The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved the KAMRA inlay, a device implanted in the cornea of one eye (the clear, front surface) to improve near vision in certain patients with presbyopia. It is the first ..

Amgen has won an FDA approval for the heart drug ivabradine, which will hit the market as Corlanor. This is the first approval for a new class of drug aimed at preventing hospitalization for a deteriorating heart, slo..

New research at the University of Aberdeen has identified potential new targets for the treatment of certain types of cancer. This research could lead to the development of new drug therapies tailored to individua..

Myriad’s BRAC Analysis CDx test will be used to identify prospective patients of metastatic pancreatic cancer who could respond to AstraZeneca’s Lynparza AstraZeneca plc (ADR) (NYSE:AZN) and Myriad Gen..

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved marketing clearance for the Alere i Strep A test (Alere Inc), the first molecular test that detects group A streptococcus bacteria in throat swab specimens in 8 m..

As next-generation sequencing (NGS) reaches the clinical laboratory, a new analysis by Kalorama Information (New York, NY, USA) finds that small reference laboratories as well as over 50 companies now offer sequencing..

According to a new Frost & Sullivan (Mountain View, CA, USA) analysis, convergence of immunological and molecular tests will help meet growing needs for infectious disease (ID) diagnostics. Although these tests re..

The market for real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) was valued at about USD 3.2 billion for 2013 according to Kalorama Information (New York, NY, USA) an increase from USD 2.8 billion in 2011. The h..

The global blood industry has experienced strong growth in recent years and growth will remain solid though 2018, according to the new report, "Blood: The Worldwide Market for Blood Products, Blood Testing, Blood..

In China, violence against medical staff has drawn worldwide attention, and occurs for many reasons, as discussed previously. As first-line heath-care workers in China, we think the absence of transparency and mar..

EKF Molecular, of EKF Diagnostics (Cardiff, UK), and Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH; Boston, MA, USA) have entered into a 2-year research collaboration to develop PointMan assays that can effectively detect treat..

Thermo Fisher Scientific (NYSE: TMO) enters into an agreement with GlaxoSmithKline (NYSE: GSK) and Pfizer (NYSE: PFE) to develop a universal next-generation sequencing (NGS) oncology test for solid tumors that will se..

The emergency approval of a real-time PCR test for Zaire Ebolavirus demonstrates the scope of concern about the recent epidemic and a possible opportunity for test makers. The biennial study of the microbiology test p..

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared for marketing the first direct blood test capable of rapidly detecting 5 Candida species that cause bloodstream infections that often lead to sepsis. The T2Can..

For the first time, a European company, Sophia Genetics (Lausanne Switzerland), has obtained the CE-IVD mark for clinical use of Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) bioinformatics pipeline for routine genetic testing. ..

Rockland Immunochemicals, Inc. (Limerick, PA, USA) has announced the award of a USD 224,473 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant from the NIH National Heart Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) to develop an an..

Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings (LabCorp; Burlington, NC, USA) has launched “Enlighten Health Genomics,” a new business that builds on the diagnostic potential of next-generation sequencing (NGS..

Kalorama Information (New York City, NY, USA) has now published the 9th edition of its biennial market research report “Worldwide Market for In Vitro Diagnostics,” revealing estimates from its survey of th..

The Royal Tropical Institute (KIT; Amsterdam, Netherlands) is establishing a nonprofit, social diagnostics company that develops and markets tests for the diagnosis of poverty-related diseases. Infectious diseases..

Quidel Corporation (NASDAQ: QDEL), a provider of rapid diagnostic testing systems, announced that it has received clearance from the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to market its AmpliVue GAS Assay fo..