April 21, 2020 Acad, Gov/Utilities Bio/Pharma/CRO Microscopy PAI Top-10 PR/Corporate

Roche receives FDA approval for cobas HPV test for use on the cobas 6800/8800 Systems to identify women at risk for cervical cancer

More than 99 percent of cervical cancers are caused by persistent high-risk HPV infection1 Cervical cancer is nearly 100 percent preventable with proper HPV vaccination, screening and treatment; expanding access helps reach more women2,3 cobas 6800/8800 Systems deliver full automation, helping laboratories meet the throughput and efficiencies that high-volume, HPV DNA screening programs require              Basel,... Read more

April 20, 2020 Acad, Gov/Utilities

US FDA and EMA accept applications for Roche’s OCREVUS (ocrelizumab) shorter 2-hour infusion time

Reduces infusion time to 2 hours from the current 3.5 hours for patients with relapsing or primary progressive multiple sclerosis, if approved Applications are based on data from the randomised, double-blind ENSEMBLE PLUS study, showing consistent safety to the currently approved OCREVUS dosing regimen              Basel, 20 April 2020 – Roche (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY)... Read more

April 6, 2020 Acad, Gov/Utilities PAI Top-10 PR/Corporate

Luminex Receives FDA Emergency Use Authorization for ARIES® SARS-CoV-2 Assay to Detect Virus Responsible for COVID-19 Disease

AUSTIN, Texas, April 6, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Luminex Corporation (NASDAQ: LMNX) today announced that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for its ARIES® SARS-CoV-2 Assay for rapid detection of the virus that causes COVID-19. The assay runs on the ARIES® System, an FDA-cleared, sample-to-answer, automated, on-demand molecular diagnostic platform.... Read more

March 31, 2020 Acad, Gov/Utilities Liq. Handling & Robotics PR/Corporate

QIAGEN receives U.S. FDA EUA for QIAstat-Dx test kit, first and only syndromic solution integrating detection of SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus

Germantown, Maryland, and Hilden, Germany, March 31, 2020 –QIAGEN (NYSE: QGEN; Frankfurt Prime Standard: QIA) today announced that it has received emergency use authorization (EUA) from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its newly developed QIAstat-Dx Respiratory SARS-CoV-2 Panel test for use in diagnosing patients infected with the novel COVID-19 coronavirus. The QIAstat-Dx... Read more

March 27, 2020 Acad, Gov/Utilities Liq. Handling & Robotics PR/Corporate

Luminex Receives FDA Emergency Use Authorization for NxTAG® CoV Extended Panel to Detect the SARS-CoV-2 Virus that Causes COVID-19 Disease

AUSTIN, Texas, March 27, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Luminex Corporation (NASDAQ: LMNX) today announced that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for its NxTAG® CoV Extended Panel. The intended use of this multiplex test is the detection of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. High complexity molecular laboratories can now use the NxTAG test... Read more

March 25, 2020 Acad, Gov/Utilities PR/Corporate

MTS Awarded Seismic Simulation Project Valued At Over $70 Million For China's National Facility For Earthquake Engineering Simulation At Tianjin University

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn., March 25, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — MTS Systems Corporation (NASDAQ: MTSC), a leading global supplier of high-performance test systems, motion simulators and sensors, today announced it has been awarded the largest single order in its 54-year history, valued at over $70 million, to design, manufacture and install two of the world’s largest, and most... Read more

March 25, 2020 Acad, Gov/Utilities PR/Corporate

MTS Awarded Seismic Simulation Project Valued At Over $70 Million For China's National Facility For Earthquake Engineering Simulation At Tianjin University

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn., March 25, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — MTS Systems Corporation (NASDAQ: MTSC), a leading global supplier of high-performance test systems, motion simulators and sensors, today announced it has been awarded the largest single order in its 54-year history, valued at over $70 million, to design, manufacture and install two of the world’s largest, and most... Read more