SQI Diagnostics said on Monday that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Precision Biomonitoring's SARS-CoV-2 testing business and related molecular diagnostic technology for $6.825 million in cash and stock.

The Japan Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW), Japan's regulatory agency, has granted approval to the Thermo Fisher Scientific's Oncomine Dx Target Test to be used as a companion diagnostic to identify patients with RET-fusion positive non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).

NEW YORK – Qiagen said on Thursday that it has formed a global strategic alliance with Japan's Sysmex to develop and commercialize cancer companion diagnostics using Sysmex's Plasma-Safe-SeqS next-generation sequencing technology.

Recently, South Korean idol Song Joong Ki endorsed SD BIOSENSOR, an in vitro diagnostic company, sparking heated discussions in the IVD industry.

Roche announced on the 15th that it will acquire GenMark Diagnostics, a US molecular pathology laboratory manufacturer, for US$1.8 billion.

Reported by CCTV news on Oct. 16th, variety of countries need to enlarge the test method to speed up the diagnosis on COVID-19. Some of the countries used the faster and cheaper test methods to overcome the bottleneck of inadequate capabilit

Recently, Gofar issued a report (draft) on the acquisition of KOALSON, proposing to purchase the 99.9779% of KOALSON's shares held by eight people with the transaction price of about 356 million yuan by issuing shares and paying cash.

COVID-19 screening can soon be conducted directly at various testing stations, and patients can get their test results in about an hour from the time they get a nasal swab.

Siemens Healthineers is adding more firepower in the fight to make more novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) diagnostics available. The company said its Fast Track Diagnostics (FTD) SARS-COV-2 Assay is already being shipped in Europe for research

The Austin TX-based company was granted Emergency Use Authorization for the Aries SARS-CoV-2 Assay and the NxTAG CoV Extended Panel to help in the detection of the novel coronavirus.