Werfen companies now under one name, brand
August 2021—Werfen announced that its companies, including Instrumentation Laboratory, Inova Diagnostics, and Biokit, are uniting under one name and one brand—Werfen—and a new corporate logo.
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Tuesday, November 10, 2026, 1:00 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 Samuel Caughron, MD, FCAP, Chief Strategy Officer, MAWD Pathology, Medical Director of Laboratory, AdventHealth Kansas City, Medical Director of Laboratory, Labcorp, President, Member & Director, Pathology Ventures, LLC
CAP TODAY does not endorse any of the products or services named within. This program is intended for US healthcare professionals. This program is being sponsored by 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
Wednesday, November 18, 2026, 12:00 PM-1 PM ET
Join leading pathology experts, Savitri Krishnamurthy, MD, and Marilyn Bui, MD, PhD, for a webinar exploring potential challenges in HER2 IHC testing for breast cancer, emerging evidence supporting digital and computational pathology as assistive tools for pathologists in HER2 IHC assessment, and practical considerations for real-world implementation and adoption.
Webinar presenters Savitri Krishnamurthy, MD, Professor of Pathology, Department of Anatomical Pathology The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, and Marilyn Bui, MD, PhD, Surgical Pathologist and Cytopathologist Member and Professor, Departments of Pathology, Machine Learning, and Translational Pathology, Scientific Director, Analytic Microscopy Core Chair, Women in Oncology Executive Board Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, Florida
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 speakers are being compensated for their presentations. The program is not CME accredited and may not be used for CME credit.
Moderated by: Bob McGonnagle, Publisher, CAP TODAY
Wednesday, December 9, 2026, 12 PM-1 PM ET
Hear an expert pathologist discuss the role of HER2 IHC testing and scoring in solid tumors including endometrial, ovarian, cervical, bladder, non-small cell lung, colorectal, and biliary cancers
Webinar presenter Michelle Shiller, DO, MSPT, Baylor Sammons Cancer Center; Fulgent Genetics; Texas Cancer Interception Institute
CAP TODAY does not endorse any of the products or services named within. This program is intended for US healthcare professionals. This program is being sponsored by 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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Qiagen launches CE-marked Artus Prep&Amp
August 2021—Qiagen launched its Artus SARS-CoV-2 Prep&Amp UM Kit, which integrates a liquid-based sample preparation technology for COVID-19 testing that takes two minutes or less with the provided real-time PCR assay. The kit uses common transport media as the starting material and provides all reagents required for sample to result on suspected SARS-CoV-2 patient samples. The workflow can support up to 672 samples per cycler in an eight-hour shift.
FDA clears GSD’s B. burgdorferi VlsE-OspC IgG/IgM assay
August 2021—Gold Standard Diagnostics announced the availability of its FDA-cleared B. burgdorferi VlsE-OspC IgG/IgM recombinant ELISA screen. The OspC antigen is highly specific for the detection of IgM antibodies and produces a superior first-tier screen, the company says, when used in combination with the recombinant VlsE. True Lyme-negative samples are eliminated prior to second-tier testing.
Sarstedt BL 1200 Sort Connect
August 2021—Sarstedt introduced its BL 1200 Sort Connect, a preanalytical accessioning and sorting instrument that can be connected to integrated systems or analyzer lines. The unit features a bulk loader that requires no sorting or handling. Multiple tube sizes are accepted and barcodes are identified via the ID module.
Bruker launches products for MALDI Biotyper
August 2021—Bruker launched, at the 31st European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, products and methods for its MALDI Biotyper platform.
LGC SeraCare blood TMB reference standards
August 2021—LGC SeraCare released two new blood tumor mutational burden reference standards, Seraseq Blood TMB Score 7 and Seraseq Blood TMB Score 26. The products complement the company’s Seraseq I-O portfolio of tissue-derived Seraseq gDNA TMB Score 7 and Score 26 and Seraseq FFPE TMB Score 7 and Score 26 products.
Reference materials for bilirubin, cholesterol, uric acid
August 2021—Verichem Laboratories offers liquid-stable, protein-based clinical reference materials for total and direct bilirubin assays. The Bilirubin Standard Kit, Tru-Zero Bilirubin Standard, and extended-range Level F Bilirubin Standard are intended for CLIA calibration verification with wet chemistry testing systems. Verichem’s BR2 Bilirubin Calibrator is available for use exclusively with the BR2 Bilirubin Stat Analyzer from Advanced Instruments.
Bio-Rad launches InteliQ Diabetes Control
July 2021—Bio-Rad Laboratories launched its InteliQ Diabetes Control, the 10th product offered in the InteliQ format. The InteliQ Diabetes Control includes three distinct levels that aim to address HbA1c precision monitoring needs of a wide range of test methods. InteliQ quality controls are designed to empower labs to automate their QC workflow with load-and-go efficiency, and users have access to the Unity data management program.
Roche launches Elecsys Epstein-Barr virus immunoassay panel
July 2021—Roche’s Elecsys EBV panel has launched in countries accepting the CE mark. The panel consists of the Elecsys EBV IgM, EBV VCA IgG, and EBV EBNA IgG immunoassays and detects antibodies specific to the Epstein-Barr virus at different stages of infection.
Qiagen, Inovio to develop NGS CDx
July 2021—Qiagen and Inovio Pharmaceuticals announced an extension of their partnership with a new agreement to develop liquid-biopsy–based companion diagnostic products based on next-generation sequencing technology to complement Inovio’s therapies.