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Tuesday, October 20, 2026, 11 AM-12 PM ET
Hear experts review the biological and clinical significance of the HER2 expression continuum in breast tissue, providing a clearer understanding of how these variations might impact diagnosis, and discuss the emerging importance of documenting HER2-low and HER2-ultralow categories using a validated IHC assay.

Webinar presenters Keith Wharton, MD, PhD, Global Medical Affairs Leader–Pathology, Roche Diagnostics Solutions, and Hannah Y. Wen, MD, PhD, Director, Breast Pathology Fellowship, Associate Team Leader, Breast Pathology Team, Attending Pathologist, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

CAP TODAY does not endorse any of the products or services named within. The webinar is made possible by a special educational grant from Roche.

Moderated by: Bob McGonnagle, Publisher, CAP TODAY

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

CAP TODAY does not endorse any of the products or services named within. The webinar is made possible by a special educational grant from Agilent.

Moderated by: Bob McGonnagle, Publisher, CAP TODAY

Tuesday, November 3, 2026, 1 PM-2 PM ET
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

CAP TODAY does not endorse any of the products or services named within. The webinar is made possible by a special educational grant from Diaceutics.

Moderated by: Bob McGonnagle, Publisher, CAP TODAY

Tuesday, November 10, 2026, 1 PM-2 PM ET
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

CAP TODAY does not endorse any of the products or services named within. This program is being sponsored by Daiichi Sankyo, Inc. and AstraZeneca. The speaker is being compensated for the presentation. The program is not CME accredited and may not be used for CME accreditation.

Moderated by: Bob McGonnagle, Publisher, CAP TODAY

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

CAP TODAY does not endorse any of the products or services named within. This program is being sponsored by Daiichi Sankyo, Inc. and AstraZeneca. The speaker is being compensated for the presentation. The program is not CME accredited and may not be used for CME accreditation.

Moderated by: Bob McGonnagle, Publisher, CAP TODAY

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Tempus gets FDA approval for xT CDx

May 2023—Tempus announced that the FDA has approved the company’s premarket approval application for its companion diagnostic test, xT CDx, to identify patients who may benefit from treatment with the targeted therapies listed in the product’s indications for use. It is a qualitative next-generation sequencing–based in vitro diagnostic device for use in the detection of single nucleotide variants, multi-nucleotide variants, and insertion and deletion alterations in 648 genes and includes the evaluation of microsatellite instability.

Verichem calibration verifiers, reference materials

May 2023—Verichem Laboratories now offers multilevel calibration verification materials for amylase and lipase activity as part of its liquid-stable, ready-to-use Enzyme ER Verifier kit. The product is for use on automated chemistry systems and has a shelf life of 18 months. The kit contains one 5-mL dropper vial for each of the six levels.

Quest to acquire Haystack Oncology

May 2023—Quest Diagnostics and Haystack Oncology, an early-stage oncology company focused on minimal residual disease testing, announced on April 27 a definitive agreement for Quest to acquire Haystack in an all-cash equity transaction.

Illumina launches Connected Insights software

May 2023—Illumina announced the release of Connected Insights, a cloud-based software for tertiary analysis of clinical next-generation sequencing data. The software enables labs to connect to a network of more than 45 third-party knowledge sources that provide digital directories for precision oncology, illustrating connections between cancer variants and therapies, citing evidence, and aiding analysis of complex cancer genomic profiles. It can also link users to regional guidelines, clinical trial databases, drug labels, and a private collection of data from previous cases within a customer’s laboratory. As the use of clinical NGS testing grows, Illumina says it will expand the software’s capabilities across other disease areas.

 

QuidelOrtho gets de novo authorization for Sofia 2 SARS Antigen+ FIA

May 2023—QuidelOrtho Corp. has been granted a de novo request from the FDA for its new Sofia 2 SARS Antigen+ FIA, a lateral flow immunofluorescent assay that is used with the Sofia 2 fluorescent immunoassay analyzer. It is intended for the qualitative detection of the nucleocapsid protein antigen of SARS-CoV-2 in direct anterior nasal swab specimens from people with signs and symptoms of upper respiratory infection when serial testing is started within six days of symptom onset. The Sofia 2 analyzer provides a result in 10 minutes.

FDA expands approval for Ventana PD-L1 assay

May 2023—Roche announced FDA approval of the Ventana PD-L1 (SP263) assay as a companion diagnostic to identify patients with locally advanced and metastatic non-small cell lung cancer eligible for treatment with Libtayo (cemiplimab-rwlc), a PD-1 inhibitor therapy developed by Regeneron. Libtayo’s approval is based on results of the phase three EMPOWER-Lung 1 study. The Opti­View DAB IHC detection kit is used for staining on a BenchMark Ultra instrument.

Maine Molecular releases SpotFire RSP controls

May 2023—Maine Molecular Quality Controls has released SpotFire RSP positive and RSP negative controls. The quality controls are for use in monitoring the performance of in vitro laboratory nucleic acid testing for the qualitative detection of Bordetella parapertussis, Bordetella pertussis, Chlamydia pneumoniae, Mycoplasma pneumoniae, adenovirus, seasonal coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, human metapneumovirus, human rhinovirus/enterovirus, influenza A subtypes H1-2009 and H3, influenza B, parainfluenza virus, and RSV.

Tissue‑Tek block filing cabinet

May 2023—Sakura Finetek has launched its Tissue‑Tek Block Filing Cabinet 2400, which has six drawers and a capacity of 2,400 paraffin-embedded tissue blocks.

Laboratory billing services provider

April 2023—Laboratory Billings is a revenue cycle management firm that aims to help laboratories achieve a higher first-pass claims rate and reduce accounts receivable. The company offers medical billing services to clinical and reference laboratories and shares real-time analytics about the revenue cycle. “We help laboratories become financially resilient and reduce the complexities in the administrative workflows,” according to a company statement. “Our billing and coding experts possess in-depth understanding of the revenue cycle management.” More information about the company is available at https://laboratorybillings.com.