Natera, Inc. (NASDAQ: NTRA), a global leader in cell-free DNA and precision medicine, today announced that its multi-cancer early detection (MCED) assay has been granted Breakthrough Device designation (BDD) by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The BDD is designed for novel technologies that enable more effective diagnosis or treatment of life-threatening or irreversibly debilitating diseases or conditions.

Pattern Bioscience, an innovator in rapid diagnostic technologies for bacterial infections, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Breakthrough Device Designation for its Urine ID/AST Panel. The Urine ID/AST Panel is the company’s second assay to receive the designation, following the Pneumonia ID/AST Panel. It reflects Pattern’s continued focus on expansion of a menu of rapid, direct-from-specimen assays.

TOBY, Inc., a biotechnology company developing non-invasive disease detection technologies, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Breakthrough Device Designation to the TOBY Test for Alzheimer's Disease. The designation recognizes the test's potential to aid in the diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease through a simple, non-invasive urine sample and address a major unmet need in accessible cognitive evaluation and diagnostic care.

Laguna Diagnostics, LLC today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Breakthrough Device Designation to the company's mRNA Gene Biomarker Test, a novel blood-based test designed to aid in the differentiation of schizophrenia and bipolar I disorder in symptomatic patients.

PathAI, Inc., a global leader in artificial intelligence (AI)-powered pathology solutions, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Breakthrough Device Designation to PathAssist Derm1, designed to analyze digital pathology whole slide images (WSIs) of skin lesions and aid pathologists in their review.

Quest Diagnostics (NYSE: DGX), a leading provider of diagnostic information services, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Breakthrough Device Designation for the company's Haystack MRD® test for identifying MRD-positive patients with stage II colorectal cancer following curative-intent surgical treatment who may benefit from adjuvant therapy in accordance with therapeutic product labeling.

The TOBY Test has received breakthrough device designation from the FDA for the early detection of bladder cancer. This designation underscores the significant potential of this innovative urine-based assay to fundamentally alter the landscape of bladder cancer detection and surveillance, offering a much-needed non-invasive alternative to current diagnostic paradigms.

Roche (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY) announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted Breakthrough Device Designation for the VENTANA® TROP2 (EPR20043) RxDx Device. This is the first Breakthrough Device Designation to be granted for a computational pathology companion diagnostic (CDx) device.

MeMed, a leader in the emerging field of advanced host response technologies, today announced that the FDA has granted Breakthrough Device Designation (BDD) to its innovative MeMed Severity™ test. This designation underscores the transformative potential of MeMed Severity to advance the management of patients with suspected acute infections and suspected sepsis by empowering clinicians with timely, data-driven, clinical insights.

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