Search Tag: Diagnostics

2016 01 Mar

The second Friday of December was particularly long-awaited by Italian staff as headquarters invited the teams to a massive party to celebrate the rebranding of Italian operations and the start of the new era of Affidea Italy. Much excitement surrounded the rebranding events of one of Affidea’s largest countries of operation and top representatives...Read more

2016 18 Feb

ABBOTT GAINS LEADERSHIP IN THE $5.5 BILLION POINT OF CARE SEGMENT, BROADENS DIAGNOSTICS FOOTPRINT AND ENHANCES ACCESS TO FAST-GROWING DIAGNOSTICS CHANNELS - Transaction expected to be immediately accretive to Abbott's ongoing earnings per share upon close - Acquisition will provide access to new product applications, channels and geographies -...Read more

2015 27 Nov

A new report from the FDA reveals that unreliable, inaccurate medical testing continues to be a major obstacle to patient safety and is also a factor behind unnecessary increase in medical and drug expenses and unnecessary medical procedures.  The report evaluated 20 case studies that involved various tests used for cancer, autism, Lyme disease and...Read more

2015 13 Jul

The symposium aims to promote an exchange of experiences at the international level and to familiarize health professionals with the principles behind the concept "Choosing Wisely.   These are principles related to a conscious and respectful of diagnostic and therapeutic options to put into practice in front to specific clinical questions. Various...Read more

2015 10 Jun

—Beckman Coulter Diagnostics has obtained CE Marking for its DxN VERIS HCV Assay*, a real-time PCR assay for the rapid and reliable quantitative determination of Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) RNA in human plasma, and DxN VERIS HIV-1 Assay*, a real-time PCR assay for the rapid and reliable quantitative measurement of Human Immunodeficiency Virus type 1 (HIV- 1)...Read more

2015 07 May

BEDFORD, Mass. ,  May 7, 2015 / PRNewswire / -- Hologic, Inc. (NASDAQ: HOLX) announced today that the Company will present at two upcoming investor conferences in May: The Bank of America Merrill Lynch 2015 Healthcare Conference in  Las Vegas  on  Tuesday, May 12  at  1:40 pm Pacific Time  (PT). The UBS Global Healthcare Conference in  New York...Read more

2015 28 Apr

LEAN Workflow and Reduced Sample Turn-around Times Beckman Coulter Diagnostics will be showcasing its revolutionary DxN VERIS Molecular Diagnostics System on Stand 253 at the 25th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, in Copenhagen, Denmark. The CE-marked system is now available with CE-marked assays for Human Cytomegalovirus...Read more

2015 05 Oct

INDC 2015 – The International Nutrition & Diagnostics Conference 2015  is an international forum for scientific discussion focused on understanding the relationship and connections between nutrition and clinical diagnostics. The aim of this multidisciplinary conference is to bridge the gaps between the specialists and fields of science as diverse...Read more

2015 13 Jan

Researchers are currently developing a lab in a suitcase that can rapidly detect Ebola virus on the spot. The Diagnostics-in-a-Suitcase is the brainchild of Dr. Ahmed Abd El Wahed, a scientist in the Unit of Infection Models at the German Primate Center (DPZ) in Gottingen, Germany. The portable lab contains all the necessary equipment and reagents...Read more

2014 22 Dec

According to a new study published online in Radiology, a large percentage of patients who receive radiologist recommendations for Chest CT have clinically relevant findings.  The findings thus demonstrate that radiologist recommendations for additional imaging (RAIs) after chest x-rays represent valuable contributions to patient care. RAIs have...Read more

2014 06 Jun

For the second year in a row, Susan Hertzberg, President and CEO of Boston Heart Diagnostics, has been named a regional finalist for the prestigious Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award. New England regional winners will be announced at an awards ceremony at the Sheraton in Boston on 11 June 2014. The annual awards program honours...Read more

2014 02 Jun

The steady growth of the next-generation sequencing (NGS) market in Western Europe is expected to continue thanks to a variety of new applications, from comprehensive oncology panels to non-invasive prenatal analysis to food testing. Major market potential exists in areas such as pre-implantation genetic diagnosis, infectious disease and companion diagnostics,...Read more

2014 24 Apr

Developing regions, Asia, Africa and Latin America present the biggest opportunities. Due to the growth in the infectious diseases diagnostics market for tuberculosis (TB), hepatitis C virus, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and human papilloma virus, commercial opportunities, particularly in the developing economies of Asia, Africa and Latin...Read more

2014 18 Mar

MAQUET and Swisstom are pleased to announce their distribution partnership for the monitoring and diagnostic product Swisstom BB2 Acute Lung Injury is still a leading cause of death for intensive care patients. Swisstom BB2 was especially developed to continuously monitor lung function of ICU patients undergoing mechanical ventilation. It offers...Read more

2014 28 Jan

Roche Diagnostics Middle East launches the region’s first comprehensive Roche Blood Safety Solution (RBSS) portfolio at Arab Health • The only comprehensive RBSS portfolio of serology screening solutions and nucleic acid testing (NAT) available in the Middle East from a single source • RBSS safeguards patients through industry-leading assays...Read more

2013 10 Dec

According to a recent study published by JAMA Internal Medicine, it appears that more than 18% of all lung cancers discovered by low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) seemed to correspond to an overdiagnosis. In recent clinical trials LDCT has proven to be an effective screening tool in some patients, however several of the tumors it detects may...Read more

2013 30 Sep

T2 Biosystems, a company developing direct detection products enabling superior diagnostics, announced that it will provide demonstrations of its flagship test, T2Candida®, for the rapid and sensitive identification of species-specific Candida directly from whole blood, on its T2Dx® instrument at Booth #922 at IDWeek 2013, October 2-6, 2013, in San...Read more

2013 01 Aug

Abbott announced on July 30, 2013, promising results from a study evaluating its High Sensitive Troponin-I (hsTnI) assay presented at this year’s American Association for Clinical Chemistry (AACC) annual meeting in Houston, Texas. The study, conducted by researchers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, demonstrated that Abbott’s hsTnI test (currently...Read more

2013 22 Jul

Roche announced the global launch (except US) of two new highly sensitive therapeutic drug monitoring tests for the immunosuppressant medicines tacrolimus and cyclosporine. The new Elecsys Tacrolimus and Cyclosporine tests provide healthcare professionals with more accurate and reliable results. They are made for use on Roche’s cobas modular...Read more

2013 18 Jul

New test expands cancer diagnostics portfolio and strengthens Roche Diagnostics’ comprehensive tumour marker menu Roche today announced the global launch (except US) of Elecsys ProGRP, a test that distinguishes between the two main types of lung cancer – small cell (SCLC) and non-small cell (NSCLC) lung cancer – and can help diagnose early-stage...Read more

2013 18 Jun

A team from the University of Toronto – including researchers from Electrical and Computer Engineering and the Institute of Biomaterials & Biomedical Engineering – has created an electronic chip that can analyze blood and other clinical samples for infectious bacteria with record-breaking speed. Life-threatening bacterial infections...Read more

2013 04 Jun

Welch Allyn Connex(R) Vital Signs Monitor 6000 Series (Photo: Business Wire) Welch Allyn, a leading medical diagnostic device company that specializes in helping clinicians improve patient outcomes, has been working with Epic to connect several of its vital signs devices, monitors and ECG units to Epic’s Electronic Medical Records (EMR) system...Read more

2013 17 May

Beckman Coulter has introduced an advanced version of the innovative CytoDiff CXP Autogating Software. The new software is an integral part of the company’s HematoFlow solution — combining diagnostic reagent, hematology and flow cytometry hardware and IT expertise.   The introduction of Version 2 CytoDiff CXP Autogating software is designed to...Read more

2013 28 Mar

Abbot today announced that the ARCHITECT AFP test, which may help doctors detect serious birth defects and the progression of testicular cancer, received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval.  Biomarkers, such as alpha-fetoprotein (AFP), are substances in the body that physicians can measure to identify the progress of diseases or conditions...Read more

2013 26 Mar

Georgios Mantokoudis, left, and Ali Tehrani demonstrate the use of a video-oculography machine that detects minute eye movements that are difficult for most physicians to notice and can help diagnose stroke. (Credit: Johns Hopkins Medicine) Small Johns Hopkins-led study finds portable device diagnoses stroke with 100 percent accuracy. A bedside...Read more

2013 06 Mar

Georgios Mantokoudis, left, and Ali Tehrani demonstrate the use of a video-oculography machine that detects minute eye movements that are difficult for most physicians to notice and can help diagnose stroke. (Credit: Johns Hopkins Medicine) Small Johns Hopkins-led study finds portable device diagnoses stroke with 100 percent accuracy. A bedside...Read more