Agilent Announces Immunoassay Kit to Detect SARS-CoV-2 Antibodies

Kit marks first of multiple planned for 2021 aimed at COVID-19  SANTA CLARA, Calif., February 18, 2021  Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced the launch of the Agilent Dako SARS-CoV-2 IgG Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA) kit intended for the qualitative detection of immunoglobulin G (IgG) antibodies to SARS-CoV-2 in human serum or plasma. The kit, which... Read more

Agilent Announces Higher-Sensitivity XF Analysis Solution for Low Abundant Immune Cell Metabolic Analysis

Enhanced data quality, easier workflow, and more versatile analytics using fewer cell numbers SANTA CLARA, Calif., February 17, 2021  Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today introduced the Agilent Seahorse XF HS Miniplate designed specifically for the Agilent Seahorse XF HS Mini Analyzer for improved immune cell metabolic analysis. Immunology and disease researchers are increasingly using rare, ex vivo, and genetically engineered... Read more

PerkinElmer Launches First Cell Painting Kit

WALTHAM, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–PerkinElmer, Inc., a global leader committed to innovating for a healthier world, today launched the first cell painting kit as part of its new portfolio of PhenoVue™ cellular imaging reagents. This new range of reagents leverages PerkinElmer’s expertise in cellular imaging and high-content screening and works alongside the Company’s microplates, automation, software and industry-leading... Read more

FDA Grants Emergency Use Authorization for New COVID-19, Flu A, Flu B Combo Kit

One multiplex real-time PCR diagnostic kit can simultaneously detect and differentiate SARS-CoV-2, influenza A and influenza B CARLSBAD, Calif., Feb. 16, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted emergency use authorization (EUA) for the Applied Biosystems TaqPath COVID-19, Flu A, Flu B Combo Kit from Thermo Fisher Scientific, the company announced... Read more

New phase III data show Roche’s faricimab is the first investigational injectable eye medicine to extend time between treatments up to four months in two leading causes of vision loss, potentially reducing treatment burden for patients

Across four studies in diabetic macular edema (DME) and neovascular age-related macular degeneration (nAMD), approximately half of people receiving faricimab could be treated every four months in the first year Approximately three-quarters of people receiving faricimab could be treated every three months or longer in the first year Faricimab showed rapid and consistent improvements in... Read more

Thermo Fisher Scientific Launches CE-IVD-Marked High Throughput COVID-19 Diagnostic Assay for Use On Its Automated Amplitude Platform

Thermo Fisher Scientific Launches CE-IVD-Marked High Throughput COVID-19 Diagnostic Assay for Use On Its Automated Amplitude Platform Applied Biosystems TaqPath COVID-19 High Throughput Combo Kit also receives Interim Order Authorization from Health Canada CARLSBAD, Calif., Feb. 8, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Thermo Fisher Scientific, the world leader in serving science, today launched its CE-IVD-Marked, Applied Biosystems TaqPath... Read more

Pacific Biosciences Grants Equity Incentive Award to New Employee

MENLO PARK, Calif., Feb. 05, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc. (NASDAQ: PACB) (“Pacific Biosciences” or the “Company”), a leading provider of high-quality sequencing of genomes, transcriptomes, and epigenomes, today announced that the Compensation Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors granted non-qualified stock options covering an aggregate of 100,000 shares of... Read more

Pacific Biosciences Grants Equity Incentive Award to New Employee

MENLO PARK, Calif., Feb. 05, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc. (NASDAQ: PACB) (“Pacific Biosciences” or the “Company”), a leading provider of high-quality sequencing of genomes, transcriptomes, and epigenomes, today announced that the Compensation Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors granted non-qualified stock options covering an aggregate of 100,000 shares of... Read more

Pacific Biosciences Grants Equity Incentive Award to New Employee

MENLO PARK, Calif., Feb. 05, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc. (NASDAQ: PACB) (“Pacific Biosciences” or the “Company”), a leading provider of high-quality sequencing of genomes, transcriptomes, and epigenomes, today announced that the Compensation Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors granted non-qualified stock options covering an aggregate of 100,000 shares of... Read more