Streck launches Liquid Biopsy Accelerator Grant
July 11, 2025—Streck has launched its inaugural Liquid Biopsy Accelerator Grant aimed to support innovative research in blood-based early cancer detection and other noninvasive diagnostic strategies.
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StaffReady launches mobile app, website
July 2025—StaffReady has released a mobile app for its StaffReady Scheduling. The app is available on Apple and Android devices and offers StaffReady’s Calendar feature for users to easily view a schedule, request PTO, or make detailed shift requests, such as giveaways, trades, or bids. In addition, the company offers a weekly educational newsletter on its new website. It provides content specific to ancillary markets such as laboratories, pharmacies, and physical therapy/rehab departments and focuses on trends that affect workforce management in health care.
FDA approves Randox ConcizuTrace ELISA CDx
July 2025—The Food and Drug Administration has approved the de novo application for Randox Laboratories’ first companion diagnostic, the Randox ConcizuTrace ELISA. The test, developed in collaboration with Novo Nordisk, is intended for the quantitative measurement of concizumab-mtci concentration in human 3.2 percent citrated plasma samples from patients with hemophilia A and B four weeks after the initiation of treatment. The measurement of the concentration is used for dose adjustment decision in accordance with the drug label.
Bio-Rad presents workshops, demos at ADLM 2025
July 2025—Bio-Rad Laboratories will present an array of clinical diagnostic-related offerings at this year’s Association for Diagnostics and Laboratory Medicine Clinical Lab Expo in Chicago, July 27–31. An industry workshop titled “From Waste to Wow: Optimizing Your Quality Control Workflow” is designed to provide attendees with strategies to streamline QC management across multihospital systems for systemwide efficiency, reduce waste streams in clinical chemistry, and recognize patient-based real-time QC to improve lab QC processes.
Techcyte launches wet mount iodine solution
July 2025—Techcyte announced the launch of its wet mount iodine solution for research use only in the United States. The AI-assisted screening tool is designed to help users locate, count, and preclassify parasites from iodine-stained fecal slides. The solution is part of Techcyte’s Fusion parasitology suite, which includes the company’s trichrome and modified acid fast solutions.
FDA clears Sysmex CN-6000 automated blood coag analyzer
July 2025—Sysmex America has received FDA clearance for its CN-6000 automated blood coagulation analyzer. The clearance also covers reagent products for prothrombin time seconds and PT INR (Dade Innovin), activated partial thromboplastin time (Dade Actin FSL), fibrinogen (Dade thrombin reagent), antithrombin (Innovance antithrombin), and D-dimer (Innovance D-dimer). Sysmex has also received Health Canada license for the CN-6000 as well as its CN-3000 automated blood coagulation analyzer.
BioMérieux acquires Day Zero Diagnostics
July 2025—BioMérieux has agreed to acquire Day Zero Diagnostics, an infectious disease diagnostics company, with the aim of enhancing BioMérieux’s capabilities in next-generation sequencing and rapid diagnostics. Day Zero Diagnostics, based in Watertown, Mass., has developed technologies that integrate direct from whole blood sample preparation, sequencing, and advanced infectious disease and antimicrobial susceptibility testing analytics. The sequencing-based rapid diagnostic in development can identify the species and antibiotic resistance profile of a bacterial pathogen within hours.
Qiagen plans launch of three sample prep instruments
July 2025—Qiagen plans to launch three sample preparation instruments this year and next to expand its portfolio for automated sample preparation. QIAsymphony Connect, the next generation of the QIAsymphony, is progressing toward a phased launch to selected customers this year. The system, for in vitro diagnostic use, addresses pathogen nucleic acid extraction and other applications and can process up to 96 samples at a time. It features improved automation capabilities for sample tracking and new applications, higher yield for increase in assay sensitivity, and digital connectivity.
Study validates Ibex Breast solution
July 2025—Ibex Medical Analytics reports that a study conducted at Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center confirms that Ibex Breast, an AI-powered diagnostic support solution, significantly improves accuracy and efficiency in evaluating breast pathology cases (Tahir M, et al. Clin Breast Cancer. Published online March 26, 2025). The study analyzed 104 real-world breast biopsies, including invasive and microinvasive carcinomas, ductal carcinoma in situ, atypical lobular hyperplasia, and other benign lesions. Three breast pathologists independently reviewed each case digitally, with and without the support of Ibex Breast. Results demonstrated that when using AI, diagnostic accuracy improved from 97.1 percent to 100 percent, with previously missed precancerous lesions, such as lobular neoplasia and microcalcifications, correctly identified.
BD launches FacsDiscover A8 cell analyzer
July 2025—BD announced the worldwide commercial launch of its FacsDiscover A8 cell analyzer. It features BD SpectralFX technology, which maximizes the number of colors that can be used in flow cytometry; BD CellView image technology, which enables high-speed fluorescent and label-free imaging of single cells; and intuitive software workflows that allow for effective management of large data sets. The analyzer pairs with BD FacsDiscover cell sorters and BD reagents.