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.

Quest Diagnostics said Thursday that women seeking to start or expand a family can now access the Proov Confirm PdG home collection kit for assessing fertility through questhealth.com.

Diagnostics company Novacyt UK has agreed to purchase UK-based genomic medicine company Yourgene Health in a £16.7m ($21.3m) deal.

Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO.N) said on Thursday it would acquire healthcare data provider CorEvitas for $912.5 million in cash, as the medical products maker looks to boost its portfolio of services offered to pharmaceutical clients.

Recently, Shanghai BioGerm Medical Technology Co., Ltd. reached a strategic consensus and completed the signing of a contract, in which BioGerm will formally enter the biochemical diagnostic field by wholly acquiring Kaisheng Biology.

Researchers have used laboratory-on-a-chip technology to create a low cost, sensitive tuberculosis (TB) test that could improve disease detection in high-endemic, under-resourced areas.

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.

Siemens and Alibaba Cloud signed a strategic cooperation agreement, in which both parties will leverage their technological advantages in their respective fields to jointly promote the integration of cloud computing, AI big models and industry, enabling Chinese enterprises to improve innovation and productivity, and injecting acceleration into the high-quality development of China's economy.

EDP Biotech and New Day Diagnostics announced on Wednesday that they will combine their assets to form a new company.

New research has uncovered protein signatures associated with different forms of Alzheimer's disease (AD), including markers found in plasma, cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), and brain tissue.

Recently, the Tianjin Medical Products Administration issued the "Notice on the Demonstration and Promotion of the Unique Identification of Medical Devices".