India develops first universal infectious disease genomic test

HaystackAnalytics, an Indian health-tech startup, supported by the Department of Science & Technology, Govt of India...

February 8, 2022 | Tuesday | News
BD expands cancer diagnostics portfolio with acquisition of Cytognos

BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) has completed the acquisition of Cytognos, a privately held company headquartered in ...

February 2, 2022 | Wednesday | News
Singapore approves INDICAID COVID-19 rapid antigen test as self-test

PHASE Scientific International LTD has announced that its INDICAID™ COVID-19 Rapid Antigen Test&nbs...

January 27, 2022 | Thursday | News
Roche Diagnostics India launches COVID-19 At-Home test

Roche Diagnostics India has announced its latest diagnostic solution– the COVID-19 At-Home Test. The over-the-coun...

January 27, 2022 | Thursday | News
Illumina collaborates with National Cancer Center Japan

Illumina, Inc. and the National Cancer Center Japan have announced an international joint research project that wil...

January 25, 2022 | Tuesday | News
Korea uses gold nanoparticles to develop diagnostic platform for COVID-19

Researchers from Chung-Ang University in South Korea have introduced a novel nanotechnology-based platform that can...

January 21, 2022 | Friday | News
Lung cancer screening leading to over-diagnosis in Taiwan: Study

A new study based on data from a national cancer registry in Taiwan found evidence that lung cancer screening may be lea...

January 21, 2022 | Friday | News
Korean startup Seegene unveils blueprint for MDx future

Seegene Inc, South Korea-based molecular diagnostics (MDx) startup, has unveiled its blueprint for the future and introd...

January 14, 2022 | Friday | News
Singapore-based JN Medsys develops PCR test kit for Omicron detection

Singapore-based biotech firm JN Medsys has developed a new PCR kit that detects for SARS-CoV-2 and identifies if the Omi...

January 13, 2022 | Thursday | News
Singapore sets stringent regulations for COVID-19 test kits for professional use

With effect from 1 January 2022, only COVID-19 tests that have received full-fledged registration with Singapore's Healt...

January 5, 2022 | Wednesday | News
Roche COVID-19 at-home test receives emergency use approval from US FDA

Roche has announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for its...

January 3, 2022 | Monday | News
Saliva swabs may be more effective than nasal swabs for Omicron detection: Study

According to a recent study conducted by researchers in Cape Town, South Africa, saliva swabs are the preferred sample f...

January 1, 2022 | Saturday | News
Siemens Healthineers receives FDA EUA for CLINITEST rapid COVID-19 antigen self-test

Siemens Healthineers has announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Emergency Use Authorizat...

January 1, 2022 | Saturday | News
Japan’s NEC teams up with BostonGene to improve cancer care

US-based BostonGene Corporation and Japanese firm NEC Corporation have announced a strategic global partnershi...

December 16, 2021 | Thursday | News
Dotz Nano to distribute COVID-19 diagnostic test kits in Thailand

Australia-based Dotz Nano has recently secured a partner, World Siam Company Limited (WSG), for distribution of its Dotz...

December 13, 2021 | Monday | News
Eurofins enhances clinical and COVID-19 testing offering in Japan

Eurofins Scientific has announced a share purchase agreement with Japan-based Transgenic Inc. to acquire Genetic Lab (G ...

December 10, 2021 | Friday | News
Korea-based Seegene introduces PCR test for all VOCs in single tube

Seegene Inc., South Korea based molecular diagnostics company, has unveiled another series of diagnostic test that detec...

December 10, 2021 | Friday | News
Singapore develops COVID-19 saliva amplified antigen rapid test

A potentially game-changing Antigen Rapid Test (ART) technology to diagnose COVID-19 has been developed by scientists in...

December 9, 2021 | Thursday | News