BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) (NYSE: BDX), a leading global medical technology company, today announced the commercial launch of the first in a family of high-throughput, robotics-compatible reagent kits that will enable automation to ensure greater consistency and increased efficiency of large-scale, single-cell discovery studies.

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today announced that its SeCore™ CDx HLA A Sequencing System has been granted 510(k) clearance by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for use as a companion diagnostic with TECELRA® (afamitresgene autoleucel), Adaptimmune’s newly approved T-cell receptor (TCR) therapy for the treatment of adults with unresectable or metastatic synovial sarcoma who have received prior chemotherapy, are HLA-A*02:01P, -A*02:02P, -A*02:03P, or -A*02:06P positive and whose tumor expresses the MAGE-A4 antigen as determined by FDA-approved or cleared companion diagnostic devices. Synovial sarcoma is a rare, soft tissue cancer that most commonly impacts young adults.1,2

Agilent Technologies Inc., (NYSE: A) today announced that it has received FDA approval for the use of MAGE-A4 IHC 1F9 pharmDx (SK032) as a diagnostic tool to aid in identifying patients with synovial sarcoma who may be eligible for treatment with TECELRA® (afamitresgene autoleucel, also known as afami-cel or ADP-A2M4), a MAGE-A4-directed engineered TCR T-Cell therapy.

Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ: ILMN), a global leader in DNA sequencing and array-based technologies, announced that effective today it has acquired Fluent BioSciences, developer of an emerging and highly differentiated single-cell technology.

Roche (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY) announced today the launch of the first clinically approved, highly-sensitive in-situ hybridisation (ISH) test, the VENTANA® Kappa and Lambda Dual ISH mRNA Probe Cocktail assay, in countries accepting the CE Mark. The test is designed to help pathologists differentiate a B-cell malignancy from a normal, reactive response to an infection.

QIAGEN announced today the expansion of its digital PCR (dPCR) offering for the development of cell and gene therapies in the biopharma industry.

Tempus, a leader in artificial intelligence and precision medicine, today announced a new collaboration to develop a companion diagnostic (CDx) test with TScan Therapeutics, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of T cell receptor (TCR)-engineered T cell therapies (TCR-T) for the treatment of cancer patients.

Today, in collaboration with single cell genomics company, Honeycomb Biotechnologies (“Honeycomb”), Revvity (NYSE: RVTY) announced the launch of a suite of new solutions and services that expand the frontiers of single cell biology: the HIVE™ CLX Single-Cell RNAseq Solution, BeeNetPLUS analysis workflow, and for single cell researchers based in the United States, a new HIVE CLX Service offering.

Houston-based single-cell analysis company CellChorus announced on Wednesday that it has been awarded a $2.2 million Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Fast-Track grant from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS).

Qiagen on Thursday announced a systematic review and publication of the clinical relevance of test values from its QuantiFeron-TB Gold Plus TB1 and TB2 blood collection tubes.