FDA Authorizes New Saliva Sample Collection Method for High-Throughput, Automated COVID-19 Testing System

FDA Authorizes New Saliva Sample Collection Method for High-Throughput, Automated COVID-19 Testing System CARLSBAD, Calif., Oct. 18, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Thermo Fisher Scientific, the world leader in serving science, today announced that it received Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to run COVID-19 tests from saliva samples collected with the... Read more

New four-year data show Roche's ENSPRYNG significantly reduces debilitating relapses in people with neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder

New data demonstrate ENSPRYNG’s robust and sustained longer-term efficacy in preventing relapses in people with neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD) More than 70% of people treated with ENSPRYNG remained relapse-free after four years in the SAkuraStar (73%) and SAkuraSky (71%) open-label extension (OLE) studies, with a favourable safety profile ENSPRYNG is now approved in 58... Read more

SciAps to revolutionize in-field analysis of lithium and rare earth elements

OCTOBER 10, 2021GEOCHEMISTRY, NEWS & PRESS, REE AND STRATEGIC METALS SciAps new family of handheld LIBS and XRF are built for exploration, production and recycling of lithium and REEs for the electric vehicle and strategic metals markets. SciAps, already a global leader in handheld analyzers for fossil fuel-based energy industries, now delivers ground-breaking technology to the emerging... Read more

Olympus DP23M Monochrome Microscope Camera Simplifies Standard Fluorescence Imaging and Expression Checks

Premium image quality in a cost-effective camera WALTHAM, Mass., October 6, 2021—The newest Olympus DP series microscope camera—the DP23M monochrome camera—continues the series’ reputation for delivering high-quality images. With advanced features found on high-end microscope cameras, the DP23M monochrome camera provides premium fluorescence images at a reasonable cost. Fast, Efficient Fluorescence Protein Expression Checks The camera’s... Read more

Thermo Fisher Scientific Launches Wastewater Isolation Kit for SARS-CoV-2 Surveillance

Thermo Fisher Scientific Launches Wastewater Isolation Kit for SARS-CoV-2 Surveillance CARLSBAD, Calif., Oct. 5, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Since the emergence of SARS-CoV-2, public health laboratories and researchers have been developing surveillance methods using wastewater to control the spread of COVID-19. The effort has helped identify asymptomatic carriers on college campuses to monitor regional spread among communities... Read more

New Culture Medium Supports Expansion of Natural Killer Cells for Cell and Gene Therapies

New Culture Medium Supports Expansion of Natural Killer Cells for Cell and Gene Therapies Gibco CTS NK-Xpander Medium* enables large-scale growth of functional cells for cell therapy manufacturing CARLSBAD, Calif., Oct. 5, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Thermo Fisher Scientific today announced the launch of Gibco Cell Therapy Systems (CTS) NK-Xpander Medium, a GMP-manufactured cell culture medium... Read more

Roche to present new data on OCREVUS in multiple sclerosis and ENSPRYNG in neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder at ECTRIMS 2021

OCREVUS (ocrelizumab) data to show sustained reduction in disability progression through 8 years for primary progressive multiple sclerosis (PPMS) and 7.5 years for relapsing MS (RMS) Long-term safety analysis of all clinical trials will reinforce the consistently favourable benefit-risk profile of OCREVUS ENSPRYNG (satralizumab) data to show efficacy and safety sustained over four years of... Read more

Thermo Fisher Scientific Launches Organ Transplant Matching Advancements During ASHI 2021

Thermo Fisher Scientific Launches Organ Transplant Matching Advancements During ASHI 2021 ORLANDO, Fla., Sept. 30, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — ASHI 2021 — At the annual meeting for the American Society for Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics (ASHI) this week, Thermo Fisher Scientific announced two new additions to its transplant diagnostics portfolio. These new products will enable transplant laboratories to... Read more

GE Healthcare Debuts MyoSPECT, A Next-Generation Nuclear Medicine Cardiology System That Gets to the Heart of Challenging Cardiovascular Cases

Accommodates a greater variety of patients and provides a more complete look at every patient’s heart with enhanced scanning capabilities, including a 76 percent increase in field-of-view volume[i] Leverages GE Healthcare’s exclusive Alcyone technology, which can view cardiac anatomy and pathology with greater clarity and speed Introduces several new automated features to help simplify workflows... Read more