Roche Diagnostics is planning to invest $300m over the next 10 years to expand operation at its headquarters in Indianapolis, Indiana, US. Roche produces 2 billion strips of ACCU-CHEK products as well as develop and manufacture ...
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German- based SynenTec has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Roche's Cellavista business. The acquisition will enable Roche to focus its business, and guarantee future optimal support and development of the technology for ...
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Health Canada has approved Roche's fully automated test, designed to assess a patient's viral load of cytomegalovirus (CMV). The COBAS AmpliPrep / COBAS TaqMan CMV assay is the first approved test, which is standardized to the WHO ...
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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted clearance to Roche's automated Elecsys HSV-1 IgG and HSV-2 IgG assays, designed for the determination of IgG class antibodies to HSV-1 and HSV-2 in human serum or plasma of sexually ...
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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Roche's automated Elecsys Vitamin D assay for use on cobas modular analyzer platforms. The Elecsys Vitamin D assay, which measures both vitamin D2 and D3 levels, provides results ...
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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Roche's new COBAS TaqMan HIV-1 viral load test. The HIV viral load test utilizes the FDA-approved high pure system viral nucleic acid kit for manual specimen preparation and the COBAS ...
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Roche has announced the US launch of ACCU-CHEK Combo system, designed for people with diabetes condition. The system, which combines a blood glucose meter with an insulin pump, utilizes Bluetooth technology for two-way wireless ...
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Roche's Accu-Chek Combo system has been cleared by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for insulin pump therapy. The Accu-Chek Combo system features an insulin cartridge that can hold up to 315 units of insulin, as well as a ...
Roche has launched new mobile blood gas cobas b 123 POC analyzer for hospital point of care settings. The cobas b 123 POC analyzer features four-level clot protection system that helps prevent downtime caused due to blood clots that lead ...
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Roche is planning to invest CHF240m ($259m) to construct a new diagnostics production facility at its Penzberg biotechnology center in Munich, Germany. The new 26,000ft2 plant, which will be known as Diagnostics Operations Complex II ...
Astellas Pharma US is seeking FDA approval for Tarceva tablets to treat non-small cell lung cancer patients (NSCLC) with tumors containing epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) that triggers mutations. The company submitted a ...
Illumina system used in faster genome sequencing 08 Oct 2012 A sequencing protocol using a rapid-throughput platform could help diagnose critically ill infants. Faster sequencing Investigators at Kansas City's Children's Mercy ...
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Roche Group member, Genentech has received US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) official approval of priority review designation for trastuzumab emtansine Biologics License Application (BLA). Trastuzumab Emtansine is designed to treat ...
Ventana Medical Systems, a member of the Roche Group, has launched a new fully-automated staining technique that allows researchers to visualize miRNAs and proteins related to cancer in the same section of tumor tissue. Detection of ...
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Roche has unveiled GS GType TET2/CBL/KRAS and GS GType RUNX1 primer set for high sensitivity genetic variant detection in leukemia samples. The sequence-based assays utilize the company's 454 GS Junior and GS FLX systems and enable deep ...
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