December 13, 2024 Microscopy PR/Corporate Product Launch

Roche receives CE Mark for new and updated molecular cobas 6800/8800 systems, enhancing laboratory efficiency and testing capabilities

The new cobas 6800/8800 systems 2.0 enhances throughput, run flexibility, enables sample prioritisation and is available as an upgrade to existing systems in healthcare settings around the world. Laboratories can now perform a wider range of tests on a single solution, simplifying laboratory logistics and helping to optimise the use of resources. Basel, 13 December... Read more

December 10, 2024 PAI Top-10 Product Launch

New and updated data for Roche's fixed-duration Columvi and Lunsumio at ASH 2024 reinforce their potential to improve outcomes for people with lymphoma

Long-term data confirm fixed-duration Columvi and Lunsumio achieve durable remissions beyond the end of treatment, with real-world data suggesting reduced treatment-related travel burden due to less frequent dosing1,2,3 First presentation of Lunsumio given subcutaneously showed non-inferiority to intravenous treatment with a consistent safety profile, potentially providing an additional outpatient option with a shorter administration time4... Read more

December 8, 2024 PAI Top-10 Product Launch

Five-year results confirm Roche’s Polivy combination therapy as new standard of care for previously untreated aggressive lymphoma

Exploratory long-term follow-up analysis of the phase III POLARIX study indicated a positive trend in overall survival in favour of Polivy in combination with R-CHP for people with first-line diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL)1 Patients treated with Polivy in combination with R-CHP required fewer subsequent treatments, potentially reducing burdens on patients and healthcare systems1 These... Read more

November 7, 2024 Life Science Tools Microscopy PAI Top-10 Product Launch

PacBio Unveils the Vega System, a New Sequencing Platform Bringing HiFi to the Benchtop

MENLO PARK, Calif., Nov. 06, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — PacBio (NASDAQ: PACB), developer of the world’s most advanced sequencing technologies, today announced the Vega™ system, the company’s first benchtop long-read sequencing platform. Vega delivers all the functionality of the Revio system, PacBio’s high-throughput long-read sequencer, into a compact, lower-throughput benchtop platform. Offering exceptional data accuracy... Read more

November 5, 2024 Acad, Gov/Utilities PAI Top-10 Product Launch

Roche to present new and encouraging long-term follow-up data across broad haematology portfolio at ASH 2024

Basel, 05 November 2024 – Roche (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY) announced today that it will present more than 40 abstracts across nine blood disorders at the 66th American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting and Exposition, held 7-10 December 2024 in San Diego, US. The data underscore Roche’s commitment to advance patient outcomes in... Read more

October 31, 2024 Clinical Research/Diagn. Product Launch

Roche presents new data at CTAD, demonstrating its growing momentum in diagnostics for Alzheimer’s disease

New data highlight the potential of the Roche Elecsys® Amyloid Plasma Panel and Elecsys ptau181 for ruling out Alzheimer’s disease related amyloid pathology with very good accuracy. In the largest worldwide clinical trial of its kind, the blood-based test showed very good accuracy in ruling out Alzheimer’s pathology in those being investigated for the disease,... Read more

October 31, 2024 Bio/Pharma/CRO PAI Top-10 Product Launch

New England Journal of Medicine publishes landmark phase III results for Roche’s Itovebi, showing more than doubling of progression-free survival in certain type of HR-positive advanced breast cancer

ItovebiTM (inavolisib)-based regimen demonstrated a statistically significant and clinically meaningful benefit, reducing the risk of disease worsening or death by 57% compared with palbociclib and fulvestrant alone in the INAVO120 study1 The U.S. FDA recently approved the Itovebi-based regimen as a first-line treatment for people with HR-positive, HER2-negative breast cancer with a PIK3CA mutation, one... Read more

October 11, 2024 Lab Top-10 Product Launch

Bruker Announces Formation of New Bruker Spatial Biology Division

Bruker Spatial Biology Offers the Widest Range of Industry-leading Multiomic Spatial Biology Platforms to Scientists Globally BILLERICA, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Bruker Corporation (Nasdaq: BRKR) today announced the formation of a new division, Bruker Spatial Biology, offering the most diverse and comprehensive solutions for spatial biology. Bruker Spatial Biology brings together in operational coordination three entities: the... Read more

October 1, 2024 Product Launch

PacBio, A*STAR, and Macrogen Unveil State-of-the-Art Lab to Accelerate Genomics Innovation in Singapore

SINGAPORE, Oct. 01, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — PacBio (NASDAQ: PACB), a leading developer of high-quality, highly accurate sequencing solutions, in collaboration with the Agency for Science, Technology, and Research (A*STAR), and Macrogen, today announced the opening of a state-of-the-art joint laboratory at A*STAR Genome Institute of Singapore (A*STAR GIS) in Singapore. This new facility, located on... Read more

September 27, 2024 PR/Corporate Product Launch

PacBio Grants Equity Incentive Award to New Employee

MENLO PARK, Calif., Sept. 27, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — PacBio (NASDAQ: PACB), a leading provider of high-quality, highly accurate sequencing platforms, today announced that the Compensation Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors granted a non-qualified stock option (the “Option”) covering 100,000 shares of PacBio common stock, and restricted stock units (“RSUs”) covering 50,000 shares... Read more