LumiraDx COVID antigen test receives CE Mark May 20, 2022 -- LumiraDx’s SARS-CoV-2 Ag Ultra Test recently received the CE Mark, with the company promoting the test’s performance in COVID-19 antigen testing.Read More
Leica introduces Bond-Prime staining system May 20, 2022 -- Leica Biosystems is launching its Bond-Prime advanced staining system, which features 70 open-access reagent positions and can process up to 72 slides.Read More
Transgender hormone therapy can change lab test levels May 19, 2022 -- The American Association for Clinical Chemistry (AACC) is hailing work that has established transgender reference intervals for common clinical laboratory tests, as reported in a study published May 18 in the Journal of Applied Laboratory Medicine.Read More
Labcorp launches skin cancer assay May 19, 2022 -- Labcorp has launched a new assay for measuring lymphocyte-activation gene 3 (LAG-3) expression levels by immunohistochemistry (IHC) in tumor tissue of patients with melanoma.Read More
10 reasons for growth in the market for infectious disease testing May 18, 2022 -- While COVID-19 has placed the need for in vitro diagnostics (IVD) that can detect infectious diseases front and center, demand for these tests was building before the pandemic and revenues for test products will grow. There are 10 reasons for the growth, according to a report from Kalorama Information.Read More
CAP weighs in on U.S. Senate's FDA user fee authorization bill May 18, 2022 -- The College of American Pathologists (CAP) has released remarks regarding the draft U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) user fee authorization bill released by the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee.Read More