Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today announced the launch of the Thermo Scientific™ KingFisher™ Apex™ Dx, an automated nucleic acid purification instrument, and Applied Biosystems™ MagMAX™ Dx Viral/Pathogen NA Isolation Kit for the isolation and purification of viral and bacterial pathogens from respiratory biological specimens. Together these products provide laboratories with an in vitro diagnostic (IVD) and in vitro diagnostic regulation (IVD-R) approved automated sample preparation solutions for increased confidence in downstream results.

Various automated immunoassay analyzers were applied in clinical lab using different principles, which offered great convenience to our daily work in the laboratory, with more stability and accuracy than manual operation.

Becton, Dickinson and Company (BD) has globally introduced the new automated instrument, the BD FACSDuet Premium Sample Preparation System, for cellular diagnostic applications.

Liquid handling instrumentation firm Integra Biosciences said that it has acquired Miroculus, a sample prep automation company that has been developing microfluidics-based platforms for next-generation sequencing.

Visby Medical said that it has received 510(k) clearance and a CLIA waiver from the US Food and Drug Administration for its second-generation point-of-care sexual health test.

At the beginning of this year, Roche Diagnostics China and Changchun Sunostik Medical Technology Co., Ltd. entered into a strategic partnership and jointly launched a new RS600 laboratory automated system for the Chinese market.