Korea uses machine learning to detect thyroid cancer

A joint research team in Korea, at Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), has proposed a new non-in...

July 12, 2021 | Monday | News
QuantuMDx launches Q-POC rapid PCR point of care diagnostic system in the UK

QuantuMDx Group Limited, a UK-based developer of transformational point-of-care diagnostics, announces the launch of Q-P...

July 9, 2021 | Friday | News
Univercells and VectorBuilder partner to optimize custom viral vector production

Univercells Technologies, a provider of novel biomanufacturing technologies for flexible and scalable viral vector produ...

July 7, 2021 | Wednesday | News
Korean firm Seegene expands diagnostic biz to US in partnership with Bio-Rad

Seegene Inc., a South Korean leading biotechnology firm, has signed a partnership agreement with Ame...

July 7, 2021 | Wednesday | News
Japan's Sysmex Corp teams up with QIAGEN for global cancer companion diagnostics

QIAGEN has announced a global strategic alliance with Japan’s Sysmex Corporation for the development and commercia...

July 2, 2021 | Friday | News
Singapore prepares for future pandemics with hi-tech diagnostic lab

Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) and Pathnova Laboratories, a medical diagnostic company back...

July 2, 2021 | Friday | News
China develops blood test for early detection of Alzheimer’s disease

An international research team led by Hong Kong University of Science & Technology (HKUST) in China has developed a ...

July 1, 2021 | Thursday | News
Korea's Seegene unveils mobile station for on-site routine diagnostic testing

South Korea-based Seegene Inc. has introduced its new deployable container laboratory "MOBILE STATION", at the...

June 30, 2021 | Wednesday | News
Singapore develops malaria test kit that delivers results in 30 mins

A team of scientists from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) has developed a test kit for ...

June 29, 2021 | Tuesday | News
Australia develops quick test to detect jaundice in infants

A fast, cheap paper test that can detect jaundice in newborns is on the verge of bedside validation and commercialisatio...

June 28, 2021 | Monday | News
China lays focus on early cancer screening ecosystem

Berry Oncology Corporation, a member company of Berry Genomics, and Alibaba Health have signed a strategic agreement to ...

June 22, 2021 | Tuesday | News
Malaysia grants permission to COVID-19 test kit from China

Holista Colltech Ltd has been granted permission from the Medical Devices Authority (MDA) of Malaysia's Ministry of Heal...

June 19, 2021 | Saturday | News
World-first Hip Fracture Registry Toolbox to improve care in APAC

An innovative world-first Hip Fracture Registry Toolbox has been launched to address the alarming death and disability c...

June 16, 2021 | Wednesday | News
Thermo Fisher expands SARS-CoV-2 testing portfolio in India with Accula System

Thermo Fisher Scientific has announced a introduction of the new and innovative SARS-CoV-2 Test that delivers gold-stand...

June 15, 2021 | Tuesday | News
Singapore authorises four COVID-19 antigen rapid test self-use kits

The Health Sciences Authority (HSA) in Singapore has granted interim authorisation for the following four antigen rapid ...

June 11, 2021 | Friday | News
Korea makes medical imaging smarter with big data & deep learning

The Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials (KIMM), an institution under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Science ...

June 10, 2021 | Thursday | News
LivFul and GAD partner to distribute COVID-19 antigen test kit in LMIC

LivFul and Global Access Diagnostics (GAD) announced a new partnership to make a variety of diagnostic kits, starting wi...

June 9, 2021 | Wednesday | News
Aster DM Healthcare inks strategic partnership with Roche Diagnostics ME

Aster DM Healthcare, the largest integrated healthcare provider in the Middle East, has signed a Memorandum of Understan...

June 9, 2021 | Wednesday | News
Singapore develops rapid, accurate method for detecting viruses

Researchers from Critical Analytics for Manufacturing Personalized-Medicine (CAMP), an Interdisciplinary Research G...

June 8, 2021 | Tuesday | News
Singapore launches AbAsia to secure local supply of COVID-19 kits reagents

Advanced MedTech Holdings (AMTH), a global medical technology leader, has co-founded a Singapore-based venture, AbAsia B...

June 3, 2021 | Thursday | News
NGS-based approach to noninvasive prenatal testing enters Thailand

Illumina, Inc., the global leader in DNA sequencing and array-based technologies and Next Generation Genomic Co., Ltd. (...

June 1, 2021 | Tuesday | News
Japan's Fujifilm launches SARS-CoV-2 mutation kit to detect Indian variant

FUJIFILM Wako Pure Chemical Corporation has announced the launch of the E484Q mutation detection kit, capable of detecti...

May 28, 2021 | Friday | News
Australia pushes clinical guidelines to improve diagnosis, treatment of endometriosis

The Australian government has commissioned the development of the guidelines in line with its National Action Plan for E...

May 27, 2021 | Thursday | News
Moses laser technology adds benefit to prostate surgery

The APAC Moses master campaign virtual conference was recently held to showcase technological advancements in the medica...

May 25, 2021 | Tuesday | News
Seegene diagnostic system to diagnose COVID-19 variants at ECCMID

Seegene Inc., a biotechnology firm specializing in molecular diagnostics has once again been recognized for its unique...

May 24, 2021 | Monday | News
Korean firm Seegene to supply COVID-19 test kits worth $4.8M to Kuwait

Seegene Inc., South Korea's molecular diagnostics firm, will be supplying COVID-19 diagnostic kits worth over&...

May 19, 2021 | Wednesday | News
Genetron Health, Siemens Healthineers to help standardize cancer molecular testing in China

Genetron Holdings, based in China, a company that specializes in offering molecular profiling tests, early cancer screen...

May 17, 2021 | Monday | News
Singapore, India partnership yield novel blood-based cancer diagnostic tool

Singapore based Tzar Labs, in collaboration with Indian firm Epigeneres Biotechnology, has developed a novel blood ...

May 12, 2021 | Wednesday | News
Australia's SpeeDx to develop rapid PoC diagnostic with CARB-X funding

SpeeDx Pty. Ltd., a developer of innovative molecular diagnostics, announces a $ 1.8 million grant from CARB-...

May 12, 2021 | Wednesday | News
Korea's Soulbrain Holdings picks bio-healthcare industry as engine for growth

PixCell Medical, an Israel based innovator of rapid diagnostic solutions at the point-of-care, has announced that S...

May 6, 2021 | Thursday | News
Singapore introduces pre-implantation genetic testing as clinical service

To continue safeguarding patient safety and ensuring appropriate standards of care, the Ministry of Health (MOH) in Sing...

May 5, 2021 | Wednesday | News
Novacyt to support UNICEF with donation of one million COVID-19 tests

Novacyt S.A., an international clinical diagnostics company, will donate one million COVID-19 polymerase chain reaction ...

May 4, 2021 | Tuesday | News
CRISPR COVID-19 diagnostic kits receive global development and distribution license

The 221b Foundation, a nonprofit organization established by Sherlock Biosciences to address the global COVID-19 pandemi...

April 30, 2021 | Friday | News
New Zealand-based Infratil strengthens diagnostic imaging biz

Infratil Limited, a New Zealand-based infrastructure investment company, has announced that it has executed a conditiona...

April 30, 2021 | Friday | News
AstraZeneca to build bio-diagnostic innovation centre in China

Geneseeq Technology Inc., a precision oncology diagnostics company, and AstraZeneca, a global biopharmaceutical company,...

April 30, 2021 | Friday | News
Novel diagnostic test for COVID-19 by Achiko enters Indonesia

Swiss firm Achiko AG's joint venture partner PT Indonesia Farma Medis (IFM) has been granted a medical device ...

April 30, 2021 | Friday | News
Korean firm Celltrion receives FDA EUA for COVID-19 Ag rapid test

South Korean firm Celltrion has announced that DiaTrust™ (Celltrion DiaTrust™ COVID-19 Ag Rapid Te...

April 29, 2021 | Thursday | News
Australia's Trajan strengthens move into data-based preventative healthcare

Trajan Scientific and Medical (Trajan) has aquired the MyHealthTest blood testing service for an undisclosed sum. T...

April 23, 2021 | Friday | News
QIAGEN's artus Prep & Amp rapid SARS-CoV-2 test receives CE-IVD in Europe

German company QIAGEN, on April 20, 2021, announced the launch of the artus ® SARS-CoV-2 Prep & Amp UM...

April 21, 2021 | Wednesday | News
Prenetics, Oxford ink multi-million dollar deal for advanced molecular diagnostics

Prenetics Limited, a global leader in diagnostics and genetic testing, Oxford University and Oxford Suzhou Cen...

April 20, 2021 | Tuesday | News
Joysbio develops kit for verifying antibodies after vaccination

In a major breakthrough for testing COVID-19 immunity, JOYSBIO, a Chinese medical device manufacturer, has announced the...

April 16, 2021 | Friday | News
Korean firm Seegene expands influence in Italy's PCR diagnostic industry

South Korea based Seegene Inc. has said that its Italian subsidiary, the Arrow Diagnostics Srl, has secured the public p...

April 16, 2021 | Friday | News
Israel's BATM launches no-swab saliva-based COVID-19 test

Israel-based BATM, a leading provider of real-time technologies for networking solutions and medical laboratory systems,...

April 15, 2021 | Thursday | News
Researchers develop biosensor to screen fetal Down’s Syndrome

Due to educational, social and economic reasons, more and more women are delaying childbirth. However, advanced maternal...

April 14, 2021 | Wednesday | News
Seegene begins exporting new COVID-19 variant tests worldwide

Seegene Inc., a biotech company specializing in molecular diagnostics, has announced that it has obtained an export perm...

April 14, 2021 | Wednesday | News
Singapore enhances neutralizing antibody testing service

GenScript Biotech Corporation, Parkway Laboratories and the Diagnostics Development (DxD) Hub announced their collaborat...

April 12, 2021 | Monday | News
UK encourages England residents to opt for cost-free COVID-19 rapid test twice weekly

UK government has announced access to free, regular, rapid coronavirus testing from 9 April to everyone in England. In ...

April 8, 2021 | Thursday | News
BD receives EUA for rapid Ag test to screen asymptomatic individuals

BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company), a leading global medical technology company, has announced that U.S. Food and D...

April 6, 2021 | Tuesday | News
Fujifilm launches mutation detection kits for SARS-CoV-2

Japan based firm FUJIFILM Wako Pure Chemical Corporation has announced the launch of the “N501Y mutation detection...

April 2, 2021 | Friday | News
Novacyt receives CE-Mark for COVID-19 detection kit for 6 variants

Novacyt, a Paris-based international specialist in clinical diagnostics, announced that the Company will launch SNPsig&r...

April 1, 2021 | Thursday | News
Novel CELLSEARCH platform performs circulating Multiple Myeloma cells assay

Menarini Silicon Biosystems, a pioneer of liquid biopsy and single-cell technologies, announced the launch of a new assa...

March 31, 2021 | Wednesday | News
Cytiva opens Asia diagnostics advanced application centre in China

Cytiva is opening a new design lab in Tonglu, the manufacturing site, close to Shanghai in East China. Here, diagnostics...

March 31, 2021 | Wednesday | News
PerkinElmer's Horizon Discovery extends gene modulation portfolio

Horizon Discovery, a PerkinElmer, Inc. company, on March 29, 2021 announced that its gene editing and mod...

March 30, 2021 | Tuesday | News
Singapore develops test to detect coronavirus even when it mutates

A team of scientists led by Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) has developed a diagno...

March 30, 2021 | Tuesday | News
Thermo Fisher collaborates with Artificial to enhance COVID-19 diagnostic testing solution

Thermo Fisher Scientific, the world leader in serving science, and Artificial, developers of flexible automation softwar...

March 29, 2021 | Monday | News
Singaporean firm Lucence advances early cancer diagnostics

Precision oncology company Lucence has announced a partnership with Waseda University in Japan to develop a novel high-s...

March 26, 2021 | Friday | News
Novel DNA sensor can rapidly detect antibiotic-resistant pathogens

The persistent overuse of antibiotics has led to the evolution of antibiotic-resistant pathogens, or “superbugs,&r...

March 23, 2021 | Tuesday | News
Japan designs less-invasive atomic force microscopy to visualize biomolecular systems

Researchers at Kanazawa University report in Review of Scientific Instruments a newly developed atomic force microscopy ...

March 19, 2021 | Friday | News
Epredia to distribute Paige Digital Pathology Software globally

Epredia, a global leader in precision cancer diagnostics, and Paige, a global leader in AI-based diagnostic software in ...

March 18, 2021 | Thursday | News
Australia's SpeeDx increases distribution network

Australian firm SpeeDx has announced signing a new distribution partner, further extending customer access to market-lea...

March 19, 2021 | Friday | News
GenScript, G42 Healthcare provide innovative solutions to fight COVID-19

GenScript Biotech Singapore, a subsidiary of GenScript Biotech Corporation, a world leading biotechnology company and G4...

March 18, 2021 | Thursday | News
Aiforia appoints Swedbank as lead advisor to explore financing options

Aiforia Technologies Oy ("Aiforia" or "the Company") has appointed Swedbank AB (publ) as their lead financial advisor to...

March 15, 2021 | Monday | News
PCR biosystems launch advanced Bst Polymerase reagents

PCR Biosystems, the UK-based specialists in DNA and RNA analysis, have launched a range of IsoFast™ Bst Polym...

March 12, 2021 | Friday | News
PerkinElmer launches comprehensive solutions for detecting SARS-CoV-2 mutations

PerkinElmer, Inc has announced the launch of two Research Use Only (RUO) solutions, PKamp™ VariantDetect&trad...

March 15, 2021 | Monday | News
PerkinElmer acquires Oxford Immunotec to expand its TB test portfolio

PerkinElmer, Inc., a global leader committed to innovating for a healthier world, today announced that the Company has c...

March 10, 2021 | Wednesday | News
FDA authorizes adaptive Biotechnologies T-Detect COVID test

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on March 5th 2021 issued an emergency use authorization (EUA) for the T-Detect COV...

March 8, 2021 | Monday | News
Oxford Immunotec invents Cell-Mediated (T cell) immune response detection kit

Oxford Immunotec Global PLC, a global, high-growth diagnostics company, announced that it has released the T-SPOT.COVID&...

March 5, 2021 | Friday | News
Eisai to support construction of coronavirus screening framework in Kenya

Japanese firm Eisai Co., Ltd. announced that it has decided to assent to and support a project led by CA Medlynks Kenya,...

March 4, 2021 | Thursday | News
CxSYS boosts Malaysian healthcare with innovative EHR solutions

Malaysia-based CxSYS, managed by Starsoft Systems Sdn Bhd, is boosting the country's healthcare by providing innova...

March 4, 2021 | Thursday | News
Seegene's new COVID-19 test can simultaneously recognize 10 virus variants

Seegene, a South Korea based biotechnology company specializing in molecular diagnostics, has finished the development o...

March 3, 2021 | Wednesday | News
PerkinElmer launches highly sensitive PoC antigen test for mass screening

PerkinElmer, Inc, has launched the PerkinElmer® COVID-19 Antigen Test for the qualitative detect...

February 25, 2021 | Thursday | News
WuXi Diagnostics raises $150 M in series B funding

WuXi Diagnostics has announced that it has completed $150 million in series B funding, joined by new investors incl...

February 24, 2021 | Wednesday | News
Canada, UAE firms launch world’s first AI-based rapid COVID-19 antigen test system

Canadian firm Laipac Technology Inc has announced partnership with UAE companies YAS Pharmaceuticals LLC and Pure Health...

February 23, 2021 | Tuesday | News
Agilent unveils immunoassay kit to detect SARS-CoV-2 antibodies

Agilent Technologies Inc. has announced the launch of the Agilent Dako SARS-CoV-2 IgG Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent A...

February 19, 2021 | Friday | News
Yokogawa, Hirotsu Bio Science to widen use of N-NOSE cancer screening test

Japan based Yokogawa Electric Corporation and HIROTSU BIO SCIENCE INC. have announced that they have signed an investmen...

February 18, 2021 | Thursday | News
Study suggests saliva test for COVID-19 as effective as NPS test

A new study shows that the less-invasive saliva test for COVID-19 gives just as accurate results as those of the nasopha...

February 17, 2021 | Wednesday | News
FDA approves Bio-Rad’s multi-target reliance SARS-CoV-2/FluA/FluB RT-PCR assay kits

Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc., a global leader of life science research and clinical diagnostic products has announced that...

February 16, 2021 | Tuesday | News
Indonesia accelerates COVID-19 testing capability using Abbott's device

Abbott's latest introductions in Indonesia include the Panbio™ COVID-19 Ag Rapid Test Device for the det...

February 11, 2021 | Thursday | News
Hong Kong designs Spermine Risk Score for diagnosis of prostate cancer

Researchers from Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) and the Faculty of Medicine at The Chinese Universit...

February 9, 2021 | Tuesday | News
HORIBA acquires MedTest Holdings to expand laboratory chemistry offerings

Japan based HORIBA has announced that it has acquired MedTest Holdings, Inc. The acquisition will combine the compliment...

February 4, 2021 | Thursday | News
Seegene develops world first COVID-19 variant test

South Korea's biotechnology firm Seegene has developed the world's first COVID-19 diagnostic variant test, capable ...

February 1, 2021 | Monday | News
Australia approves Singapore-made RESOLUTE 2.0 COVID-19 Test Kit

Advanced MedTech Holdings (AMTH), a global medical leader headquartered in Singapore and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Te...

January 29, 2021 | Friday | News
Toshiba's microRNA technologies rapidly detect 13 Cancer types from micro blood sample

Advances in treatment, early detection and treatment of cancer greatly improves survival rates of patients. Toshiba'...

January 28, 2021 | Thursday | News
Thailand based startup brings at-home female fertility testing kit

Health startup Yesmom, based in Thailand, has announced the launch of Asia's first at-home blood testing kits ...

January 28, 2021 | Thursday | News
Japan supports precision prediction model for COVID-19 outcomes

BC Platforms, a global leader in clinical and genomic data management, analytics and access, has announced that it has j...

January 28, 2021 | Thursday | News
Achiko completes Ph 1 study of Project Gumnuts for COVID-19 testing

Achiko AG along with Regenacellx.sl, announces the completion of their Phase 1 study, for the group's patent pendin...

January 25, 2021 | Monday | News
Indian researchers create AI model to diagnose malaria

Researchers from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (IIT-B), have announced the development of proteo...

January 25, 2021 | Monday | News
Erba launches advanced SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR assay with RT storage

In response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, on Jan 21, 2021 Erba launched the ErbaMDx SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR Kit for detect...

January 22, 2021 | Friday | News
Korean firm Seegene to advance business in Latin America

South Korea's leading molecular diagnostics firm Seegene Inc. said that it is expanding its business in Latin ...

January 21, 2021 | Thursday | News
Australia develops test to accurately predict mood disorders

Scientists at the University of South Australia (UniSA) have developed the world’s first test to accurately predic...

January 21, 2021 | Thursday | News
Singapore launches multiplex test kit for SARS-CoV-2 and Influenza A & B

To assist in accurate diagnoses, the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH)...

January 20, 2021 | Wednesday | News
EUROIMMUN launches SARS-CoV-2 test system to detect T-cell response

PerkinElmer has announced that its EUROIMMUN business, based in Germany, has launched a SARS-CoV-2 Interf...

January 15, 2021 | Friday | News
PerkinElmer SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR assay receives FDA EUA for asymptomatic testing

PerkinElmer, Inc. announced on Jan 14, 2021 that its PerkinElmer® New Coronavirus Nucleic Acid D...

January 15, 2021 | Friday | News
Chinese firm develops antigen test kit to detect new SARS-COV-2 variant

As the world watches a concerning new strain of SARS-COV-2 first identified in the United Kingdom, one global biote...

January 7, 2021 | Thursday | News
KPower inks $6M deal to supply COVID-19 PCR kits to Indonesian firm

The Board of Directors of KPower have announced that KPower Healthcare & Technologies Sdn. Bhd. (KPHealthTech) in ...

January 6, 2021 | Wednesday | News
UK invents COVID-19 RNA test giving results within minutes

University of Birmingham researchers have invented a COVID-19 test that reduces testing time from 30 minutes to under fi...

January 5, 2021 | Tuesday | News
Fujifilm applies for manufacturing and marketing approval for a SARS-CoV-2antigen test kit

Fujifilm Corporation on 17 Dec 2020 announced that it has filed an application with the Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devi...

January 4, 2021 | Monday | News
Singapore approves INEX Innovate's RT-PCR COVID-19 detection kit

INEX Innovate, a Singapore-based molecular diagnostics developer, has announced that the Singapore Health Sciences ...

December 31, 2020 | Thursday | News
ZEKNANO rapid Covid test kit reveals vaccine efficacy in five minutes

Swiss high-tech company ZENUM has developed one of the most advanced technologies in the fight against Covid-19, and it ...

December 29, 2020 | Tuesday | News
Agilent receives approval for GenetiSure Dx Postnatal Assay in Japan

Agilent Technologies has obtained clearance from the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) in Japan for the Gene...

December 23, 2020 | Wednesday | News

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