EKF Diagnostics Holdings (Cardiff, Wales, UK), an AIM-listed point-of-care, central laboratory and molecular diagnostics business, announced that it has signed a new distribution contract in China and that one of its ..

Atomo Diagnostics (Melbourne, Australia) showcased integrated rapid blood test device to the USA market at the 2014 AACC Annual Meeting and Clinical Lab Expo, following a successful presentation at the 20th Internatio..

The Best Annual Meeting Abstract Award is given by the AACC Critical and Point-of-Care Testing Division in recognition of outstanding research for abstracts submitted and posters presented at the AACC annual meeting. ..

By David Colantonio, PhD Most testing conducted in today’s clinical laboratories uses commercial reagent kits, manufactured and marketed by in vitro diagnostics companies. However, many new and existing biom..

On March 29 – 31, 2014, China Association of Clinical Laboratory Practice(CACLP) attended the 2014 AACC Expo. During the expo, we have discussed with the foreign IVD companies who want to increase active in..

A New Frontier in Molecular Diagnostics?(By Melanie Yarbrough, PhD) The discovery that noncoding regions of the genome such as microRNAs(miRNAs)can influence the pathogenesis of cancer has led investigators to con..

The new collaboration between Biocartis (Biocartis NV; Mechelen, Belgium) and Abbott Laboratories (Abbott Park, IL, USA) is expected to fuel new pharmaceutical partnerships for companion diagnostics programs. Unde..

NEW YORK (GenomeWeb) – PerkinElmer announced Tuesday it has signed an agreement to serve as the exclusive collaborator with China's National Health and Family Planning Commission to create and implement a ne..

With an independently developed next-generation DNA sequencer, Chinese scientists are aiming to challenge the dominance of international players in the world’s fastest growing genome sequencing market. On 18..

Poised to become the world’s largest IVD market, China is a tremendous business opportunity for foreign companies, as long as they choose their partners wisely. China used to be called the sleeping giant. An..

A new method has been developed for rapid diagnostic detection and antibiotic susceptibility determination of the pathogenic Bacillus anthracis using a bioluminescent reporter phage. Although anthrax is a trea..

With technology evolving rapidly in today’s healthcare world, increasing numbers of clinical labs are using RUO/IUO products to conduct important medical tests. These products can have unproven performance cha..

A joint medical research conducted by Finnish and Estonian researchers found that some biomarkers in blood sample could predict mortality risk to people who appear healthy, Finnish Broadcasting Company YLE repor..

Song Haibo In Vitro Diagnostic Industry (IVD) is not only significantly involved with people’s health and the advancement of medical..

The draft amendment to the Regulations for the Supervision and Administration of Medical Devices was adopted at the executive meeting of the State Council on February 12, 2014, and will be promulgated and implemente..