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Qiagen, AstraZeneca expand companion diagnostic pact beyond cancer
The goal is to enable specialty care providers to perform genotyping while patients are undergoing routine clinical examination.
By Nick Paul Taylor • Aug. 29, 2024 -
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Illumina wins FDA approval for companion diagnostic cancer test
Physicians can use the test to identify people eligible for treatment with Bayer’s Vitrakvi and Eli Lilly’s Retevmo, which target cancers that have specific genetic features.
By Nick Paul Taylor • Aug. 28, 2024 -
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TrendlineMedical device industry continues to turn to AI
While the industry continues to embrace artificial intelligence, there are still questions about how the new technologies need to be regulated and if they are effective.
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FDA seeks feedback on predetermined change control plans
The guidance describes changes companies can make to medical devices without filing a new 510(k) or premarket approval supplement.
By Nick Paul Taylor • Aug. 26, 2024 -
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Roche to increase global laboratory capacity for mpox testing
The World Health Organization has declared an mpox outbreak to be a public health emergency of international concern.
By Nick Paul Taylor • Aug. 26, 2024 -
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Quest inks deal for University Hospitals’ outreach lab services
The deal continues Quest’s expansion in Ohio and extends a string of acquisitions that began in May.
By Nick Paul Taylor • Aug. 23, 2024 -
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FDA OKs first at-home syphilis test
NowDiagnostics’ over-the-counter test can return results in 15 minutes with a single drop of blood.
By Ricky Zipp • Aug. 19, 2024 -
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Routine lab tests fail to detect long COVID in 10,000-person study
Even people with highly symptomatic long COVID may have “no clinically observable objective findings on routine laboratory testing,” according to a study published by the Annals of Internal Medicine.
By Nick Paul Taylor • Aug. 16, 2024 -
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Grail to shed 350 workers in restructuring
Less than two months after splitting from Illumina, the liquid biopsy maker is refocusing resources as it pursues an FDA submission for the Galleri multi-cancer early detection test.
By Susan Kelly • Aug. 14, 2024 -
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Unilabs inks deal to sell C2N Alzheimer’s blood tests in Europe
C2N Diagnostics announced the partnership after recently receiving an investment from the Japanese drugmaker Eisai, which developed the Alzheimer’s drug Leqembi with Biogen.
By Nick Paul Taylor • Aug. 12, 2024 -
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Cepheid to cut more than 600 employees in California
A spokesperson said the diagnostics firm is consolidating its U.S.-based cartridge manufacturing activities in California.
By Ricky Zipp • Aug. 8, 2024 -
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Labcorp wins FDA OK for pan-solid tumor liquid biopsy
Shakti Ramkissoon, Labcorp’s medical lead for oncology, said the test could allow laboratories and oncologists to profile solid tumors when tissue samples are limited or unavailable.
By Nick Paul Taylor • Aug. 6, 2024 -
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Experts fear patient harm from FDA’s lab developed test rule
Decreased access to diagnostic tests, worsening patient care and practice closures are among the concerns the AMA and others have raised as the regulation takes effect.
By Susan Kelly • Aug. 5, 2024 -
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23andMe board rejects CEO Wojcicki’s take-private proposal
A special committee of the board said the proposal offers no premium to 23andMe’s stock price, and with a lack of committed financing, is “insufficient.”
By Elise Reuter • Aug. 2, 2024 -
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23andMe CEO proposes to take company private
Anne Wojcicki, who co-founded 23andMe, would pay 40 cents per share to buy the DNA testing company, which has been trading under $1 for nearly a year.
By Elise Reuter • Aug. 1, 2024 -
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GE Healthcare faces pressure in China as hospitals delay orders
Johnson & Johnson’s medtech business and Philips also cited China’s order slowdown for sluggish revenue growth in the second quarter.
By Susan Kelly • Aug. 1, 2024 -
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Labcorp expands Ultima pact to boost genomic diagnostics
Labcorp will use Ultima Genomics’ UG 100, a machine designed to sequence the genome for $100, to assess molecular residual disease.
By Nick Paul Taylor • July 31, 2024 -
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Guardant wins FDA approval for colon cancer blood test
Colorectal cancer screening rates could increase if the Shield test appeals to people who have avoided colonoscopies or stool-based tests, the company said.
By Susan Kelly • July 29, 2024 -
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AI’s expert-level image analysis can be built on flawed rationales: study
Researchers at the National Institutes of Health found that a version of ChatGPT analyzed images at an expert level but frequently reached the right answer with incorrect reasoning.
By Nick Paul Taylor • July 25, 2024 -
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Guardant settles allegations it violated the False Claims Act
The settlement resolves claims that an oncologist ordered significantly more tests after Guardant hired two people the physician recommended for jobs at the company.
By Nick Paul Taylor • July 23, 2024 -
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Truvian raises $74M to bring blood test instrument to market
The device is designed to perform the most commonly ordered blood tests, avoiding the need to send the samples to central labs.
By Nick Paul Taylor • July 22, 2024 -
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Q&A‘Our next frontier is prediction’: Medtronic on AI and heart disease
Stacey Churchwell, who leads the company’s cardiovascular diagnostics and services business, says artificial intelligence is reducing false positives in its insertable cardiac monitors, saving clinicians valuable time.
By Susan Kelly • July 22, 2024 -
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Danaher setting up labs to support companion diagnostic development
Danaher plans to open a U.K. laboratory this month, followed by a second facility in the U.S. later this year.
By Nick Paul Taylor • July 18, 2024 -
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Deep DiveMedtech firms have cut more than 14,000 jobs in the past 18 months
Diagnostics is the largest industry represented in the data, with more than 5,000 affected positions, according to MedTech Dive’s analysis.
By Jasmine Ye Han , Ricky Zipp , Elise Reuter • Updated July 25, 2024 -
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Qiagen to cut 175 employees, close Michigan PCR test plant
The layoffs and plant closure are part of a restructuring plan that Qiagen estimates will cost about $400 million.
By Elise Reuter • July 17, 2024 -
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Quest closing Pennsylvania lab, laying off 121 people
Quest is consolidating drug testing at a facility in Kansas, but will keep rapid response, pathology and IT staff at the Norristown site.
By Nick Paul Taylor • July 17, 2024
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