To ensure the quality and safety of medical services in primary healthcare institutions, China’s National Health Commission (NHC) and other relevant authorities issued a notice on 1 April 2026, outlining a three-year nationwide action.

Microplate-based automatic blood grouping analyzer Metis of Aikang MedTech Co., Ltd. (henceforth referred to as Aikang) received approval for marketing in 2015; and its MGT-based automatic blood grouping analyzer Aigel received approval for marketing in 2016.

Medical tool supplier Danaher (DHR) is expanding its product offerings by purchasing British biotech firm Abcam Plc (ABCM) for $5.7 billion, including debt.

Stay up-to-date with the latest happenings in the rapidly evolving field of In Vitro Diagnostics (IVD) in China.

Mirxes, a Singapore-headquartered developer of RNA-based tests for the early detection of cancer and other diseases, said this week that it has recently signed two agreements that will help advance the company's commercial push into China and Indonesia.

Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced the issuing of a companion diagnostic (CDx) Class C IVDR certification for PD-L1 IHC 22C3 pharmDx, Code SK006. This CDx assay has previously been CE-IVD–marked for sales in the European Union and is now certified in accordance with the new EU Regulation for in vitro diagnostic medical devices (IVDR).

Thermo Fisher Scientific said on Thursday that its Exent Solution, an automated mass spectrometry system for diagnosing patients with monoclonal gammopathies, including multiple myeloma, has been approved under Europe's In Vitro Diagnostics Regulation.

LumiraDx Limited (NASDAQ: LMDX), a next-generation point of care (POC) diagnostics company, today announced financial results for its second quarter ended June 30, 2023.

The Alzheimer’s disease blood test developer C2N Diagnostics has released a new version of its screener for beta amyloid proteins, and it’s gearing up for a nationwide rollout as public hopes rise for treatments that may make some headway against the condition.

Medtronic (MDT.N) on Tuesday raised its annual profit forecast as the return of non-urgent surgery volumes to pre-pandemic levels boosted demand for its medical devices, sending its shares up 3%.

Not long after acquiring Resolution Bioscience in a deal worth more than half a billion dollars, Agilent Technologies has resolved to shutter the business, which was developing liquid biopsy tests that were powered by next-generation sequencing technology and meant to be used as companion diagnostics for cancer patients.

Geneseeq Technology Inc. has announced that three of our next-generation sequencing (NGS)-based cancer genetic testing kits, GENESEEQPRIME NGS Tumor Gene Detection Kit (GeneseeqPrime ™), GENESEEQ Homologous Recombination Deficiency Detection Kit (GeneseeqPrime™ HRD), and GENESEEQ Blood Cancer Gene Detection Kit (Hemasalus™ DNA/Hemarna™ RNA), have obtained the European Union’s CE Mark approval.