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.

South Korean liquid biopsy firm IMBdx said Thursday that it is expanding an ongoing collaboration with AstraZeneca under a project called PROSPER 2.0, which aims to improve access to targeted therapies for individuals with metastatic prostate cancer in markets outside the US.

Life sciences proteomics firm Seer on Wednesday announced an expanded collaboration with Thermo Fisher Scientific.

Burning Rock Biotech Limited (NASDAQ: BNR and LSE: BNR, the “Company” or “Burning Rock”) is pleased to announce that our flagship comprehensive genomic profiling (CGP) product, OncoScreenTM Plus, was featured in a phase 3 multi-regional clinical trial (MRCT), along with FoundationOneCDx, in support of advancement in breast cancer treatment.

The US Food and Drug Administration in May granted 510(k) clearances for tests and testing systems by Abbott, Hologic, and Becton Dickinson, among others.

A blood test identified patients with a treatable neurometabolic disease in a prospective trial, suggesting that it can be used to improve diagnosis of a condition that is currently detected using an invasive procedure.

Cue Health, a healthcare technology company, announces an industry breakthrough as the first company to receive De Novo authorization from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its Cue COVID-19 Molecular Test, designed for both home and point-of-care use.

According to Kalorama estimates, the Romanian IVD market, serving 18.8 million residents, grew to $464 million in 2022.

Foundation Medicine, Inc., a pioneer in molecular profiling for cancer, today announced that it has entered a strategic collaboration with Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany to develop FoundationOne®Liquid CDx and FoundationOne®CDx as companion diagnostics in the U.S. market for selected marketed and pipeline treatments.

Global life sciences company Labcorp has introduced a new liquid biopsy test called Labcorp Plasma Focus.

Cepheid announced that it has received the CE mark for Xpert NPM1 Mutation, a molecular in vitro diagnostic test for the quantification of mutant NPM1 mRNA transcripts (types A, B and D in exon 12) in peripheral blood specimens from patients with Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML).