University of Notre Dame researchers have discovered another way tumor cells transfer genetic material to other cells in their microenvironment, causing cancer to spread.

Visby Medical announced on Friday that it will execute a $25.5 million contract option with the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response to develop an at-home version of its handheld, PCR-based test for influenza and COVID-19.

On March 23, after review by the State Food and Drug Administration, two COVID-19 antigen detection reagent products were approved. As of March 23, the State Food and Drug Administration has approved 19 new coronavirus antigen detection reagent products.

Roche said on Friday that it has entered into a collaboration with Bristol Myers Squibb to develop and deploy two assays with new digital pathology algorithms for clinical trials.

Johnson & Johnson Medical Devices has rebranded as Johnson & Johnson MedTech as the unit moves deeper into digital technology.

On March 21, the British Gov. web announced that three procurement contracts for COVID-19 antigen reagents.

California diagnostic firm Innova Medical Group announced on Wednesday that its Innova SARS-CoV-2 Antigen Rapid Qualitative Test has received CE marking for self-testing.

Researchers at Queen Mary University of London have developed the world’s first PCR test for mouth cancer.

On March 23, 2022, AutoBio’s SARS-CoV-2 Ag Rapid Home Test successfully passed the European clinical assessment and the audit of the notified institution, obtained the EU CE certificate.

The US Food and Drug Administration this week granted separate Emergency Use Authorizations for three direct-to-consumer SARS-CoV-2 tests from Quest Diagnostics, as well as a home sample collection kit for use with the tests.

Thermo Fisher Scientific said on Wednesday that it has been collaborating with Helix and Rosalind to develop a new genotyping method for SARS-CoV-2 that aims to speed up the identification of emerging new variants of the virus.

Hurun Report released the Hurun Global Rich List 2022, a ranking of the US dollar billionaires in the world. Wealth calculations are a snapshot of 14 January 2022. This is the eleventh year of the ranking.

Burning Rock Biotech reported late Monday that its fourth quarter 2021 revenues were up approximately 12 percent compared to the same quarter last year.

Genetic testing of saliva samples identifies the SARS-CoV-2 virus more quickly than testing of nasal swabs. The research is published March 21 in Microbiology Spectrum, a journal of the American Society for Microbiology.

In January 2021, Mindray Medical signed an AI cooperation framework agreement with Tencent AI Lab.