Agility™ ELISA microplate sample processing system at the MEDICA 2011 – World Forum of Medicine in Dusseldorf, Germany, from November 16 to 19, 2011. The Agility system […]

OMAHA, Neb.–Transgenomic, Inc. announced the launch of two innovative genetic tests at the annual meeting of the American Heart Association in Orlando, Florida. The PGxPredict:CLOPIDOGREL Panel is a uniquely comprehensive test to predict a patient’s response to clopidogrel (Plavix®). The company has also expanded its FAMILION family of tests for inherited heart diseases with the […]

Transgenomic, Inc. (OTC/BB: TBIO) and A. Menarini Diagnostics today announced an exclusive distribution agreement for Transgenomic’s SURVEYOR® Scan and WAVE® MCE (Micro-Capillary Electrophoresis) Mutation Detection system to its network of over 2,000 pathologists throughout Europe. “This agreement opens up a broad new channel for SURVEYOR Scan and WAVE MCE targeted to pathologists throughout Europe,” said […]

Abcodia, a specialist company engaged in the validation and discovery of biomarkers of cancer and other age-related diseases and Oxford Gene Technology (OGT) a provider of innovative clinical genetics and diagnostic solutions to advance molecular medicine, today announced a collaboration aimed at improving the early detection of pancreatic cancer. As part of this collaboration, Abcodia […]

AUSTIN, Texas–Asuragen, Inc. announced today that data from a multi-center study evaluating its microRNA-based test, miRInform™ Pancreas, for the diagnosis of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) in fine needle aspirates, was presented as a Poster of Distinction at the American Pancreatic Association (APA) Annual Meeting being held November 2-5, 2011 in Chicago. Currently, gastroenterologists use endoscopic […]