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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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January 2021—TechLab has partnered with New River Valley COVID-19 Task Force to expand future COVID-19 testing capacity. Under the agreement, the New River Health District, headquartered in Christianburg, Va., secures access to TechLab’s analyte-specific reagents for SARS-CoV-2 for $7 to $9 per use.

CDx to identify NTRK fusions in solid tumors approved

January 2021—The Food and Drug Administration approved the next -generation sequencing­­­–based FoundationOne CDx test (Foundation Medicine) as a companion diagnostic to identify fusions in neurotrophic receptor tyrosine kinase genes NTRK1, NTRK2, and NTRK3 in DNA isolated from tumor tissue specimens from patients with solid tumors eligible for treatment with larotrectinib (Vitrakvi, Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals).

Bio-Rad SARS-CoV-2, flu, RSV run controls

January 2021—Bio-Rad Laboratories launched its SARS-CoV-2, Flu, RSV positive and negative run controls. The products enable laboratories to evaluate day-to-day and lot-to-lot variation of their multiplexed molecular assay and test for operator proficiency.

Verichem Labs reference materials

December 2020—Protein-based, ready-to-use liquid Matrix Plus Cholesterol Reference kits are available from Verichem Laboratories. The kits are designed to support overall system quality control and CLIA compliance and are for the calibration or calibration verification of cholesterol and uric acid wet assays on clinical testing systems. The materials contain esterified and free cholesterol from bovine serum. The standard kit with the sixth level F covers 12 concentration points; cholesterol concentrations range from 40 to 750 mg/dL and uric acid concentrations from 2 to 30 mg/dL. Active components are verified using standard reference materials from the National Institute of Standards and Technology. Shelf life is 21 months from the date of manufacture. Ready-to-use, liquid Total Protein and Albumin reference materials are also available. The combined Total Protein/Albumin Standard kit, along with the optional standalone Total Protein/Albumin Standard level F, are designed for the calibration and calibration verification of albumin and total protein assays on a wide number of clinical testing systems. The standards are prepared with human serum albumin and gamma-globulin serum proteins in a saline-based solution. Shelf life is 24 months from the manufacturing date.

FDA approves Gavreto for metastatic RET fusion-positive NSCLC

December 2020—Roche announced FDA approval of Gavreto (pralsetinib) for the treatment of adults with metastatic rearranged during transfection fusion–positive non-small cell lung cancer as detected by an FDA-approved test. Gavreto is a once-daily, oral precision therapy designed to selectively target RET alterations, including fusions and mutations.

FDA approves first treatment for COVID-19

December 2020—The FDA approved Gilead Sciences’ antiviral drug Veklury (remdesivir) for use in adult and pediatric patients 12 years of age and older and weighing at least 40 kilograms (about 88 pounds) for the treatment of COVID-19 requiring hospitalization. Veklury should be administered only in a hospital or health care setting capable of providing acute care comparable to inpatient hospital care. Veklury is the first treatment for COVID-19 to receive FDA approval.

COVID-19, flu, RSV test available from ARUP

December 2020—ARUP Laboratories announced the availability of a combined test to detect and differentiate COVID-19, influenza, and/or respiratory syncytial virus in individuals with respiratory symptoms consistent with COVID-19. The test can be performed on specimens collected using a deep nasal swab or on specimens collected from the back of the throat and the front of both nostrils.

Siemens, Novartis to develop assays

December 2020—Siemens Healthineers announced a master collaboration agreement with Novartis Pharma to design, develop, and commercialize diagnostic tests for therapeutic products across Novartis’ therapeutic pipeline. The initial program will focus on developing a serum neurofilament light chain immunoassay for patients with multiple sclerosis and other neurological diseases.