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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

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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

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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.

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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

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

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Thermo Fisher Scientific

Thermo Fisher launches IVDR-compliant capillary electrophoresis system

May 2025—Thermo Fisher Scientific has introduced the Applied Biosystems SeqStudio Flex Dx genetic analyzer, an IVDR-compliant capillary electrophoresis system for Sanger sequencing and fragment analysis in targeted genomic testing. The system includes three operating modes—in vitro diagnostic use, investigational use only, and research use only—and is available in eight- and 24-capillary configurations. It features four-plate capacity, continuous plate loading with auto-spectral calibration capabilities, and urgent sample reprioritization.

FDA clears Thermo Fisher SARS-CoV-2, flu A/B, RSV test

March 2025—Thermo Fisher Scientific has received FDA 510(k) clearance for the Applied Biosystems TaqPath COVID-19, Flu A, Flu B, RSV Select Panel. The real-time PCR-based multiplex test covers the detection and differentiation of SARS-CoV-2, influenza A and B, and respiratory syncytial virus and enables the detection of co-infection. The panel runs on the Applied Biosystems QuantStudio 5 Dx real-time PCR system.

Thermo Fisher, Mainz Biomed to develop a next-gen CRC screening test

January 2025—Mainz Biomed, a Germany-based molecular genetics diagnostic company specializing in cancer diagnostics, announced a collaborative agreement with Thermo Fisher Scientific, through its subsidiary Life Technologies Corp. The companies will jointly develop and potentially commercialize Mainz Biomed’s next-generation colorectal cancer screening product. The test targets the early detection of colorectal cancer and focuses on precancerous lesions, particularly advanced adenomas.

Thermo Fisher gets clearance for TaqPath COVID-19 PCR kit

January 2025—Thermo Fisher Scientific has received FDA 510(k) clearance for the Applied BioSystems TaqPath COVID-19 diagnostic PCR kit. The kit was first introduced as an EUA test; the 510(k) clearance allows clinical and public health laboratories to convert to an in vitro diagnostic workflow. The kit is intended for use with nasopharyngeal and anterior nasal swab samples and includes assays and controls for the real-time PCR detection of RNA from SARS-CoV-2 emerging virus.

Thermo Fisher, Mainz Biomed to develop a CRC screening test

Nov. 14, 2024—Mainz Biomed, a Germany-based molecular genetics diagnostic company specializing in cancer diagnostics, announced a collaborative agreement with Thermo Fisher Scientific, through its subsidiary Life Technologies Corp., in which the companies will  jointly develop and potentially commercialize Mainz Biomed’s next-generation colorectal cancer screening product.

Thermo Fisher, NCI partner on myeloMATCH umbrella trial

September 2024—Thermo Fisher Scientific is partnering with the National Cancer Institute on the myeloMATCH (Molecular Analysis for Therapy Choice) precision medicine umbrella trial to help accelerate research into new treatments for acute myeloid leukemia and myelodysplastic syndrome. The study involves testing patients’ bone marrow and blood for certain genetic biomarkers using Thermo Fisher’s next-generation sequencing technology so clinical sites can more quickly match patients with an appropriate clinical trial that tests a treatment designed to target specific mutations present in the samples.

Thermo Fisher, NCI partner on myeloMATCH umbrella trial

July 12, 2024—Thermo Fisher Scientific is partnering with the National Cancer Institute on the myeloMATCH (Molecular Analysis for Therapy Choice) precision medicine umbrella trial to help accelerate research into new treatments for acute myeloid leukemia and myelodysplastic syndrome.

Bayer, Thermo Fisher to develop NGS CDx assays

March 21, 2024—Bayer and Thermo Fisher Scientific announced that they will develop next-generation sequencing–based companion diagnostic assays to help identify patients who may benefit from Bayer’s precision cancer therapies.

FDA clears Thermo Fisher chromogranin A assay

November 2023—Thermo Fisher Scientific announced FDA clearance of its Thermo Scientific Brahms CgA II Kryptor, an automated immunofluorescent assay for the quantitative determination of the concentration of chromogranin A in human serum. The biomarker is to be used in conjunction with other clinical methods as an aid in monitoring disease progression during the course of disease and treatment in patients with gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (GEP-NET), grades 1 and 2.

FDA clears Thermo Fisher assays for preeclampsia

September 2023—Thermo Fisher Scientific announced FDA clearance of its Brahms PlGF plus Kryptor and Brahms sFlt-1 Kryptor novel biomarkers for the risk assessment and clinical management of preeclampsia. The assays received FDA breakthrough designation in May.