PerkinElmer EONIS Screening Test Receives CE-IVD Clearance

RT-PCR Newborn Screening Assay for SMA, SCID and XLA to be Integrated into Company’s Sample-to-Result Workflow WALTHAM, Mass. – September 30, 2020 – PerkinElmer, Inc., a global leader committed to innovating for a healthier world, today announced that the Company’s EONIS™ screening assay for newborns that simultaneously tests for SMA (spinal muscular atrophy), SCID (severe... Read more

Illumina to Announce Third Quarter 2020 Financial Results on Thursday, October 29, 2020

SAN DIEGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ:ILMN) today announced that it will issue results for the third quarter 2020 following the close of market on Thursday, October 29, 2020. On the same day, at 2:00 pm Pacific Time (5:00 pm Eastern Time) Francis deSouza, President and Chief Executive Officer, and Sam Samad, Chief Financial Officer, will host... Read more

Luminex Receives BARDA Award to Support 510(k) Filing for NxTAG Respiratory Pathogen Panel That Includes SARS-CoV-2

AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 24, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Luminex Corporation (NASDAQ: LMNX) today announced that it has received a $5,389,813 award from the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA), part of the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, to conduct product development work and complete... Read more

Luminex Receives BARDA Award to Support Enhancement of COVID-19 Multiplex Antibody Test

AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 23, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Luminex Corporation (NASDAQ: LMNX) today announced that it has received an award of $683,500 from the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA), part of the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, to support the enhancement of... Read more

Bio-Techne Rebrands B-MoGen Biotechnologies as Part of the R&D Systems Product Portfolio

MINNEAPOLIS, Sept. 21, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Bio-Techne Corporation (NASDAQ: TECH) today announced that the B-MoGen Biotechnologies portfolio of genome engineering services, GMP therapeutic manufacturing services, and its proprietary transposon-transposase gene transfer system, TcBuster™, will be rebranded as R&D Systems. As part of the rebranding, the B-MoGen Biotechnologies website will be retired. Service details and purchasing... Read more

Roche receives positive CHMP opinion for Tecentriq in combination with Avastin for the treatment of people with the most common form of liver cancer

Recommendation is based on the results of the IMbrave150 study, in which the Tecentriq combination improved overall survival and progression-free survival compared with the previous standard of care Basel, 18 September 2020 – Roche (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY) today announced that the European Medicines Agency’s (EMA) Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP)... Read more

Roche receives FDA approval for expanded use of the CINtec PLUS Cytology test to aid clinicians in preventing cervical cancer

Next-generation biomarker cytology test supports World Health Organization’s goal to eliminate cervical cancer, which is nearly 100 percent preventable with proper screening, vaccination and treatment New indication allows this first FDA-approved biomarker-based test to be used as triage for positive cobas HPV tests run on cobas 6800/8800 Systems in primary screening or co-testing programs More... Read more

Luminex Corporation Declares Third Quarter Cash Dividend

AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 15, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — On September 10, 2020, Luminex Corporation (Nasdaq:LMNX) (the “Company”), announced that its board of directors declared a cash dividend for the third quarter of 2020 of $0.09 per share of common stock payable on October 15, 2020 to stockholders of record as of the close of business September 24, 2020. About Luminex... Read more

Bruker Appoints Bonnie H. Anderson to its Board of Directors

BILLERICA, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Bruker Corporation (Nasdaq: BRKR) today announced that it has appointed Bonnie H. Anderson to serve on its board of directors, effective as of September 3, 2020. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20200908005326/en/ (Photo: Business Wire) Ms. Anderson is Co-Founder, Chairman of the Board and CEO of Veracyte,... Read more

Roche receives FDA clearance for BK virus quantitative test on cobas 6800/8800 Systems to support better care for transplant patients

Immunocompromised transplant patients are at risk of major complications when infected with BK virus cobas BKV test addresses critical need for hospitals and laboratories to have standardised and comparable results across institutions New Breakthrough Device test expands Roche molecular test menu for transplant patients, enabling simultaneous testing of BK virus with Cytomegalovirus and Epstein-Barr virus... Read more