Researchers statistically demonstrate therapy for cardiac failure

Full results from the landmark EMPEROR-Preserved Phase III trial demonstrated that empagliflozin showed an impressive 21...

September 2, 2021 | Thursday | News
Shimadzu contributes to PCR screening tests for COVID-19 mutant strains in Japan

Shimadzu has released the SARS-CoV-2 Mutation Assay Core Kit, Primer/Probe Mix for N501Y, Primer/Probe Mix for L452R, an...

August 27, 2021 | Friday | News
China approves NGS-based genomic alteration tumour test by OrigiMed & Bayer

OrigiMed has announced that the Human NTRK1/2/3 Genomic Alteration Testing Kit has been granted the Special Review ...

August 23, 2021 | Monday | News
China develops new real-time RT-PCR assays to detect SARS-CoV-2 variants

With the ongoing worldwide COVID-19 pandemic, an increasing number of viral variants are being identified, which poses a...

August 20, 2021 | Friday | News
Taiwan clinically compares three USFDA approved COVID-19 detection systems

A team of scientists at the National Defense Medical Center and Centers for Disease Control in Taiwan has conducted...

August 18, 2021 | Wednesday | News
UK's Birmingham researchers unravel novel fast and accurate COVID-19 test

Researchers from the University of Birmingham, U.K., have developed an accurate and sensitive novel testing me...

August 17, 2021 | Tuesday | News
Thermo Fisher receives EUA for two next-gen COVID-19 assays

Thermo Fisher Scientific has announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted emergency use author...

August 17, 2021 | Tuesday | News
Australia rolls-out rapid antigen testing in aged care facilities

The Australian government is providing COVID-19 rapid antigen testing (RAT) to residential aged care facilities in Great...

August 16, 2021 | Monday | News
Fujifilm launches AI-powered chest X-ray in Japan

Fujifilm Corporation has announced its AI-powered product for analyzing chest X-ray 'CXR-AID' will be commercially avail...

August 13, 2021 | Friday | News
USFDA grants EUA to Hong Kong's INDICAID COVID-19 Rapid Antigen Test

Hong Kong-based PHASE Scientific International has announced that its INDICAID™ COVID-19 Rapid Antigen Test (...

August 11, 2021 | Wednesday | News
World's first voice-activated stress test using AI

US-based Cigna International has announced the launch of the Cigna StressWaves Test, a free online tool that analys...

August 11, 2021 | Wednesday | News
First rapid at-home diagnostic test for COVID-19 enters Asia

Hong Kong-based New World Development (NWD) and Prenetics have jointly announced the launch of the Circle HealthPod...

August 10, 2021 | Tuesday | News
US develops CRISPR-based hand held COVID-19 test for mass screening

An international consortium of scientists from the US has developed a CRISPR-based COVID-19 diagnostic test th...

August 9, 2021 | Monday | News
Promega brings MSI companion diagnostic IVD kit for cancer patients in China

Shanghai Promega Biological Products and Shanghai Henlius Biotech, Inc. will develop and commercialize a microsatellite ...

August 6, 2021 | Friday | News
NZ brings technology to detect early signs of foot complications in diabetics

Researchers at the Auckland Bioengineering Institute (ABI) in New Zealand (NZ) have received Health Research Council (HR...

August 4, 2021 | Wednesday | News
Japan's Chugai Pharma unveils comprehensive genomic profiling test for cancer

Japan-based Chugai Pharmaceutical has launched FoundationOne Liquid CDx Cancer Genomic Profile as a liquid biopsy-based ...

August 3, 2021 | Tuesday | News
NZ develops device to detect 'lazy eye' or amblyopia

A novel device designed by researchers at the New Zealand-based Auckland Bioengineering Institute (ABI) to test the eyes...

August 2, 2021 | Monday | News
China develops novel 'bacterial gene markers' test for early detection of colon cancer

The faecal immunochemical test (FIT) is commonly used to screen for colorectal cancer but it has low sensitivity (around...

July 29, 2021 | Thursday | News