QIAGEN buys NeuMoDx
IDEX and PerkinElmer emphasize customer partnerships
Survey of clinical labs indicate how labs are responding to multiple changes
Awards recognize instruments in seven categories
FDA addresses variant databases and germline tests
Company focuses on hospital labs
NGS technology and utilization have shown rapid progress, including application for clinical diagnostics in areas such as noninvasive prenatal testing (NIPT) and oncology. However, significant challenges remain for the routine use of the technology in diagnostic testing labs. A paper published earlier this year in Applied & Translational Medicine entitled, “Barriers to Clinical Adoption of […]
Minneapolis, MN 7/1/16; Minneapolis, MN 7/6/16—Bio-Techne has acquired two companies. On July 6, the company announced the purchase of Advanced Cell Diagnostics (ACD) for $250 million in cash plus an additional $75 million based on attaining certain milestones. ACD provides consumables for genomic analysis for research and diagnostic applications. Its products include the RNAscope RNA […]
In June, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services published its final rule for lab fee schedule changes. As with the proposal (see IBO 10/15/15), private rates for clinical lab diagnostic tests will be set according to the weighted median reported rates of private payors, with limitations. New to the final rule is the implementation […]
In a report released earlier this month, Statistics Sweden forecasts that the Swedish government plans to increase R&D funding by SEK 747 million ($92.1 million) to SEK 34.4 billion ($4.2 billion) for 2016, which is 3.7% of this year’s federal budget. This is a slight decrease from 2015, when R&D funding made up 3.8% of […]
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