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.