BD, BioMedomics Announce Launch of Rapid Serology Test to Detect Exposure to COVID-19

Point-of-care blood test detects evidence of present or past exposure in 15 minutesMar 31, 2020 FRANKLIN LAKES, N.J. MORRISVILLE, N.C., March 31, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) (NYSE: BDX), a leading global medical technology company, and BioMedomics, a privately held, North Carolina-based clinical diagnostics company, today announced the release of a new point-of-care... Read more

Thermo Fisher Scientific Launches New AcroMetrix Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) RNA Control (RUO)

Thermo Fisher Scientific Launches New AcroMetrix Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) RNA Control (RUO) FREMONT, Calif., March 31, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Thermo Fisher Scientific, the world leader in serving science, today announced the availability of the Thermo Scientific AcroMetrix Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) RNA Control, its latest quality control product to monitor and validate COVID-19 molecular diagnostic tests.... Read more

New Instrument Fully Automates Sample Preparation for PFAS Analysis in Drinking Water

New Instrument Fully Automates Sample Preparation for PFAS Analysis in Drinking Water Designed for EPA method 537.1, the Thermo Scientific Dionex AutoTrace 280 PFAS Solid-Phase Extraction Instrument delivers reliable, consistent sample preparation for the determination of PFAS in drinking water SUNNYVALE, Calif., March 31, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — A new instrument that fully automates sample preparation for... Read more

New-generation Analytical Platform Accelerates Analysis of Trace Elements for Routine Laboratory Applications

New-generation Analytical Platform Accelerates Analysis of Trace Elements for Routine Laboratory Applications Thermo Scientific iCAP PRO Series ICP-OES instruments capture a complete spectrum in a single measurement for high matrix samples SAN JOSE, Calif., March 31, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Scientists no longer need to limit routine trace element analysis workflow productivity with the launch of... Read more

Italian Researchers Identify New SARS-CoV-2 Gene Variants That Provide Clues to Coronavirus's Epidemiology

Italian Researchers Identify New SARS-CoV-2 Gene Variants That Provide Clues to Coronavirus’s Epidemiology Scientists say early data, generated with new NGS research panel from Thermo Fisher Scientific, suggest coronavirus is genetically stable, and could increase the effectiveness of vaccines in development CARLSBAD, Calif., March 25, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Two teams of infectious disease researchers in Italy... Read more

QIAGEN releases QIAstat-Dx test kit to the U.S. as first syndromic test for detection of SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus under new FDA Policy

Germantown, Maryland, and Hilden, Germany, March 24, 2020 – QIAGEN (NYSE: QGEN; Frankfurt Prime Standard: QIA) today announced that it has begun shipments to the United States of its new QIAstat-Dx Respiratory SARS-CoV-2 Panel test to aid in diagnosing patients infected with the novel COVID-19 coronavirus under a new Policy of the U.S. Food and... Read more