Dutch diagnostics firm Inbiome said Friday that it has received certification under the EU's In Vitro Diagnostic Regulation for a PCR-based test to aid the identification of more than 200 bacterial species from patient samples, with results within five hours.

Oxford Nanopore Technologies, the company behind a new generation of sequencing-based molecular analysis technologies, and Cepheid, a leading molecular diagnostics company, today announced a strategic collaboration to develop and commercialize a seamless end-to-end workflow that combines Cepheid's GeneXpert system for pre-sequencing sample and library preparation with Oxford Nanopore's rapid, information-rich molecular analysis platform.

Bosch Healthcare Solutions has obtained CE-IVDR marking for its Vivalytic Bacterial Meningitis PCR test running on the company's fully automated Vivalytic analysis platform.

LGC on Wednesday said it has acquired DiaMex, a German manufacturer of third-party serology and molecular quality controls for clinical laboratories and blood banks, for an undisclosed amount.

The following innovative products have obtained the registration certificate of regulatory authorities for the first time in the industry based on the technology platform, and are open to the whole market as the benchmark. Only some representative products are listed.

Yourgene Health (part of the Novacyt group of companies), a leading international molecular diagnostics group, announces that it has received accreditation under the new EU requirements of the in vitro diagnostic regulation (IVDR) for the Yourgene® Cystic Fibrosis Base assay. The Yourgene Cystic Fibrosis Base assay is a Class C in vitro medical device under IVDR and is intended for use by healthcare professionals within a molecular laboratory environment.

Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced the company has completed its acquisition of BIOVECTRA, a Canada-based contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) that specializes in biologics, highly potent active pharmaceutical ingredients, and other molecules for targeted therapeutics.

Switzerland's Saphetor said Wednesday that it has received CE marking for VarSome Clinical, its genome interpretation platform.

Genetron Holdings Limited (“Genetron Health” or the “Company”, Nasdaq: GTH), a leading precision oncology platform company in China that specializes in offering molecular profiling tests, early cancer screening products and companion diagnostics development, announced today the completion of its merger (the “Merger”) with Genetron New Co Limited (“Merger Sub”), pursuant to the previously announced agreement and plan of merger, dated as of October 11, 2023 (the “Merger Agreement”), among the Company, New Genetron Holding Limited (“Parent”) and Merger Sub. As a result of the Merger, the Company has become a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent and will cease to be a publicly traded company.

Cepheid announced that it has received the CE mark for Xpert NPM1 Mutation, a molecular in vitro diagnostic test for the quantification of mutant NPM1 mRNA transcripts (types A, B and D in exon 12) in peripheral blood specimens from patients with Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML).