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
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
August 2025—Qiagen announced a series of product and partnership updates, including a new set of QIAseq panels for comprehensive genomic profiling, a QIAcuity digital PCR kit and assays for cell and gene therapy quality control, and a free, limited version of the Human Somatic Mutation Database from the Qiagen Digital Insights bioinformatics business.
August 2025—CytoChip showcased its flagship product, CitoCBC, a cartridge-based CBC analyzer, at the Association for Diagnostics and Laboratory Medicine annual meeting, July 27–31, in Chicago. CitoCBC delivers rapid CBC results with a five-part white blood cell differential from a cartridge-based system and requires only monthly quality control.
August 2025—EntroGen announced that its CRCdx RAS mutation detection kit has received national coverage from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. CRCdx is an FDA-approved, real-time PCR-based companion diagnostic for use in identifying patients eligible for treatment with Vectibix (panitumumab), based on the absence of KRAS and NRAS mutations.
August 2025—Revvity announced the launch of its IDS i20 analytical random access platform from Euroimmun, enabling full automation of chemiluminescence immunoassays. The CE-marked and FDA-listed IDS i20 allows users to simultaneously run 20 analytes from six diagnostic specialties on a single device. The specialties include endocrinology, allergy, autoimmune and infectious disease testing, testing for Alzheimer’s disease, and therapeutic drug monitoring. The instrument can process up to 140 tests per hour and features continuous loading of samples and reagents as well as integrated cooling of ready-to-use reagent cartridges. It is for in vitro diagnostic use.
July 2025—StaffReady has released a mobile app for its StaffReady Scheduling. The app is available on Apple and Android devices and offers StaffReady’s Calendar feature for users to easily view a schedule, request PTO, or make detailed shift requests, such as giveaways, trades, or bids. In addition, the company offers a weekly educational newsletter on its new website. It provides content specific to ancillary markets such as laboratories, pharmacies, and physical therapy/rehab departments and focuses on trends that affect workforce management in health care.
July 2025—The Food and Drug Administration has approved the de novo application for Randox Laboratories’ first companion diagnostic, the Randox ConcizuTrace ELISA. The test, developed in collaboration with Novo Nordisk, is intended for the quantitative measurement of concizumab-mtci concentration in human 3.2 percent citrated plasma samples from patients with hemophilia A and B four weeks after the initiation of treatment. The measurement of the concentration is used for dose adjustment decision in accordance with the drug label.
July 2025—Bio-Rad Laboratories will present an array of clinical diagnostic-related offerings at this year’s Association for Diagnostics and Laboratory Medicine Clinical Lab Expo in Chicago, July 27–31. An industry workshop titled “From Waste to Wow: Optimizing Your Quality Control Workflow” is designed to provide attendees with strategies to streamline QC management across multihospital systems for systemwide efficiency, reduce waste streams in clinical chemistry, and recognize patient-based real-time QC to improve lab QC processes.
July 2025—Empire Genomics and BioDot have partnered to launch a line of hematology-focused FISH probe panels and controls. The BDot Probe line is preoptimized, ready to use, and validated for performance on the BioDot CellWriter S platform. The initial release of the panels includes targeted solutions for FISH analysis of a range of hematologic malignancies, including multiple myeloma, myelodysplastic syndromes, chronic myelogenous leukemia, acute myeloid leukemia, acute lymphoblastic leukemia, and other common hematologic disorders.
July 2025—Pillar Biosciences announced it has finalized $34.5 million in funding, which includes a strategic investment from Illumina and structured financing from Soleus Capital, as well as investments from existing investors. The proceeds will be leveraged to advance commercial activities, including infrastructure to support biopharma partnerships, and expand adoption of its distributable clinical testing kits.
July 2025—Agilent Technologies has launched its Agilent InfinityLab Pro iQ series of mass detectors for liquid chromatography. The series includes the InfinityLab Pro iQ and InfinityLab Pro iQ Plus and supports applications such as mass confirmation, impurity profiling, biomolecule characterization, trace contaminant detection, and compound purification. The Pro iQ system, with a mass range of m/z 2–1,600, is optimized for small molecule analysis, while the Pro iQ Plus system is engineered for high-end applications and has a mass range of m/z 2–3,000.
