Bosch has entered into a strategic partnership with the laboratory and medical technology company Randox Laboratories Ltd. The two companies are investing around 150 million euros in joint research, development and sales activities. This will result in new tests for the Vivalytic analysis platform from Bosch Healthcare Solutions. One objective is the development of an IVD (in vitro diagnostics) high multiplex sepsis test, which is to be implemented for the first time on the basis of the innovative BioMEMS technology.

Bio-Techne announced on Friday that its subsidiary Asuragen has received certification under Europe's In Vitro Diagnostic Regulation for its test to monitor chronic myeloid leukemia patients.

The US Food and Drug Administration announced last week that Roche's Cobas Malaria test has been approved by the agency.

Fujirebio Europe has acquired the nonexclusive distribution rights to Self-screen's PreCursor-M AnoGyn assay in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia, the companies said on Tuesday.

Ginkgo Bioworks (NYSE: DNA), a Boston, MA-based company which is building a platform for cell programming and biosecurity, announced the acquisition of Proof Diagnostics, a life sciences tools, diagnostics and computational discovery company.

DiaCarta, Inc. ("DiaCarta"), a pioneer in molecular diagnostic test development for cancer and infectious diseases, today announced that it has established a strategic collaboration with OncoAssure Ltd, an Irish medical diagnostics company. The focus of the collaboration is to commercialize OncoAssure's groundbreaking Prostate test which is designed to identify patients with a lower risk of prostate cancer recurrence, guiding decisions on active surveillance or reduced monitoring post-treatment.

Werfen has received CE marking for its Aptiva antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) Immunoglobulin G (IgG) and Immunoglobulin M (IgM) reagents, meaning the in vitro diagnostics can now be used in the EU.

Seegene Inc. (KQ096530), a leading South Korean company providing a total solution for PCR molecular diagnostics, announced its selection of Microsoft as a technology partner for its SG OneSystem™ business in London, UK, on January 23 to realize 'a world free from all diseases.'

QIAGEN (NYSE: QGEN; Frankfurt Prime Standard: QIA) today announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance for the NeuMoDx CT/NG Assay 2.0, growing its test menu for its integrated PCR-based clinical molecular testing systems NeuMoDx 96 and 288 in the United States.

Illumina Inc. (NASDAQ: ILMN), a global leader in DNA sequencing and array-based technologies, today announced it has signed an agreement with Janssen Research & Development, LLC (Janssen). This collaboration will be the first relating to the development of Illumina's novel molecular residual disease (MRD) assay, a whole-genome sequencing (WGS) multi-cancer research solution that detects circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) to better understand the persistence or recurrence of disease following clinical intervention.