Australia's Telix starts US trial

Australia's Telix Pharmaceuticals has announced first commercial doses of its prostate cancer imaging agent, Illuccix&re...

April 18, 2022 | Monday | News
US authorises first COVID-19 diagnostic test using breath samples

U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued an emergency use authorization (EUA) for the first COVID-19 diagnosti...

April 15, 2022 | Friday | News
China approves Fosun Diagnostics' COVID-19 antigen detection kit

Shanghai Fosun Pharmaceutical (Group) has announced that the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) antigen detection kit (Colloi...

April 15, 2022 | Friday | News
Hong Kong develops portable nucleic acid testing device for COVID-19

In 2020, an interdisciplinary research team from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) was awarded over HK$2.7 mi...

April 14, 2022 | Thursday | News
Artemis DNA announces international expansion to Vietnam

US-based Artemis DNA, Inc. will be opening the first international location in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. ...

April 12, 2022 | Tuesday | News
Live Webinar: Staying Ahead of Viral Variants: Surveillance Solutions for SARS-CoV-2

Click here to register now   Event Details Date: Friday, 29 April 2022 Time: 10:00 AM (GMT+8; Singapore and Tai...

April 11, 2022 | Monday | News
SeekIn receives CE Mark approval for LeukoPrint molecular karyotyping test

SeekIn Inc, the leader in blood-based cancer early detection and monitoring technology, has announced the CE (Conformit&...

April 8, 2022 | Friday | News
Medriva announces availability of new COVID-19 Rapid Antigen Test kits in Australia

Medriva, a leading global manufacturer of COVID-19 testing and vaccination products, has announced the Australian a...

April 8, 2022 | Friday | News
Seegene's Allplex RV Master assay receives Australian TGA approval, European CE-IVD mark

Seegene Inc., South Korea's leading molecular diagnostics (MDx) company, announced that its Allplex RV Master Assay has ...

April 7, 2022 | Thursday | News
Telix and Xiel Sign U.K. and Ireland Distribution Agreement for Illuccix

Australia-based Telix Pharmaceuticals has signed an exclusive agreement with Xiel Limited (Xiel) for the distributi...

March 29, 2022 | Tuesday | News
Breakthrough urine liquid biopsy prostate cancer test launches in Singapore

miR Scientific, a New York-based healthcare company dedicated to transforming global cancer management, and&nb...

March 29, 2022 | Tuesday | News
Seegene appoints Dr. Glen Hansen as Head of Medical Affairs of U.S. subsidiary

Seegene Inc. , South Korea's leading molecular diagnostics company, announced the appointment of Dr. Glen Hans...

March 18, 2022 | Friday | News
DEKRA inks MoU with Korea Testing Laboratory

DEKRA has signed the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Korea Testing Laboratory (KTL) to develop cooperation opport...

March 16, 2022 | Wednesday | News
Vietnam-based startup Gene Solutions makes early cancer detection possible

The scientific research team from Gene Solutions, a startup based in Vietnam, has invented a SPOT-MAS liquid biopsy...

March 16, 2022 | Wednesday | News
Japan approves Guardant Health's liquid biopsy test for tumour mutation profiling

The Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) in Japan has granted regulatory approval of Guardant360 CDx, a liquid ...

March 14, 2022 | Monday | News
Everlife boosts presence in strategic life sciences and clinical diagnostics segments in South East Asia

Singapore-based Everlife Holdings, a leading market access and distribution company in India and South East Asia, h...

March 10, 2022 | Thursday | News
Pathomics Health expands lab operations to Singapore

Diagnostics and research service provider Pathomics Health has announced its laboratory operations expansion into Singap...

March 8, 2022 | Tuesday | News
Korea's GC Labs partners with firms in Middle East and Cambodia

GC Labs,  the leading clinical diagnostics company in Korea, has  announced the new lab testing service a...

March 3, 2022 | Thursday | News
Korea's Seegene appoints new CEO for its US subsidiary

Seegene Inc., South Korea's leading molecular diagnostics company, has announced the appointment of Dr. Richard S. ...

March 3, 2022 | Thursday | News
Malaysia focuses on increasing availability of high accuracy antigen test kits

As the Omicron variant takes hold in Malaysia, the availability of high accuracy Antigen Test Kits is increasingly ...

March 2, 2022 | Wednesday | News
Taiwan's ITRI to launch iPMx molecular rapid test system for COVID-19 in Japan

The iPMx Molecular Rapid Test System, developed by the Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) in Taiwan, with t...

March 1, 2022 | Tuesday | News
Prenetics, ACON Bio to launch Flowflex COVID-19 at-home test in Hong Kong

Prenetics Group has partnered with ACON Bio to launch the Flowflex SARS-CoV-2 Antigen Rapid Test Kit in Hong Kong. ...

February 25, 2022 | Friday | News
Hong Kong launches first handheld COVID-19 nucleic acid test

Pluslife Biotech, an enterprise based in the Greater Bay Area in Hong Kong, has launched the first handheld COVID-19 Nuc...

February 14, 2022 | Monday | News
Korean startup Seegene inks supply deal of 4 M COVID-19 tests with Brazil

Seegene Inc, South Korea's molecular diagnostic startup, has announced that it has signed a supply deal with t...

February 11, 2022 | Friday | News
Eurofins enters clinical genetic testing market in Vietnam

Eurofins Scientific has announced that its subsidiary, Eurofins Clinical Testing Lux Sarl, has acquired Genetic Testing ...

February 10, 2022 | Thursday | News
Thermo Fisher launches rapid test for detection of airborne SARS-CoV-2 pathogens

Thermo Fisher Scientific has announced the launch of a new rapid indoor air test to help fight COVID-19. The T...

February 8, 2022 | Tuesday | News
India develops first universal infectious disease genomic test

HaystackAnalytics, an Indian health-tech startup, supported by the Department of Science & Technology, Govt of India...

February 8, 2022 | Tuesday | News
BD expands cancer diagnostics portfolio with acquisition of Cytognos

BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) has completed the acquisition of Cytognos, a privately held company headquartered in ...

February 2, 2022 | Wednesday | News
Singapore approves INDICAID COVID-19 rapid antigen test as self-test

PHASE Scientific International LTD has announced that its INDICAID™ COVID-19 Rapid Antigen Test&nbs...

January 27, 2022 | Thursday | News
Roche Diagnostics India launches COVID-19 At-Home test

Roche Diagnostics India has announced its latest diagnostic solution– the COVID-19 At-Home Test. The over-the-coun...

January 27, 2022 | Thursday | News
Illumina collaborates with National Cancer Center Japan

Illumina, Inc. and the National Cancer Center Japan have announced an international joint research project that wil...

January 25, 2022 | Tuesday | News
Korea uses gold nanoparticles to develop diagnostic platform for COVID-19

Researchers from Chung-Ang University in South Korea have introduced a novel nanotechnology-based platform that can...

January 21, 2022 | Friday | News
Lung cancer screening leading to over-diagnosis in Taiwan: Study

A new study based on data from a national cancer registry in Taiwan found evidence that lung cancer screening may be lea...

January 21, 2022 | Friday | News
Korean startup Seegene unveils blueprint for MDx future

Seegene Inc, South Korea-based molecular diagnostics (MDx) startup, has unveiled its blueprint for the future and introd...

January 14, 2022 | Friday | News
Singapore-based JN Medsys develops PCR test kit for Omicron detection

Singapore-based biotech firm JN Medsys has developed a new PCR kit that detects for SARS-CoV-2 and identifies if the Omi...

January 13, 2022 | Thursday | News
Singapore sets stringent regulations for COVID-19 test kits for professional use

With effect from 1 January 2022, only COVID-19 tests that have received full-fledged registration with Singapore's Healt...

January 5, 2022 | Wednesday | News
Roche COVID-19 at-home test receives emergency use approval from US FDA

Roche has announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for its...

January 3, 2022 | Monday | News
Saliva swabs may be more effective than nasal swabs for Omicron detection: Study

According to a recent study conducted by researchers in Cape Town, South Africa, saliva swabs are the preferred sample f...

January 1, 2022 | Saturday | News
Siemens Healthineers receives FDA EUA for CLINITEST rapid COVID-19 antigen self-test

Siemens Healthineers has announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Emergency Use Authorizat...

January 1, 2022 | Saturday | News
Japan’s NEC teams up with BostonGene to improve cancer care

US-based BostonGene Corporation and Japanese firm NEC Corporation have announced a strategic global partnershi...

December 16, 2021 | Thursday | News
Dotz Nano to distribute COVID-19 diagnostic test kits in Thailand

Australia-based Dotz Nano has recently secured a partner, World Siam Company Limited (WSG), for distribution of its Dotz...

December 13, 2021 | Monday | News
Eurofins enhances clinical and COVID-19 testing offering in Japan

Eurofins Scientific has announced a share purchase agreement with Japan-based Transgenic Inc. to acquire Genetic Lab (G ...

December 10, 2021 | Friday | News
Korea-based Seegene introduces PCR test for all VOCs in single tube

Seegene Inc., South Korea based molecular diagnostics company, has unveiled another series of diagnostic test that detec...

December 10, 2021 | Friday | News
Singapore develops COVID-19 saliva amplified antigen rapid test

A potentially game-changing Antigen Rapid Test (ART) technology to diagnose COVID-19 has been developed by scientists in...

December 9, 2021 | Thursday | News
World-first lung cancer screening facility in Australia increases chance of cure

A semi-trailer will be converted into the world’s first mobile lung cancer screening facility to help boost early ...

November 30, 2021 | Tuesday | News
Korea's Lunit gets FDA nod for AI-based chest X-ray triage solution

South Korea-based startup Lunit has received US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearance for its AI-powered c...

November 16, 2021 | Tuesday | News
Hong Kong puts focus on specimen types & RNA extraction methods for COVID-19 tests

To ensure the accuracy and consistency of diagnostic tests for COVID-19 is an important aspect in effective disease cont...

November 16, 2021 | Tuesday | News
AstraZeneca, Lucence offer new hope to ovarian cancer patients in South-East Asia

AstraZeneca Singapore and Lucence have entered into an agreement to provide improved access to Homologous Recombination ...

November 10, 2021 | Wednesday | News
China's I-Mab partners with Roche for companion diagnostics solutions

I-Mab, a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company based in China, has entered into a strategic collaboration with Roche ...

November 9, 2021 | Tuesday | News
Japan's GHIT Fund invests $6.6M in new partnerships for life-saving drugs

The Global Health Innovative Technology (GHIT) Fund in Japan has announced a total of approximately 750 million yen...

November 5, 2021 | Friday | News
Genetron Health launches first product for hematologic cancer in China market

Genetron Holdings Limited, a leading precision oncology platform company in China that specializes in molecular profilin...

October 29, 2021 | Friday | News
Singapore explores use of novel respiratory monitor to detect lung sound abnormalities

Aevice Health, Singapore-based MedTech company dedicated to improving the lives of 545 million people with chronic respi...

October 29, 2021 | Friday | News
India, US join hands for AI-driven personalised cancer care

4baseCare, a precision oncology company in India, has announced a collaboration with Cellworks Group, Inc.,&nb...

October 27, 2021 | Wednesday | News
GC Labs launches first microbiology 'Total Lab Automation' system in Korea

GC Labs, a leading clinical diagnostics company in Korea, has introduced WASPLab® (bioMerieux, France), th...

October 26, 2021 | Tuesday | News
Japan brings highly sensitive bio-technology to detect SARS-CoV-2

Tokai University, Toyohashi University of Technology, Chubu University, and DENSO Corporation in Japan have been develop...

October 25, 2021 | Monday | News
Fujitsu to offer AI-based personalised cancer treatment in Japan

Aichi Cancer Center and Fujitsu have announced the development of an artificial intelligence (AI) based solution ab...

October 22, 2021 | Friday | News
QIAGEN launches novel tuberculosis test for high-burden regions

QIAGEN N.V. has announced the launch and CE marking of QIAreach® QuantiFERON®-TB test for tuberculosis (TB) infe...

October 20, 2021 | Wednesday | News
Australia approves COVID-19 rapid antigen self-tests

The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA), the medicine and therapeutic regulatory agency of the Australian Government,...

October 15, 2021 | Friday | News
Japan develops ML-based screening tool for cervical myelopathy

A research team from Tokyo Medical and Dental University and Keio University in Japan combined a finger motion analysis ...

October 13, 2021 | Wednesday | News
Twist Alliance Pan-Cancer Methylation Panel to enter global cancer market

The Twist Alliance Pan-Cancer Methylation Panel (Pan-Cancer Panel), a solution for pan-cancer study including DNA methyl...

October 12, 2021 | Tuesday | News
Korea's Genematrix receives CE-IVD mark for HPV detection kit

South Korean biotech firm Genematrix has announced that 'NeoPlex™ HPV29 Detection', which can collectively diagnos...

October 12, 2021 | Tuesday | News
China's Mindray brings greater clinical efficiency with new TE9 POC ultrasound system

Mindray, a China-based developer and provider of medical devices and solutions, has announced the launch of its latest P...

October 11, 2021 | Monday | News
Low cost tests to help China's battle to identify COPD sufferers

Researchers working with primary care patients in China have discovered that a simple questionnaire and airflow measurem...

October 7, 2021 | Thursday | News
Rapid At-Home COVID-19 Testing Becoming Available in Some Areas

There’s no denying that there’s been a substantial increase in the number of COVID-19 cases around the count...

October 4, 2021 | Monday | Opinion
Roche Diagnostics launches cobas pure integrated solutions analyzer in India

Roche Diagnostics India has announced the launch of cobas pure integrated solutions analyzer with a more intelligent sys...

September 30, 2021 | Thursday | News
Thermo Fisher launches SpeciMAX stabilized saliva collection kit

Thermo Fisher Scientific has launched the Thermo Scientific SpeciMAX Stabilized Saliva Collection Kit, which is designed...

September 29, 2021 | Wednesday | News
Korean firm Seegene unveils fully automated molecular testing system

South Korea-based Seegene Inc. has unveiled a fully automated PCR (MDx) test system AIOS.  It provides high throug...

September 29, 2021 | Wednesday | News
SpeeDx, SynGenis partner for custom oligonucleotide synthesis

SpeeDx, a developer of innovative molecular diagnostic solutions announced an investment in SynGenis, an experienced oli...

September 28, 2021 | Tuesday | News
Korean firm Celltrion wins order worth $626M from US military for COVID-19 Ag test

Celltrion has announced that the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) under the Department of Defense has awarded Celltri...

September 24, 2021 | Friday | News
Australia invests $6.5 M for improving diagnosis of hepatitis C

To help improve the treatment times of those with hepatitis C, the Australian government will fund a new national point-...

September 21, 2021 | Tuesday | News
Korea strengthens position in precision medicine market for liquid biopsy

German firm Molecular Health GmbH will collaborate with South Korean startup EONE-Diagnomics Genome Center (EDGC) to hel...

September 16, 2021 | Thursday | News
China brings new liquid biopsy diagnostic model for early breast cancer detection

Chinese startup AnchorDx, together with renowned experts from a top-tier hospital in China, has developed a diagnos...

September 15, 2021 | Wednesday | News
Hong Kong's PolyU develops highly effective targeted osteoarthritis pain reliever

Researchers at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) have developed a groundbreaking, imaging-guided nanoparticle...

September 15, 2021 | Wednesday | News
Roche buys TIB Molbiol to expand PCR-test portfolio for fighting infectious diseases

Swiss firm Roche has signed a definitive share purchase agreement to acquire 100% of the outstanding shares of the TIB M...

September 14, 2021 | Tuesday | News
Novel IGX Platform offers liability prediction solution to de-risk antibody development

At the Biologics UK conference, ENPICOM, an innovative bioinformatics software company, has launched new IGX P...

September 8, 2021 | Wednesday | News
Singapore deploys AI for glaucoma screening

Scientists from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore), in collaboration with clinicians at Tan Toc...

September 8, 2021 | Wednesday | News
The world's largest multi-modal imaging study resumed in the UK

UK Biobank’s imaging assessment centres have re-opened to continue working towards our goal to scan 100,000 partic...

September 7, 2021 | Tuesday | News
Korea develops handheld device to diagnose cancer without radiation

A team of scientists at the Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH) in South Korea has developed a handhel...

September 8, 2021 | Wednesday | News
Researchers statistically demonstrate therapy for cardiac failure

Full results from the landmark EMPEROR-Preserved Phase III trial demonstrated that empagliflozin showed an impressive 21...

September 2, 2021 | Thursday | News
Shimadzu contributes to PCR screening tests for COVID-19 mutant strains in Japan

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

August 27, 2021 | Friday | News
China approves NGS-based genomic alteration tumour test by OrigiMed & Bayer

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

August 23, 2021 | Monday | News
China develops new real-time RT-PCR assays to detect SARS-CoV-2 variants

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

August 20, 2021 | Friday | News
Taiwan clinically compares three USFDA approved COVID-19 detection systems

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

August 18, 2021 | Wednesday | News
UK's Birmingham researchers unravel novel fast and accurate COVID-19 test

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

August 17, 2021 | Tuesday | News
Thermo Fisher receives EUA for two next-gen COVID-19 assays

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

August 17, 2021 | Tuesday | News
Australia rolls-out rapid antigen testing in aged care facilities

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

August 16, 2021 | Monday | News
Fujifilm launches AI-powered chest X-ray in Japan

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

August 13, 2021 | Friday | News
USFDA grants EUA to Hong Kong's INDICAID COVID-19 Rapid Antigen Test

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

August 11, 2021 | Wednesday | News
World's first voice-activated stress test using AI

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

August 11, 2021 | Wednesday | News
First rapid at-home diagnostic test for COVID-19 enters Asia

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

August 10, 2021 | Tuesday | News
US develops CRISPR-based hand held COVID-19 test for mass screening

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

August 9, 2021 | Monday | News
Promega brings MSI companion diagnostic IVD kit for cancer patients in China

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

August 6, 2021 | Friday | News
NZ brings technology to detect early signs of foot complications in diabetics

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

August 4, 2021 | Wednesday | News
Japan's Chugai Pharma unveils comprehensive genomic profiling test for cancer

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

August 3, 2021 | Tuesday | News
NZ develops device to detect 'lazy eye' or amblyopia

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

August 2, 2021 | Monday | News
China develops novel 'bacterial gene markers' test for early detection of colon cancer

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

July 29, 2021 | Thursday | News
Australia develops test for early ovarian cancer detection

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

July 28, 2021 | Wednesday | News
Japan's Shimadzu unveils device for measuring amyloid peptides in blood

Shimadzu Corporation has released the Amyloid MS CL system for measuring amyloid peptides in blood. This “controll...

July 28, 2021 | Wednesday | News
Japan develops 20-min test to detect antibodies against SARS-CoV-2

A team of scientists from Japan, at Hokkaido University’s Faculty of Engineering, has developed a 20-minute test t...

July 26, 2021 | Monday | News
IFC invests $16.5M in MedGenome to support COVID-19 response in India

As India emerges from the devastating second wave of the coronavirus pandemic, the International Finance Corporation (IF...

July 15, 2021 | Thursday | News

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