Merck (NYSE: MRK), known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, today announced financial results for the third quarter of 2023.

Abbott's RealTime IDH1 Assay has received approval from the US Food and Drug Administration as a companion diagnostic for Servier Pharmaceuticals' Tibsovo (ivosidenib) in patients with relapsed or refractory myelodysplastic syndrome, the FDA announced on Tuesday.

Shares of Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO) slumped over 7% in early trading Wednesday after the maker of lab equipment and analytical instruments posted weaker-than-expected sales and cut its outlook for a second-straight quarter on slowing demand.

Listed companies with main IVD business in China have completed the disclosure of their financial results in the first half of 2023.

Quest Diagnostics Inc (DGX, Financial), a leading provider of diagnostic information services, released its Q3 2023 earnings report on October 24, 2023. Despite a decrease in overall revenues, the company's base business revenues showed growth, largely due to strength in their physician and hospital channels.

On October 24, 2023, Danaher Corp (DHR, Financial) released its Q3 2023 earnings report, revealing a net earnings of $1.1 billion, or $1.51 per diluted common share.

Foundation Medicine announced on Monday that it is expanding its partnership with Sequanta Technologies to provide its genomic profiling tests for research and oncology therapy development in China.

Switzerland's Roche (ROG.S) has agreed to pay an initial $7.1 billion to Roivant (ROIV.O) and Pfizer (PFE.N) for rights to a new inflammatory bowel disease drug, as it expands into new fields to offset falling oncology sales.

Roswell Park Cancer Center said this week that Agilent Technologies has licensed its blood cancer assay, PanHeme.

The World Health Organization on Thursday announced that it has published a fourth edition of its essential diagnostics list (EDL) adding tests for the hepatitis E virus and recommendations related to access to personal-use glucose monitoring devices.

China Association of In Vitro Diagnostics (CAIVD) and In Vitro Diagnostics Society of China Association for Medical Devices Industry jointly compiled this report.

Thermo Fisher Scientific and Boehringer Ingelheim said on Thursday that they have partnered to develop companion diagnostic tests to help identify patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with specific mutations who may benefit from emerging targeted therapies.

Group sales grow by 1% at constant exchange rates (CER) in the first nine months, showing a strong increase of 7% in the third quarter.

Oxford Nanopore Technologies PLC (LSE:ONT) has secured a £70 million investment from French in-vitro diagnostics (IVD) company bioMérieux, in exchange for a 3.5% stake.

By the end of 2022, the total number of medical and health institutions nationwide reached 1,032,918, an increase of 1,983 compared to the previous year.