Biochips enable the accurate, rapid, and high-throughput detection of DNA, RNA, polypeptides, proteins, cells, tissues, and other biological components, with great advantages in disease screening and early diagnosis.

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Roche said recently that its diagnostics division revenues grew 6 percent in the first nine months of 2018, driven mainly by growing demand for its immunodiagnostics solutions. For the nine months ended Sept. 30, the Basel, Switzerland-base

Thermo Fisher Scientific announced recentlythat it has received CE-IVD marking for its Oncomine Dx Target Test. The next-generation sequencing-based test is designed to detect 46 cancer-driver gene variants associated with approved and inves

Abbott recently said that its Diagnostics business grew sales 43 percent year over year. For the three months ended Sept. 30, 2018 the Abbott Park, Illinois-based firm reported overall revenues of $7.66 billion, up 12 percent on a reported

Thermo Fisher Scientific said recently that its third quarter revenues grew 16 percent, driven by growth across its four business segments. We continued our strong growth momentum and delivered another excellent quarter in Q3, said Presiden

Recently, CEC and WuXi AppTec announced the establishment of a joint venture company, Zhongdian Yaoming, to jointly cultivate the health care big data industry.The two companies will provide health care data solutions for pharmaceutical comp

Qiagen announced today that the US Food and Drug Administration has approved the expanded use of the companys Therascreen EGFR RGQ PCR Kit to allow its use as a companion diagnostic for Pfizers Vizimpro (dacomitinib) for first-line treatment

Horizon Discovery Group reported on Monday that its total revenues as reported for the first half of 2018 more than doubled thanks to a significant contribution from its Dharmacon business and an increased reach into the US market. For the s

NEW YORK (GenomeWeb) Cepheid announced today it has received CE-IVD marking on a fingerstick test that can be used to quantify viral loads of hepatitis C virus. The test is now available in the EU and countries recognizing the CE mark. The t

Becton Dickinson disclosed this week it has entered into a $750 million, 364-day term loan agreement. Wells Fargo is the administrative agent of the agreement for the senior unsecured term loan facility, which was disclosed in a document fil

LGC announced today that it has acquired Berry and Associates in order to strengthen its nucleic acid chemistry portfolio. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Dexter, Michigan-based Berry sells oligo reagents to customers in the