The 2013 Horse Scandal (in UK referred as Horsegate) first came into light on 15 January 2013 when horse DNA had been discovered in frozen beefburgers sold in several Irish and British supermarket. Though horse meat is not harmful for human ...
Tags: Horse Meat, Health
PrimusLabs has selected Roka Bioscience's Atlas System, an automated molecular system for food pathogen detection. The company will install the pathogen detection system at its microbiological laboratories in California, Arizona, and ...
Tags: Food, Agriculture, food safety testing
Affymetrix, Inc. (NASDAQ: AFFX) today announced that it has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to market its CytoScan® Dx Assay. This assay is intended for the postnatal detection of DNA copy ...
Rosetta Genomics, a provider of microRNA-based molecular diagnostics, has obtained a conditional approval from the New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH) for its Rosetta Kidney Cancer Test for testing on patient samples from the ...
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Roche announced has obtained 510(k) clearance from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the use of four additional specimen types with the cobas CT/NG v2.0 test to help physicians diagnose Chlamydia trachomatis (CT) and Neisseria ...
PrimeraDx, a molecular diagnostics company, has obtained 510(k) approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its ICEPlex C. difficile assay kit and the ICEPlex system. The ICEPlex system is a multiplex real-time PCR system ...
A recent research report cites 10 medical device technologies with significant growth potential that are valued at roughly $454.3 billion. The technologies include: 1. Diagnostic imaging, including nuclear imaging, interventional ...
KEW Group, the oncology personalized medicine management and analytics company, has launched CancerPlex assay, a comprehensive gene testing panel that can be used to examine the genetic profile of many common cancers. Developed and ...
Tags: Genomic Testing, Medicine
The DuPont BAX System has been certified by the AOAC Research Institute as a Performance Tested Method (PTM) for detecting Shiga toxin-producing E.coli (STEC) in beef trim and ground beef. "With this certification, our entire portfolio of ...
Tags: DuPont, Bax System, Pathogenic E.Coli
Molecular diagnostics company Epigenomics has entered into a €5m convertible bond financing agreement with YA Global Master SPV Ltd. Pursuant to the terms of the agreement, YA Global Master SPV will purchase convertible notes with a ...
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The Precision Fluidics Division of Parker Hannifin Corporation, the global leader in motion and control technologies, announces the release of the Parker Smart Syringe Pump, a 30mm syringe pump that improves the performance of Clinical ...
Tags: Syringe Pump, control technologies
Abbott has introduced FDA-approved hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotyping test for patients in the US. The completely automated RealTime HCV Genotype II test determines the specific type or strain of the HCV virus present in the blood of an ...
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France-based specialty diagnostic solutions provider Diaxonhit and XDx in the US, have entered into a memorandum of agreement (MoU) for the exclusive license to market and perform AlloMap Molecular Expression Testing (AlloMap) in Europe. ...
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Inostics, a molecular diagnostics firm providing blood-based mutation testing, has received the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) license for its clinical laboratory in Baltimore. The receipt of the license would mark a ...
Tags: Clia Certification, Medicine
Global health care company Abbott has received license from the Medical Device Bureau of Health Canada for its RealTime High Risk HPV molecular diagnostic test to detect human papillomavirus (HPV), a primary cause of cervical cancer. The ...