QIAGEN and DiaSorin receive FDA approval for the LIAISON QuantiFERON-TB Gold Plus Test on LIAISON platforms and begin commercial launch

Germantown, Maryland; Hilden, Germany; and Saluggia, Italy, November 27, 2019 –QIAGEN (NYSE: QGEN; Frankfurt Prime Standard: QIA) and DiaSorin (FTSE MIB: DIA) today announced the U.S. launch of an automated workflow for QuantiFERON-TB Plus (QFT-Plus), the fourth-generation modern gold standard for latent tuberculosis (TB) detection, on DiaSorin’s LIAISON platforms. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration... Read more

Danaher Will Commence Exchange Offer Related To Divestiture Of Its Remaining Interest In Envista Through A Split-Off

Danaher Will Commence Exchange Offer Related To Divestiture Of Its Remaining Interest In Envista Through A Split-Off WASHINGTON, Nov. 15, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Danaher Corporation (NYSE: DHR) announced today that it will commence an exchange offer related to the split-off of its remaining interest in Envista Holdings Corporation (NYSE: NVST). Envista completed its initial public offering... Read more

World’s First Cyclic IMS Mass Spectrometer Installed at Aston University

Technology brings university scientists unparalleled potential for chemical, biological and human disease research First commercial research instrument of its kind in the world. MILFORD, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Nov. 7, 2019– Aston University and Waters Corporation (NYSE: WAT) announced today the completed installation of the world’s first Waters™ SELECT SERIES™ Cyclic™ IMS (ion mobility spectrometry) mass spectrometer within the University’s School of Health and Life... Read more

Roche to present new data highlighting breadth of haematology portfolio and pipeline at the American Society of Hematology 2019 Annual Meeting

Basel, 06 November 2019 Roche to present new data highlighting breadth of haematology portfolio and pipeline at the American Society of Hematology 2019 Annual Meeting Ten Roche medicines will be featured in more than 70 abstracts and 21 oral presentations, across a range of 15 blood cancers and non-malignant haematological conditions New data for CD20-CD3... Read more

Luminex Corporation Reports Third Quarter 2019 Results and Submission of VERIGENE II Gastrointestinal Flex Assay to the FDA

AUSTIN, Texas, Nov. 4, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Luminex Corporation (Nasdaq: LMNX) today announced results for its third quarter ended September 30, 2019. All amounts in this release are in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”).  Comparisons shown in this release are to the same period in the prior year unless otherwise noted. CURRENT... Read more

GE Healthcare announces U.S. FDA approval of macrocyclic MRI contrast agent Clariscan™ (gadoterate meglumine) injection for intravenous use

Clariscan, approved in more than 55 countries globally with over four million patient doses shipped, is now FDA-approved in the U.S. Expands the GE Healthcare portfolio of contrast media products  Chalfont St Giles, UK – November 4 2019 – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Clariscan™, a macrocyclic, ionic, gadolinium-based, MRI contrast... Read more