EUROIMMUN is one of first European manufacturers of diagnostic tests to provide CE-marked antibody detection systems to support COVID-19 diagnostics

The Anti-SARS-CoV-2 ELISAs for immunoglobulin classes A and G from EUROIMMUN, a PerkinElmer, Inc.  company (NYSE:PKI), have received the CE mark and can now be applied to COVID-19 diagnostics. The PCR test EURORealTime SARS-CoV-2 has been submitted for CE mark. COVID-19 is currently significantly affecting the lives of people worldwide. At the end of January... Read more

Roche initiates Phase III clinical trial of Actemra/RoActemra in hospitalised patients with severe COVID-19 pneumonia

Basel, 19 March 2020- Roche (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY) today announced  we are working with the Food & Drug Administration (FDA) to initiate a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled Phase III clinical trial in collaboration with the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA), a part of the US Health and Human Services Office of the... Read more

Hamilton Announces Automated Coronavirus (COVID-19) Testing Workstations and Priority Fast Tracking for Any Orders Related to Combatting the Viral Pandemic

March 17, 2020 Automation Solutions and Services to Aid Critical Coronavirus Testing Reno, Nevada, USA and Bonaduz, Switzerland (March 17, 2020) – Today, Hamilton Company announces multiple automation-related initiatives to aid healthcare workers and researchers as they battle the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Two new automated assay ready workstations, based on the Company’s Microlab® STARlet liquid handling workstation, facilitate... Read more

BD, BioGX Announce FDA Emergency Use Authorization Submissions for New COVID-19 Diagnostics for Use in U.S.

New Diagnostics Have Potential to Increase Capacity of COVID-19 Testing in U.S. by Thousands of Tests Per DayMar 16, 2020 FRANKLIN LAKES, N.J. and BIRMINGHAM, Ala. March 16, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — BD (Becton,Dickinson and Company) (NYSE: BDX), a leading global medical technology company, and BioGX Inc, a molecular diagnostics company, today announced that the companies have... Read more

New Thermo Scientific Cascadion SM Clinical Analyzer with 25-Hydroxy Vitamin D Assay Available in the U.S.

New Thermo Scientific Cascadion SM Clinical Analyzer with 25-Hydroxy Vitamin D Assay Available in the U.S. VANTAA, Finland, March 16, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Thermo Fisher Scientific, the world leader in serving science, today announced that its Thermo Scientific Cascadion SM Clinical Analyzer is now commercially available in the U.S. with the Cascadion SM 25-Hydroxy Vitamin D... Read more

FDA Issues Emergency Use Authorization to Thermo Fisher Scientific for Diagnostic Test Used to Detect COVID-19

FDA Issues Emergency Use Authorization to Thermo Fisher Scientific for Diagnostic Test Used to Detect COVID-19 WALTHAM, Mass., March 13, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (NYSE: TMO), the world leader in serving science, announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued an emergency use authorization (EUA) for its diagnostic test that... Read more

Thermo Fisher Scientific Signs Agreement with Janssen to Co-Develop Companion Diagnostic for Cancer

Thermo Fisher Scientific Signs Agreement with Janssen to Co-Develop Companion Diagnostic for Cancer CARLSBAD, Calif., March 12, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Thermo Fisher Scientific announced today it has signed an agreement with Janssen Biotech, Inc., one of the Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson, to co-develop a companion diagnostic (CDx) in oncology. The CDx will... Read more

Bio-Rad Announces that Through its Exact Diagnostics Product Line, the Company has Launched a SARS CoV-2 Standard for Coronavirus (COVID-19) Testing

Date: 03/12/2020 HERCULES, Calif. – Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE: BIO and BIOb), a global leader of life science research and clinical diagnostic products, today announced that through its Exact Diagnostics product line Bio-Rad has launched a SARS CoV-2 Standard to support laboratory assay validation of coronavirus (COVID-19) testing. Bio-Rad is providing the SARS CoV-2 Standard to... Read more

Thermo Fisher Scientific Launches New LC-MS/MS Clinical Analyzer with 25-Hydroxy Vitamin D Assay in the U.S.

Media Contact Information Julia Nisbet-FahySenior Manager – Global MarketingThermo Fisher Scientific+44 (0) 7342 080967julia.nisbet-fahy@thermofisher.com Jaime GrigorescuMarketing Manager – Global MarketingThermo Fisher Scientific+1 (773) 431 0390jaime.grigorescu@thermofisher.com New Thermo Scientific Cascadion SM Clinical Analyzer with 25-Hydroxy Vitamin D Assay Available in the U.S. The Thermo Scientific Cascadion SM Clinical Analyzer.  To download this image, click here. VANTAA, Finland – (March 9,... Read more