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.

On 13 March, BioMérieux China signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Accunome Biotechnology Co., Ltd.

Cue Health, a healthcare technology company, announced the nationwide launch of a new suite of consumer-friendly, at-home diagnostic test kits.

Leica Biosystems and Paige announced that they are expanding their previously announced digital pathology partnership. ​

On March 10, 2023, Shenzhen MGI Tech Co.,Ltd. and Yeasen Biotechnology (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. officially reached a strategic cooperation to promote the localization of high-throughput sequencing (NGS) reagents and instruments in China.

Agilent Technologies announced a multiyear distribution agreement with Proscia to offer a comprehensive digital diagnostic pathology system.

Virax Biolabs Group has reached an agreement for the supply of an Avian Influenza A Virus (AIV) real-time PCR test kit in the European Union (EU) region, or CE mark-accepting markets.

In October 2022, the Office of the Leading Group for Deepening Medical and Health System Reform in Shanghai issued the Notice on Piloting the High-Quality Development of Public Hospitals in Shanghai.

QIAGEN announced it has entered into a strategic partnership with Servier, a global pharmaceutical group, to develop a companion diagnostic test for TIBSOVO®, an isocitrate dehydrogenase-1 (IDH1) inhibitor indicated for the treatment of the blood cancer acute myeloid leukemia (AML).

Japanese healthcare firm Sysmex said that it has signed a global supply agreement for hemostasis instruments and reagents with Siemens Healthineers.​

BioMérieux reported Wednesday that its fourth quarter revenues rose 11 percent year over year.