DiaSorin reported Thursday its third quarter revenues declined 5 percent year over year with waning COVID-19 testing demand, despite rising revenues across its other diagnostics businesses.

On October 20, Sansure Biotech disclosed 2022 third quarter report, the company achieved revenue of CNY 4.068 billion in three quarters this year, an increase of 24.52% year-on-year; the net profit attributable to the mother achieved CNY 1.598 billion.

Danaher on Thursday reported a 6 percent year-over-year increase in third quarter revenues as its subsidiaries see shifting demand for COVID-19-related products, such as diagnostic tests and pharmaceuticals.

Avacta, a UK-based developer of cancer immunotherapies and diagnostics, said on Tuesday that it has signed an agreement to acquire Launch Diagnostics for up to ￡37 million ($41.9 million).

Pointe Biotech (Nanjing) Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as: Pointe) and its shareholders formally reached a strategic consensus and completed the signing of the contract

The company raised its earnings forecast for 2022 on estimates of $7.8 billion in annual sales related to COVID-19 testing.

Roche’s third-quarter results have revealed a clear sign that the bumper sales boosting companies that have provided products to diagnose, treat or prevent COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic are starting to tail off.

Becton Dickinson announced on Tuesday a collaboration with Magnolia Medical Technologies, under which the firms will co-sell and comarket the Magnolia Medical Steripath and Steripath Micro Initial Specimen Diversion Device, which complement the BD Vacutainer specimen collection portfolio.

Illumina said on Tuesday that it has partnered with French company GenoScreen on genomic testing for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis.

On October 15, the General Office of Hangzhou Municipal People's Government issued the "Notice on Several Measures to Accelerate the High-Quality Development of Biomedical Industry"

Biodesix said Monday that it has been awarded a US Federal Supply Schedule contract for cancer testing of covered patients served by the Veterans Health Administration and Military Health System.

PBD Biotech said Monday it gained investment funding of ￡2.4 million ($2.7 million) to support clinical trials for its Actiphage rapid screening test for latent tuberculosis infections and their potential to develop into serious disease.

Since October, companies in the pharmaceutical field have successively announced monthly forecasts for the first three quarters.

Canadian diagnostics firm MedMira said on Friday that its Vyra COVID-19 Antigen Test has been CE marked and is now available in countries that accept the designation.

National Health Service England on Wednesday published a five-year strategy on accelerating the adoption of genomics into the British healthcare system. The new strategy places genomics at the heart of a new effort to deliver a sustainable model of healthcare for patients.