Stay up-to-date with the latest happenings in the rapidly evolving field of In Vitro Diagnostics (IVD) in China.

The major brands in China’s urinalysis market are URIT, DIRUI, AVE, etc. URIT produced China’s first urine analyzer in 1984. And after nearly 40 years’ strenuous cultivation, it pioneered the modular urine analysis workflow using deep learning artificial intelligence (AI) image recognition technology.

Oxford Nanopore Technologies plc and bioMérieux SA announced that they have teamed up to improve health outcomes globally by exploring selected opportunities to bring nanopore sequencing to the infectious disease diagnostics market.

Eastern Money Choice data shows that as of April 13, 28 listed companies in the medical device category have disclosed their 2022 annual reports, of which 18 companies have achieved year-on-year growth in net profit, accounting for 64.29%.

Agena Bioscience and nRichDX said Friday that they have entered a commercial partnership to co-promote their products to researchers developing liquid biopsy applications on Agena's MassArray platform.

Merck and Prometheus Biosciences, Inc. announced that the companies have entered into a definitive agreement under which Merck, through a subsidiary, has agreed to acquire Prometheus for $200.00 per share in cash for a total equity value of approximately $10.8 billion.

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a common neurodegenerative disease that affects the cognitive and memory abilities of the brain.

Pillar Biosciences said on Thursday that it has acquired a nonexclusive license to high-throughput screening-related intellectual property from Dutch ag-bio firm KeyGene.

QuidelOrtho Corporation, a global provider of innovative in vitro diagnostic technologies designed for point-of-care settings, clinical labs and transfusion medicine, today announced preliminary revenue results for the first quarter ended April 2, 2023.

Microorganisms are a group of tiny, invisible organisms that are mainly divided into fungi, actinomycetes, bacteria, spirochetes, rickettsiae, chlamydiae, mycoplasmas, and viruses. Different diseases correspond to different types of samples, including fluids obtained from patients' sputum, urine, blood, puncture fluid, cerebrospinal fluid, pus, and wound sites.

Naveris said Wednesday that Mayo Clinic began a Phase II trial of its circulating tumor DNA blood test, NavDx, to guide treatment for patients with HPV-driven head and neck cancer.

Agilent Technologies Inc. announced a strategic partnership with PathAI, a leading provider of AI-powered research tools and services for pathology, to deliver biopharmaceutical organizations a solution that combines Agilent’s assay development expertise and PathAI’s algorithm development capabilities.