Just as users around the world are surely strapping on new Fitbits with an aim of tackling health-focused New Year’s resolutions, so too is Fitbit itself kicking off 2024 with its sights set on a new goal.

Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced the release of a new automated parallel capillary electrophoresis system for protein analysis – the Agilent ProteoAnalyzer system – at the 23rd Annual PepTalk Conference, being held January 16-19 in San Diego. This new platform simplifies and improves the efficiency of analyzing complex protein mixtures, a process central to analytical workflows across the pharma, biotech, food analysis, and academia sectors.

Roche announced on Tuesday that it has received CE marking for a claim extension on its Elecsys Anti-Müllerian Hormone (AMH) Plus test.

The immunoassay method involves the widest range of items among all fields of medical detection; with the development of biomedical research, especially genomics and post-genomics results (high-resolution two-dimensional electrophoresis combined with mass spectrometry) which highly promote the research on disease-related markers, more and more items will be detected via immunoassay in the medical practice.

US-based Calibre Scientific has acquired German MoBiTech for an undisclosed amount to bolster its portfolio of diagnostic services.

Ultima Genomics, a developer of a revolutionary new ultra-high throughput sequencing architecture, and Quest Diagnostics (NYSE: DGX), the nation’s leading provider of diagnostic information services, today announced a collaboration involving Ultima’s next generation sequencing (NGS) technology in oncology and other clinical areas.

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Danaher and the Innovative Genomics Institute (IGI) have launched a collaborative research center aimed at developing CRISPR-based gene therapies for a wide array of diseases.

Rapid test maker Hangzhou Clongene Biotech and diagnostics product distributor Gold Colloid on Friday said they inked a deal to distribute Clongene's in vitro­ diagnostics products in the US.

Rapid diagnostic tests for dengue fever will be accessible at all airports across the country starting Friday, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) said, Thursday. This comes in response to the rising number of domestic cases, where individuals have been contracting the virus through mosquito bites during their overseas travels.

A menstrual pad designed with a removable strip to collect blood samples for clinical tests has been granted clearance by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

US-based Veracyte has agreed to acquire minimal residual disease (MRD) test developer C2i genomics in a deal worth up to $95m, strengthening its range of cancer diagnostic products.

The UK government on Tuesday said it has issued legislation for the implementation of new regulations governing in vitro diagnostics and medical devices.

The total number of first-time registrations of Class II and III medical devices in 2023 was 14,942, a decrease of 129 registrations compared with that of 2022.

Illumina, Natera, CareDx, MDxHealth, and Revvity were among the molecular diagnostics and genomics tools firms reporting preliminary financial results on Monday evening or Tuesday morning.

GE HealthCare (Nasdaq: GEHC) today announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire MIM Software, a global provider of medical imaging analysis and artificial intelligence (AI) solutions for the practice of radiation oncology, molecular radiotherapy, diagnostic imaging, and urology at imaging centers, hospitals, specialty clinics, and research organizations worldwide. GE HealthCare expects to leverage MIM Software’s imaging analytics and digital workflow capabilities across various care areas to accelerate innovation and differentiate its solutions for the benefit of patients and healthcare systems around the world.

Chemiluminescence immunoassay reagent has become the mainstream product in the field of immunoassay and is widely used in clinical in vitro diagnosis due to its advantages such as high sensitivity, good specificity, a wide range of measurements, high degree of supporting automation, and excellent precision and accuracy.

Devyser Diagnostics AB has entered an in vitro diagnostic development agreement with Illumina, Inc. (Nasdaq: ILMN). The agreement enables Devyser to develop and offer its in vitro diagnostic (IVD) tests on Illumina MiSeqDx next-generation sequencing (NGS) instrument in the United States and Europe.

QIAGEN (NYSE: QGEN; Frankfurt Prime Standard: QIA) today announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance for the NeuMoDx CT/NG Assay 2.0, growing its test menu for its integrated PCR-based clinical molecular testing systems NeuMoDx 96 and 288 in the United States.

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