Liquid handling instrumentation firm Integra Biosciences said that it has acquired Miroculus, a sample prep automation company that has been developing microfluidics-based platforms for next-generation sequencing.

Visby Medical said that it has received 510(k) clearance and a CLIA waiver from the US Food and Drug Administration for its second-generation point-of-care sexual health test.

At the beginning of this year, Roche Diagnostics China and Changchun Sunostik Medical Technology Co., Ltd. entered into a strategic partnership and jointly launched a new RS600 laboratory automated system for the Chinese market.