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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

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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

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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

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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

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Product Spotlight

Abbott

Alinity h-series

Company

Abbott

Name of analyzer

Alinity h-series

Contact

Maria Chavez  

Email

maria.chavez@abbott.com

City, State

Lake Forest, IL

Phone

800-323-9100  

Website

http://www.corelaboratory.abbott

Analyzer application

diagnostic and research use

Dimensions of analyzer (H × W × D)/Analyzer footprint 

59 × 24 × 36 in./—

Country where analyzer was designed/Manufactured 

U.S./Singapore

First year analyzer was sold in U.S./Approximate No. of units installed in U.S. (based on August 2026 survey deadline) 

2023/25

First year analyzer sold outside U.S./Approximate No. of units installed outside U.S. (based on August 2026 survey deadline) 

2017/975

Foreign locations where company markets analyzer

Brazil, Canada, Italy, Japan, Saudi Arabia, Spain, U.K., Vietnam, more (installed in the aforementioned countries)

Human languages (other than English) supported by analyzer 

Brazilian Portuguese, French, German, Italian, more

Analyzer list price

— 

• Analyzer acquisition options

purchase, trade in, lease, reagent rental agreement

Training included with purchase/Total time for basic training per operator

yes/21 hours (at customer site or vendor office [user's choice])

• Follow-up training available

yes (extra charge)

Parameters that analyzer tests and reports

%&# eosinophils, %&# immature granulocytes, %&# lymphocytes, %&# monocytes, %&# neutrophils, %&# basophils, %&# reticulocyte count, Hb, Hct, MCH, more

Types of testing FDA cleared or approved for analyzer

—

Types of body fluids FDA cleared or approved for analysis on analyzer

—

Analytical measurement range for body fluid

—

Precision for body fluid

—

Accuracy for body fluid

—

Automated differential performed for body fluids

—

Tests available for research use only

WBC viability fraction, % microcytic RBCs, % macrocytic RBCs, % hypochromic RBCs, % hyperchromic RBCs, more

Differential methods used

advanced MAPSS technology

Analytical measurement range: • WBC count/RBC count

WBC: 0.04–447.00 × 103 cells/µL/RBC: 0.01–8.08 × 106 cells/µL

Precision: • WBC count/RBC count

WBC: ≤3.5% CV @ >4.0 × 103 cells/µL/RBC: ≤1.5% CV @ >4.00 × 106 cells/µL

Accuracy: • WBC count/RBC count

—

Interfering substances: • WBC/RBC

cryoglobulin, cryofibrinogen, fragile WBCs, nonviable WBCs, neutrophil aggregates, hemoglobin C crystals, NRBCs, platelet clumps or aggregates/RBC autoagglutinins, cold agglutinins, giant platelets, RBC fragments

• Hemoglobin/Platelets

hemoglobin C crystals/RBC autoagglutinins, cold agglutinins, cryoglobulin, cryofibrinogen, giant platelets, platelet clumps or aggregates, platelet satellitism, RBC fragments, more

• Hematocrit/Reticulocytes

RBC autoagglutinins, cold agglutinins, giant platelets, platelet clumps or aggregates, more/RBC autoagglutinins, cold agglutinins, babesiosis, malaria, Heinz bodies, more

• Automated differential

cryoglobulin, cryofibrinogen, fragile WBCs, nonviable WBCs, neutrophil aggregates, hemoglobin C crystals, more

Throughput: max. CBCs per hour/Max. CBCs with differentials per hour

119/119

• Max. No. of slides processed per hour if stainer included

65

FDA-cleared or -approved sample container types (besides potassium EDTA)

none

Min. specimen volume open mode/Closed mode/Microsample capability

≤100 µL/≤100 µL/no

Types of patient data archived/Max. No. of archived patient data accessible when analyzer online

patient demographics, previous test results, graphics, more (customizable)/—

Analyzer performs delta checks

yes

Parameters for which flags may appear

morphological flags, including left shift, blasts, variant lymphocytes, platelet clumps, RBC fragments, more

• Flagging client selectable

combination of client and vendor selectable 

Analyzer recognizes and holds test results

yes, for follow-up, confirmatory testing, and potential test rerun (parameters for flags to hold samples defined by client or vendor)

Scattergram display uses cell-specific color

yes

Histogram display uses color with thresholds

yes

LIS interface formats supported

ASTM 1394-91, ASTM 1381, HL7 version 2, HL7 version 3

• Middleware interface

yes (can use company’s middleware or third-party middleware or connect directly to LIS)

Analyzer transmits LOINC codes for results to LIS or middleware

no

Lab automation system or workcells to which analyzer has a direct interface

Abbott Diagnostics

Barcode symbologies read on specimen tube

Codabar, Code 39, Code 128, Interleaved 2 of 5

• Analyzer allows barcode placement per CLSI standard Auto02-A2

yes

No. of onboard reagents required for standard specimen analysis

3

• Reagents ready to use/Reagent tracking method

yes/barcode reader

Time required for analyzer maintenance

15 min. daily; 30 min. weekly

Onboard diagnostics for troubleshooting

yes

• Manufacturer can perform diagnostics via remote access

yes

Warranty provided/Cost of annual service contract (24 h/7 d)

one-year warranty/variable

Distinguishing analyzer features (supplied by company)

scalable and only 3 reagents to provide CBC results with 6-part WBC differential and NRBC; automated, scheduled maintenance; connectivity to Abbott lab automation and AlinIQ products

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