Grail is making some headway in its mission to develop a liquid biopsy solution to detect cancer early. The Menlo Park, CA-based company said it has initiated PATHFINDER, a multi-center study.... Read More >

Quest Diagnostics said it has acquired Blueprint Genetics in an all-cash equity transaction. Helsinki, Finland-based Blueprint Genetics has deep expertise in gene variant interpretation based on next-generation sequencing (NGS) and proprieta... Read More >

Researchers at the Laboratory of Bionanophotonic Systems (BIOS) at EPFL's School of Engineering have developed an optical biosensor that slashes the sepsis diagnosis time from several days to just a few minutes. Their approach draws on recen... Read More >

FDA has issued an emergency use authorization (EUA) for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Coronavirus detection test. Up until now, the Prevention’s 2019-nCoV Real-Time RT-PCR Diagnostic Panel has only been used at CDC lab... Read More >

Cardinal Health nixed its relationship with Suqian, China-based Siyang Holymed after learning that the FDA-authorized supplier had shifted production of Cardinal's surgical gowns to non-approved sites without the proper controlled environmen... Read More >

Jabil Inc. is consolidating its healthcare businesses under Jabil Healthcare. These include Jabil’s embedded-sensors business, its injection molding business through Nypro, and its orthopedics, spine, trauma, and medical instruments operat... Read More >

Researchers from Link?ping University are behind a new study that has used artificial intelligence to investigate whether it is possible to discover biological networks using deep learning, in which entities known as "artificial neural netw... Read More >

Abbott Laboratories has won CE mark for the new Gallant implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) and CRT-D devices. The Abbott Park, Il-based company received approval in Europe on the heels of ICD Week, a celebration of 40 years of the ... Read More >

Ares Genetics, a Curetis Group company, will collaborate with BGI Group to make molecular tests for coronavirus 2019-nCoV available in Europe.... Read More >

China has been a large and ever-expanding market for Roche, driving much of the company's international growth, and this week, the firm said several initiatives and developments in that country keep it a crucial strategic market for its diag... Read More >