Streck distribution agreements, 7/17
July 2017—Streck has signed distribution agreements with Anopoli Biomedical Systems, an Austrian distributor of life sciences, molecular diagnostics, and microarray products, and with Ngaio Diagnostics,
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Myriad launches EndoPredict, 7/17
July 2017—Myriad Genetics has launched the EndoPredict test in the U.S. for patients with ER+ HER2- early stage breast cancer. EndoPredict is a second-generation test for assessing the 10-year risk of disease recurrence following surgery and for determining which patients can safely forgo adjuvant chemotherapy.
Randox QC centralized platform, 7/17
July 2017—Randox Quality Control launched a centralized platform for the management of daily quality control activities
FDA 510(k) clearance for BD FACSVia, 7/17
July 2017—Becton Dickinson received 510(k) clearance from the FDA for its BD FACSVia, a flow cytometer system with a leucocount reagent assay used in residual white blood cell enumeration.
Siemens, Relaymed deal, 7/17
July 2017—Siemens Healthineers announced a strategic alliance with Relaymed to bring customers secure, cloud-based connectivity for Siemens DCA Vantage analyzer and Clinitek Status point-of-care instruments.
QC product for blood bank testing, 7/17
July 2017—Hemo Bioscience announced its MQC-CAT—a ready-to-use quality control product for manual column agglutination technology blood bank testing methods—has received FDA 510(k) clearance.
Helomics, MDNA launch prostate test, 7/17
July 2017—Helomics and MDNA Life Sciences announced the commercial launch of MDNA’s liquid biopsy Prostate Mitomic Test in select U.S. markets. The proprietary test, which utilizes MDNA’s Mitomic Technology platform, uses the unique biological characteristics of mitochondrial DNA and is available in the clinical laboratories of Helomics.
ClearLight, Indiana University collaboration, 7/17
July 2017—ClearLight Diagnostics has signed a collaboration agreement with the Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Cancer Center to study the tumor microenvironment in patients with breast cancer.
Quest acquires two Texas labs, 7/17
July 2017—Quest Diagnostics has signed definitive agreements to acquire Med Fusion and Clear Point, both based in Lewisville, Tex., with the aim to establish a center of excellence providing diagnostic services to aid the detection and management of cancer for oncologists and patients nationwide. Baylor Scott & White Health; the US Oncology Network (the Network), supported by McKesson Specialty Health; Texas Oncology; and Pathologists Bio-Medical Laboratories are co-owners of one or both businesses.
Distribution partnership for SpeeDx, Cepheid, 7/17
July 2017—SpeeDx announced an agreement with Cepheid for distribution of its PlexPCR and ResistancePlus molecular diagnostic products in key markets throughout Europe. The agreement, covering Germany, France, Italy, and the U.K., will increase coverage for the ResistancePlus MG test, a CE-IVD test for the sexually transmitted infection Mycoplasma genitalium that combines detection with testing for azithromycin resistance.