Noul said it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Seegene Brazil to introduce its AI-based cervical cancer diagnostic solution, miLab CER, to the Brazilian market.

New data published in JAMA Internal Medicine on Friday from MD Anderson Cancer Center researchers found that mail-in self-collection kits for human papillomavirus testing more than doubled cervical cancer screening participation among never- and under-screened patients.

Teal Health, a women’s health company on a mission to eliminate cervical cancer in the US, announced today the close of an additional $10 million in seed funding to support the upcoming launch of the Teal WandTM, which is currently under FDA review and on track to be the US market's first FDA-approved at-home self-collect cervical cancer screening device. This new capital brings Teal Health’s funding to $23 million to date as the company accelerates its product development and readies go-to-market plans.

Roche (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY) announced today that the World Health Organization (WHO) has awarded the cobas® HPV test prequalification designations for use on the cobas® 5800 system and for self-collected samples on the cobas® 5800, 6800 and 8800 systems. These new prequalification designations come just one month after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Roche’s HPV self-collection solution and less than a year after the WHO awarded prequalification to the cobas HPV test on the cobas 6800/8800 systems.

Instead of a traditional speculum-involved pelvic exam to screen for cervical cancer, the US Food and Drug Administration has given the go-ahead for patients to have the option to collect their own vaginal samples for screening in a health care setting, such as at their doctor’s office, an urgent care or even a mobile clinic.

Roche (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY) announced today the FDA approval of its human papillomavirus (HPV) self-collection solution, one of the first available in the United States. Screening for HPV can help identify women who are at risk of developing cervical cancer so that the disease can be found and treated early before cervical cancer has a chance to develop.

Becton Dickinson announced on Wednesday that it has partnered with digital health firm Camtech Health to increase cervical cancer screening in Singapore through self-collection of samples.

BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) (NYSE: BDX), a leading global medical technology company, and Techcyte, a world leader in artificial intelligence (AI)-based digital diagnostics, today announced a strategic collaboration agreement to offer an AI-based algorithm that guides cytologists and pathologists to efficiently and effectively identify evidence of cervical cancer and precancer using whole-slide imaging.

In 2023, NHC and 10 other departments issued the Action Plan Towards the Elimination of Cervical Cancer (2023-2030). The goal is that by 2025, HPV vaccination services for girls of school age will be promoted on a pilot basis, the cervical cancer screening rate for women of school age will reach 50%, and the treatment rate for patients with cervical cancer and precancerous lesions will reach 90%.

Rice University bioengineers said this week that they have demonstrated a low-cost, point-of-care DNA test for HPV infections that could make cervical cancer screening more accessible in low- and middle-income countries where the disease kills more than 300,000 women each year.