Tuesday, June 9, 2026, 1:00–2:00 PM ET
In this webinar, we will examine how immune recognition after allogeneic HCT can influence leukemia relapse and disease progression. The session will highlight the clinical relevance of HLA loss of heterozygosity (LOH), approaches used for its detection, and how LOH findings may support transplant strategies, including considerations for donor selection in subsequent transplantation.
Webinar presenter Alberto Cardoso Martins Lima, PhD, Clinical consulting scientist in histocompatibility,
specializing in allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) at IGEN/AFIP São Paulo and CHC/UFPR in Curitiba, Brazil
Moderated by: Bob McGonnagle, Publisher, CAP TODAY
Wednesday, June 24, 2026, 12:00–1:00 PM ET
Hear an expert discuss the expanded clinical utility of HER2 IHC scoring in metastatic breast cancer and its impact on your practice
Webinar presenter Michelle Shiller, DO, AP, CP, MGP, FACP, Baylor University Medical Center.
Moderated by: Bob McGonnagle, Publisher, CAP TODAY
Wednesday, July 15, 2026, 1:00-2:00 PM ET
Hear an expert discuss how to integrate Kappa and Lambda in situ hybridization testing into your standard hematopathology workflow to accurately assess B-cell and plasma cell clonality. You will also gain the skills to recognize testing pitfalls in challenging reactive versus neoplastic proliferations and apply ancillary tools to resolve complex cases.
Webinar presenter Xiaojun Wu, MD, PhD, Assistant professor, Director of Hematopathology Section at NCR of Johns Hopkins Medicine Department of Pathology, SOM at Johns Hopkins University
Moderated by: Bob McGonnagle, Publisher, CAP TODAY
May 2024—Bio-Rad Laboratories has launched its Unity Next Peer QC data management software in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. The software is designed to help troubleshoot quality control failures and increase confidence in patient testing results and offers on-demand access to peer reporting and quality control data. Labs new to Bio-Rad’s suite of QC data management products can get guided support and training from the company.
May 2024—Sysmex America announced it will sell hemostasis instruments and reagents to laboratories in the United States under the company’s mutual original equipment manufacturer agreement with Siemens Healthineers. The agreement allows the companies to distribute hemostasis instruments provided by Sysmex and reagents provided by Siemens under their respective brands.
May 2024—Scopio Labs announced it has been granted de novo clearance by the FDA for its Full-Field Bone Marrow Aspirate application for use on the company’s X100 and X100HT platforms. The application is designed to assist users in streamlining bone marrow aspirate review and reporting. It automates the detection and visualization of hematopoietic cells in stained smears, facilitating evaluations such as bone marrow smear quality assessment, blast cell and plasma cell estimation, and calculation of the myeloid to erythroid ratio.
May 2024—Verichem Laboratories has upgraded its Web-based, CLIA-compliant data reduction and test reporting software. The new version allows customers to save reports on the company’s server for future editing and edit previous submissions for up to three days after the initial submission. Previous submissions are autosaved so users can edit data without rekeying or reentering any other component information. The software is available to customers at no cost.
April 2024—Diasorin announced FDA 510(k) clearance for its Liaison Plex platform and Flex respiratory assay. The fully automated, sample-to-answer system uses room-temperature–stable consumables and has a hands-on time of two minutes per sample. Results are available in less than two hours. Diasorin says Flex testing allows users to generate and pay for a subset of specific results based on a patient’s clinical picture.
April 2024—Roche announced FDA approval of the Cobas Malaria test, a qualitative in vitro nucleic acid screening test for the direct detection of Plasmodium RNA and DNA in whole blood samples from individual human donors. The test can be performed with other routine blood donor screening tests and is designed for use on the Cobas 6800/8800 systems in the United States.
April 2024—BioMérieux has received FDA 510(k) clearance and CLIA waiver approval for the BioFire SpotFire Respiratory/Sore Throat (R/ST) panel. The multiplex PCR test is for the detection and identification of nucleic acids from up to 15 of the most common bacteria, viruses, and viral subtypes responsible for respiratory or sore throat infections. Samples can be taken from a nasopharyngeal swab when a respiratory tract infection is suspected or from a throat swab in case of a pharyngitis syndrome. Results are available in about 15 minutes on the BioFire SpotFire system.
April 2024—Verichem Laboratories offers a multilevel set of clinical reference materials intended for the calibration verification of clinical systems testing for total protein and albumin in urine and cerebrospinal fluid samples. The liquid-stable and ready-to-use materials are suitable for use with turbidimetric and colorimetric test methods and incorporate human protein components.
April 2024—Bayer and Thermo Fisher Scientific announced that they will develop next-generation sequencing–based companion diagnostic assays to help identify patients who may benefit from Bayer’s precision cancer therapies. The assays will be developed using Thermo Fisher’s Oncomine Dx Express test on the Ion Torrent Genexus Dx system. The Genexus Dx instrument and Oncomine Dx Express test are CE-IVD marked and only available in countries that accept the CE mark.
April 2024—Technoclone and its distributor in the United States, DiaPharma Group, announced that the FDA has granted de novo classification for the Technozym ADAMTS13 Activity ELISA. The assay is intended for the qualitative determination of ADAMTS13 activity in platelet poor human citrated plasma and indicated for use in conjunction with other clinical and laboratory findings as an aid in diagnosing thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura in adult and pediatric patients being evaluated for thrombotic microangiopathy.
