Roche (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY) announced today the CE certification of the new cobas® 6800/8800 systems 2.0. The update significantly enhances the efficiency of laboratories by optimising resources, reducing downtime, consolidating test menus, and increasing throughput. These improvements ultimately promise a more streamlined diagnostics experience for healthcare professionals and their patients.

Labcorp, a global leader of innovative and comprehensive laboratory services, announces it has finalized its acquisition of select outreach laboratory services from Ballad Health. The sale of these lab services, combined with Ballad Health’s ongoing strategic relationship with Labcorp, aims to enhance patient care, expand access to advanced testing and improve efficiency for the health system and its patients.

Personalized, one-on-one health coaching is now available for purchase on questhealth.com. Made available by Pack Health®, a Quest Diagnostics (NYSE: DGX) company that provides evidence-based patient engagement services, questhealth.com's Health Coaching pairs individuals with board-certified health advisers who provide personalized support, resources, and education focused on the individual's unique health goals. The holistic programs focus on several key areas, including general health, weight management, chronic kidney disease, type 2 diabetes, or high cholesterol. For a more tailored experience, individuals can pair Quest lab work with their health coaching to put their diagnostic insights into action.

Lab informatics firm Sapio Sciences said Monday that it has entered a comarketing agreement with Waters.

Augurex Life Sciences Corp., a leader in autoimmune biomarker-based diagnostics, today announced that it has formed a nonexclusive agreement with Quest Diagnostics, a leading provider of diagnostic information services, under which Quest will validate and offer a lab-developed test based on the Augurex 14-3-3η (eta) biomarker in the United States.

Eurofins Scientific (EUFI.PA), a global scientific leader in bioanalytical testing, with a rapidly developing presence in highly specialised and molecular clinical diagnostics testing and in-vitro diagnostic products, has reached an agreement with SYNLAB to acquire its clinical diagnostics operations in Spain. The transaction is subject to customary conditions, including regulatory approvals, and is expected to close in 2025.

LabGenomics USA has successfully acquired Integrated Molecular Diagnostics (IMD) CLIA labs, bringing the total number of its CLIA-certified labs in the U.S. to four. This acquisition strengthens LabGenomics’ strategic development and expands its diagnostic services nationwide, particularly in molecular technology.

Auckland-based biotechnology company DNAiTECH has secured NZD $1 million in funding to advance its development of instant diagnostic tests that do not require a laboratory.

Diagnostic company SphingoTec GmbH (“SphingoTec”) today announced a new partnership with Beckman Coulter Diagnostics Inc. (“Beckman Coulter”). Through this collaboration, the companies will bring an assay for SphingoTec’s innovative kidney function biomarker, Proenkephalin 119-159 (penKid), to Beckman Coulter’s extensive test menu for use on the Access Family of Immunoassay Analyzers. This alliance marks the first central laboratory license for a penKid assay and aims to significantly enhance the diagnostic capabilities for acute kidney injury (AKI) globally, by leveraging Beckman Coulter’s global installed base of instruments.

Following the passage of continuing resolutions (CR) by the US Senate and the House of Representatives this week, lab test reimbursement cuts and price reporting requirements called for under the Protecting Access to Medicare Act (PAMA) are likely to be delayed one year.