Shimadzu contributes to PCR screening tests for COVID-19 mutant strains in Japan

Medical Diagnostic |  News | 0 Comment | 27 Aug, 2021

Shimadzu has released the SARS-CoV-2 Mutation Assay Core Kit, Primer/Probe Mix for N501Y, Primer/Probe Mix for L452R, an...Read more

China approves NGS-based genomic alteration tumour test by OrigiMed & Bayer

Medical Diagnostic |  News | 0 Comment | 23 Aug, 2021

OrigiMed has announced that the Human NTRK1/2/3 Genomic Alteration Testing Kit has been granted the Special Review ...Read more

China develops new real-time RT-PCR assays to detect SARS-CoV-2 variants

Medical Diagnostic |  News | 0 Comment | 20 Aug, 2021

With the ongoing worldwide COVID-19 pandemic, an increasing number of viral variants are being identified, which poses a...Read more

Taiwan clinically compares three USFDA approved COVID-19 detection systems

Medical Diagnostic |  News | 0 Comment | 18 Aug, 2021

A team of scientists at the National Defense Medical Center and Centers for Disease Control in Taiwan has conducted...Read more

UK's Birmingham researchers unravel novel fast and accurate COVID-19 test

Medical Diagnostic |  News | 0 Comment | 17 Aug, 2021

Researchers from the University of Birmingham, U.K., have developed an accurate and sensitive novel testing me...Read more

Thermo Fisher receives EUA for two next-gen COVID-19 assays

Medical Diagnostic |  News | 0 Comment | 17 Aug, 2021

Thermo Fisher Scientific has announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted emergency use author...Read more

Australia rolls-out rapid antigen testing in aged care facilities

Medical Diagnostic |  News | 0 Comment | 16 Aug, 2021

The Australian government is providing COVID-19 rapid antigen testing (RAT) to residential aged care facilities in Great...Read more

Fujifilm launches AI-powered chest X-ray in Japan

Medical Diagnostic |  News | 0 Comment | 13 Aug, 2021

Fujifilm Corporation has announced its AI-powered product for analyzing chest X-ray 'CXR-AID' will be commercially avail...Read more

USFDA grants EUA to Hong Kong's INDICAID COVID-19 Rapid Antigen Test

Medical Diagnostic |  News | 0 Comment | 11 Aug, 2021

Hong Kong-based PHASE Scientific International has announced that its INDICAID™ COVID-19 Rapid Antigen Test (...Read more

World's first voice-activated stress test using AI

Medical Diagnostic |  News | 0 Comment | 11 Aug, 2021

US-based Cigna International has announced the launch of the Cigna StressWaves Test, a free online tool that analys...Read more

First rapid at-home diagnostic test for COVID-19 enters Asia

Medical Diagnostic |  News | 0 Comment | 10 Aug, 2021

Hong Kong-based New World Development (NWD) and Prenetics have jointly announced the launch of the Circle HealthPod...Read more

US develops CRISPR-based hand held COVID-19 test for mass screening

Medical Diagnostic |  News | 0 Comment | 09 Aug, 2021

An international consortium of scientists from the US has developed a CRISPR-based COVID-19 diagnostic test th...Read more

Promega brings MSI companion diagnostic IVD kit for cancer patients in China

Medical Diagnostic |  News | 0 Comment | 06 Aug, 2021

Shanghai Promega Biological Products and Shanghai Henlius Biotech, Inc. will develop and commercialize a microsatellite ...Read more

NZ brings technology to detect early signs of foot complications in diabetics

Medical Diagnostic |  News | 0 Comment | 04 Aug, 2021

Researchers at the Auckland Bioengineering Institute (ABI) in New Zealand (NZ) have received Health Research Council (HR...Read more

Japan's Chugai Pharma unveils comprehensive genomic profiling test for cancer

Medical Diagnostic |  News | 1 Comment | 03 Aug, 2021

Japan-based Chugai Pharmaceutical has launched FoundationOne Liquid CDx Cancer Genomic Profile as a liquid biopsy-based ...Read more

NZ develops device to detect 'lazy eye' or amblyopia

Medical Diagnostic |  News | 0 Comment | 02 Aug, 2021

A novel device designed by researchers at the New Zealand-based Auckland Bioengineering Institute (ABI) to test the eyes...Read more

China develops novel 'bacterial gene markers' test for early detection of colon cancer

Medical Diagnostic |  News | 0 Comment | 29 Jul, 2021

The faecal immunochemical test (FIT) is commonly used to screen for colorectal cancer but it has low sensitivity (around...Read more

Australia develops test for early ovarian cancer detection

Medical Diagnostic |  News | 0 Comment | 28 Jul, 2021

A test being developed in Queensland, Australia could help to reduce the high mortality rate from ovarian cancer by dram...Read more