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Thursday, October 29, 2026, 1 PM-2 PM ET
Hear an expert discuss the evolving role of PD-L1 testing in HNSCC and ovarian cancer.

Webinar presenter Georgios Deftereos, MD, Professor of Pathology, Associate Director of the Clinical Cancer Genomics Laboratory, Director of Molecular Cytopathology, University of California, San Francisco

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Hear an expert discuss the challenges of detecting NRG1 fusions and how RNA-based testing can support more comprehensive fusion identification in clinical practice.

Webinar presenter Benjamin Weinberg, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine and Attending Physician
specializing in gastrointestinal medical oncology

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Join us for a session to help improve diagnostic accuracy in your practice when scoring HER2 IHC 0 with faint, incomplete membrane staining in ≤10% of tumor cells vs IHC 0 with no membrane staining detected in patients with mBC.

Webinar presenter Jeffrey Gregg, MD, University of Nevada

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Monday, November 16, 2026, 12:30 PM-2 PM ET
Hear experts discuss a multidisciplinary approach to oncopathology for HER2
assessments for solid tumors in the absence of a companion diagnostic.

Webinar presenters Funda Meric-Bernstam, MD, Chair, Department of Investigational Cancer Therapeutics Medical Director, Institute for Personalized Cancer Therapy, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, and Emina E. Torlakovic, MD, PhD, College of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Canadian Biomarker Quality Assurance, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, and Carol Cheung, MD, PhD, JD, FRCPC, Deputy Director, Canadian Biomarker Quality, Assurance—Programme canadien d’assurance de la qualité des biomarqueurs

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Leica rolls out next-gen research stainer

July 26, 2018—Leica Biosystems introduced the Bond Rx next-generation research stainer. The new system offers greater flexibility when optimizing conditions for a variety of test types including immunofluorescence, immunohistochemistry, fluorescence in situ hybridization, tyramide signal amplification, multiplexing, and other emerging tests. Bond Rx allows users to customize dewax options, choose from six probe application and removal protocols, and select the dispense type from three reagent flow options. Reagents are illuminated and provide clear visual alerts, and the version 6.0 software

Elecsys CSF assays get breakthrough approval

July 25, 2018—The Food and Drug Administration granted breakthrough device designation to Roche’s Elecsys ß-Amyloid (1-42) CSF and Elecsys Phospho-Tau (181P) CSF. These in vitro diagnostic immunoassays are for the measurement of the ß-amyloid (1-42) and phospho-tau concentrations in cerebrospinal fluid in adult patients with cognitive impairment who are being evaluated for Alzheimer’s disease or other causes of dementia. Measuring biomarkers with CSF immunoassays, associated with AD pathology, increases certainty of a diagnosis of AD and can help to evaluate

ConfirmMDx for Prostate Cancer gets final LCD

July 23, 2018—MDxHealth announced that Medicare administrative contractor Palmetto GBA has issued a positive final local coverage determination to expand Medicare coverage of the ConfirmMDx for Prostate Cancer test. The final LCD, which expands Medicare coverage to all providers, will be effective Sept. 3. The prior LCD, in 2014, limited coverage to only those providers enrolled in a certification and training registry program. The new LCD removes other conditions to continuing Medicare coverage by deleting references to the Pascual clinical study,

Yervoy OK’d for MSI-H/dMMR mCRC patients

July 13, 2018—The FDA granted accelerated approval to ipilimumab (Yervoy, Bristol-Myers Squibb) for use in combination with nivolumab (Opdivo, BMS) for the treatment of patients 12 years and older with microsatellite instability-high or mismatch repair deficient metastatic colorectal cancer that has progressed following treatment with a fluoropyrimidine, oxaliplatin, and irinotecan.

Bio-Techne buys Exosome Diagnostics

July 2, 2018—Bio-Techne Corp. will acquire Exosome Diagnostics for $250 million in cash plus contingent consideration of up to $325 million due upon the achievement of certain future milestones. The deal is expected to close by early August.

Roche showcases new test options at ASM Microbe

June 8, 2018—Roche will feature at ASM Microbe 2018, in Atlanta, new test options that aim to expand the opportunities for laboratories to automate molecular testing. The company is introducing its CT/NG test for its Cobas 6800 and 8800 systems. The test, which was cleared by the FDA in April, allows laboratories to consolidate STI testing with Roche’s viral load test menu—including HIV, hepatitis B, hepatitis C, and cytomegalovirus—as moderate-complexity tests. Roche has TV/MG (Trichomonas vaginalis and Mycoplasma genitalium), HPV,

FDA clears T2Bacteria Panel

May 30, 2018—The FDA cleared T2 Biosystems’ T2Bacteria Panel for the direct detection of bacterial species in human whole blood specimens from patients with suspected bloodstream infections. The T2Bacteria Panel provides detection of five common sepsis-causing bacterial pathogens directly from a whole blood specimen in approximately five hours. “This was more than 2.5 days faster than blood-culture-dependent tests,” T2 Biosystems said in a press release, as demonstrated in the 1,427 patient trial conducted at 11 hospitals in the U.S. (Nguyen

BioMérieux buys Astute Medical

April 24, 2018—BioMérieux has acquired Astute Medical, developer of the NephroCheck test, for approximately $90 million. NephroCheck is an …

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