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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

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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Inova announces FDA 510(k) clearance for Aptiva

September 2021—Inova Diagnostics announced FDA 510(k) clearance of its Aptiva system and Aptiva Celiac Disease IgA assay. Aptiva is a fully automated digital multianalyte system for the clinical laboratory. Aptiva received the CE mark in August 2020.

FDA approves pembrolizumab plus lenvatinib

September 2021—The Food and Drug Administration approved pembrolizumab (Keytruda, Merck) in combination with lenvatinib (Lenvima, Eisai) for patients with advanced endometrial carcinoma that is not microsatellite instability-high or mismatch repair deficient who have disease progression following prior systemic therapy in any setting and are not candidates for curative surgery or radiation.

Immunovia pancreatic cancer test gets CLIA approval

September 2021—Immunovia has received approval to begin patient testing for the IMMray PanCan-d blood test for the early detection of pancreatic cancer. Approval was received Aug. 3 from the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, and the company received its CLIA Certificate of Registration on June 21.

Sarstedt lithium heparin gel tubes

September 2021—Sarstedt introduced S-Monovette Lithium-Heparin Gel blood collection tubes, which feature a polymer-based gel layer with improved rheological properties to reduce centrifugation time. Tubes can be centrifuged in as few as four minutes to yield properly separated and stable plasma ready for immediate testing, the company says. The tubes are offered in three volume and size options: 2.7 mL (13 × 75 mm), 4 mL (13 × 75 mm), and 4.9 mL (13 × 90 mm).

FDA approves avapritinib for advanced systemic mastocytosis

September 2021—Blueprint Medicines announced that the FDA approved Ayvakit (avapritinib) for the treatment of adult patients with advanced systemic mastocytosis, including aggressive systemic mastocytosis, systemic mastocytosis with an associated hematological neoplasm, and mast cell leukemia. Advanced systemic mastocytosis patients can now receive a targeted therapy designed to potently and selectively inhibit D816V mutant KIT.

Cobas SARS-CoV-2 Test authorized for asymptomatic people

August 2021—Roche’s Cobas SARS-CoV-2 has received FDA emergency use authorization for testing individuals without symptoms or reasons to suspect COVID-19. This authorization supports the guidance update from the CDC to expand SARS-CoV-2 testing to include people without symptoms and applies to pooled samples containing up to and including six individual samples. Asymptomatic testing with the Cobas SARS-CoV-2 test is also available in countries accepting the CE mark.

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.

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.