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Cepheid's Carba-R Assay Gets Expanded FDA Approval

The test was previously approved to detect and differentiate carbapenemase genes from bacterial isolates, and now has an expanded claim for testing directly from rectal swabs.

Great Basin Secures $75M Funding Commitment in Senior Convertible Notes

With the exception of $6 million available to the company immediately, the remainder will be distributed over 15 months beginning in February 2017.

SpeeDx Receives CE-IVD Mark for Assay to Distinguish HSV-1&2 and VZV

The multiplex qPCR test can detect and discriminate herpes simplex virus 1 and 2 as well as varicella zoster virus, which can be mistaken for HSV in a proportion of cases.

BioFire Diagnostics' Meningitis, Encephalitis Panel Evaluated Favorably in Multi-Center Study

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The study involved 11 sites and 1,560 prospectively collected patient samples and demonstrated high overall positive and negative percent agreement with comparator assays.

Great Basin STEC Test Garners CE Mark

The previously FDA-approved test uses PCR to detect Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli and serotype O157 directly from patient specimens.

New Products

BioGenex Xmatrix Mini

Empirical Bioscience RTScript

Bioline MyTaq Plant-PCR Kit

ArcherDX's FusionPlex Blood Cancer Panels

New England Biolabs' NEBNext Direct Cancer HotSpot Panel

Bio Rad's Droplet Digital PCR Multiplex Mutation Screening Kits

IP Updates

US Patent No. 99,376,718

Method and apparatus for generating thermal melting curves in a microfluidic device

US Patent No. 9,376,713

Label free detection of nucleic acid amplification.

US Patent No. 9,373,486

Species detection using mass spectrometry

US Patent No. 9,372,186

Minimally-invasive measurement of esophageal inflammation

US Patent No. 9,372,133

Microchemical chip, producing method thereof and method for using the microchemical chip

US Patent No. 9,371,558

Compositions and method for measuring and calibrating amplification bias in multiplexed PCR reactions

Jun 28, 2016

Australian Cancer Center Accredited for ddPCR, Methylation Testing

Jun 27, 2016

Maximum-Depth Sequencing Detects Extremely Rare Variants, Has Potential Clinical Applications

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Jun 24, 2016

Sygnis Bolsters Product Pipeline With Development of Liquid Biopsy Assay

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Jun 24, 2016

Oxford Immunotec to Acquire Imugen for $22.2M, Enter Tick-Borne Disease Market

Jun 23, 2016

Great Basin Launches Enhanced MDx Platform; Assays Favorably Evaluated at ASM

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Jun 23, 2016

Isogen to Distribute Mobidiag's Amplidiag MDx Products

Jun 21, 2016

Hologic's Zika Tests Further Firm's Reach in Women's Health, Blood Screening Markets

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Jun 20, 2016

Hologic Zika Tests Receive EUA, IND From FDA

Jun 17, 2016

Roche Blood Screening Test Helps CDC Show Zika Infections Increasing in Puerto Rico

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Jun 16, 2016

HIV Tests From Alere, Cepheid Get WHO Prequalification, Unlocking New Markets

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Jun 16, 2016

Qiagen to Launch Cervical Cancer MDx Test to Complement HPV Test

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Jun 16, 2016

BD, Check-Points Ink Agreement to Develop PCR Kit for Carbapenem-Resistant Organisms

Jun 15, 2016

FDA Clears Meridian Bioscience's Updated Mycoplasma Pneumoniae Test

Jun 15, 2016

MDxHealth Grants Worldwide License to Qiagen for Methylation Technology

Jun 14, 2016

Alere Point-of-Care HIV Viral Load Test Shows Promise, Shortcomings in Mozambique Study

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Jun 14, 2016

SpeeDx Opens European Offices to Launch HSV, Antibiotic Resistant Mycoplasma Genitalium Tests

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Jun 13, 2016

Raymond James Upgrades Quidel to Outperform

Jun 10, 2016

Refined Deep Sequencing Technique Enables Profiling of Small RNAs in Mouse Embryos

Jun 10, 2016

Swedish Firm Developing DNA Sequencing-Based Diagnostics Using Proprietary Sample Prep Technology

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Jun 09, 2016

Luminex Sees Revenue Growth at High End of Guidance; Provides Update on Nanosphere Deal