June 2, 2020 Acad, Gov/Utilities

FDA approves Roche’s Tecentriq in combination with Avastin for people with the most common form of liver cancer

Tecentriq in combination with Avastin is the first and only cancer immunotherapy regimen approved for the treatment of unresectable or metastatic hepatocellular carcinoma Tecentriq combination improved overall survival and progression-free survival compared to the previous standard of care Application approved under FDA’s Project Orbis initiative and Real-Time Oncology Review pilot programme Basel, 2 June 2020... Read more

May 27, 2020 Acad, Gov/Utilities

Shorter Scans and Better Image Quality: Deep Learning-Based MR Image Reconstruction Tech from GE Healthcare now FDA Cleared

Waukesha, WI – May 27, 2020 – GE Healthcare today announced U.S. FDA 510(k) clearance of AIR Recon DL. This pioneering technology, using a deep learning-based neural network, improves the patient experience through shorter scan times while also increasing diagnostic confidence with better image quality across all anatomies. AIR Recon DL, developed on GE Healthcare’s... Read more

May 19, 2020 Acad, Gov/Utilities

FDA approves Roche’s Tecentriq as a first-line monotherapy for certain people with metastatic non-small cell lung cancer

Tecentriq’s fourth indication in metastatic non-small cell lung cancer and fifth indication in lung cancer overall in the US  Approval based on the Phase III IMpower110 study showing Tecentriq demonstrated a significant overall survival benefit in people with high PD-L1 expression compared with chemotherapy Basel, 19 May 2020 – Roche (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY)... Read more

May 18, 2020 Acad, Gov/Utilities Lab Top-10 PAI Top-10

Thermo Fisher Scientific's Support of COVID-19 Response Continues to Expand with U.S. Government Contract for Products Used in Sample Collection

Thermo Fisher Scientific’s Support of COVID-19 Response Continues to Expand with U.S. Government Contract for Products Used in Sample Collection WALTHAM, Mass., May 18, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (NYSE: TMO), the world leader in serving science, today announced it has received a contract from the U.S. government to provide highly specialized viral transport... Read more

May 14, 2020 Acad, Gov/Utilities Atomic Spectroscopy Lab Top-10

Helios 5 Laser PFIB Accelerates the Pace of Materials Research for Academic and Industrial Users

Helios 5 Laser PFIB Accelerates the Pace of Materials Research for Academic and Industrial Users First-of-its-kind commercial solution analyzes 3D and sub-surface data 15,000 times faster than a typical Ga-FIB HILLSBORO, Ore., May 14, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Thermo Fisher Scientific today released the Thermo Scientific Helios 5 Laser PFIB system, an advanced focused ion beam... Read more

May 12, 2020 Acad, Gov/Utilities Clinical Research/Diagn. Lab Top-10 Liq. Handling & Robotics

FDA Further Expands EUA for Thermo Fisher Scientific's COVID-19 Diagnostic Tests

Authorization brings more instruments on line, enables workflow flexibility and simplifies methods to increase throughput and allow more labs to run tests WALTHAM, Mass., May 12, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (NYSE: TMO), the world leader in serving science, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has further expanded emergency... Read more

May 5, 2020 Acad, Gov/Utilities Lab Top-10 Liq. Handling & Robotics PAI Top-10

FDA Provides Emergency Use Authorization to PerkinElmer for Serological Test to Identify COVID-19 Antibodies

WALTHAM, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–May 5, 2020– PerkinElmer, Inc. (NYSE: PKI), a global leader committed to innovating for a healthier world, announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has provided Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for EUROIMMUN’s (a PerkinElmer company) Anti-SARS-CoV-2 ELISA (IgG) serology test. Clinical laboratories certified to perform high complexity tests under Clinical... Read more

May 3, 2020 Acad, Gov/Utilities PR/Corporate

Roche’s COVID-19 antibody test receives FDA Emergency Use Authorization and is available in markets accepting the CE mark

The serology test has a specificity greater than 99.8% and sensitivity of 100% (14 Days post-PCR confirmation) The high specificity of the test is crucial to determine reliably if a person has been exposed to the virus and if the patient has developed antibodies Roche will provide high double-digit millions of tests already in May... Read more

April 23, 2020 Acad, Gov/Utilities Microscopy

Microscopy Techniques for Energy Materials

WILEY ebook provides an overview of how microscopy can be applied in energy materials research. Download the ebook and read about: Microscopy techniques & their benefits for energy materials research Microscopy-enabled accomplishments in energy materials research (11 short versions of selected peer-reviewed articles from various WILEY journals) Current challenges & future developments in microscopy applications for energy materials (Interview with... Read more