The National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) of China has introduced a series of strategic measures to accelerate the development of new-quality productivity in the high-end medical device sector.

The POCT market is large and has enjoyed sound growth. From 2008 to 2018, the sales volume of the global POCT market doubled, with an average annual compound growth rate of 7.5%. The global POCT sales volume in 2021 was $31.5 billion.

Pertussis is a highly contagious acute respiratory disease that can last for several months and often causes epidemics.

Ovation.io, Inc., an organization dedicated to building best in class multi-omics datasets, today announced a collaboration with Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ: ILMN), a global leader in DNA sequencing and array-based technologies, that will work to accelerate advancements in precision medicine. The collaboration will address challenges in drug development by harnessing the power of genomic data to enable the discovery of drug targets coupled with biomarkers that increase the probability of success and decrease the cost of development.

Fujirebio Holdings, Inc. (President & CEO: Goki Ishikawa; Head Office: Minato-ku, Tokyo), a wholly-owned subsidiary of H.U. Group Holdings, Inc. (Chairman, President and Group CEO: Shigekazu Takeuchi; Head Office: Minato-ku, Tokyo), and Eisai Co., Ltd. (Representative Corporate Officer and CEO: Haruo Naito; Head Office: Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo; hereinafter "Eisai") announced today that they have entered into a memorandum of understanding for the joint research and social implementation of novel blood-based biomarkers in the field of neurodegenerative diseases.

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

Guardant Health, Inc. (Nasdaq: GH), a leading precision oncology company, and Meaningful Insights Biotech Analytics (MiBA), an innovative healthcare technology company, today announced a unique partnership aimed at optimizing the use of biomarker testing and data analytics to advance precision medicine in patient care throughout the MiBA Network.

Personalis, Inc. (NASDAQ: PSNL) announced today agreements with long time collaborators Merck and Moderna that accelerate the advancement of the company’s business strategy. The company has received an investment from Merck, known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, and separately has signed a multi-year extension with Moderna to utilize Personalis’ ImmunoID NeXT Platform® and technology for V940/mRNA-4157, an investigational individualized neoantigen therapy (INT), being jointly developed by Merck and Moderna.

From December 14 to 18, a delegation led by Lei Haichao, Director of China's National Health Commission, visited Japan to attend the 17th Tripartite Health Ministers’ Meeting and engage in a series of official activities.

Mainz Biomed N.V. (NASDAQ:MYNZ) (“Mainz Biomed” or the “Company”), a molecular genetics diagnostic company specializing in the early detection of cancer, announced today an agreement with Quest Diagnostics (NYSE:DGX), a leading provider of diagnostic information services, to support commercialization of Mainz Biomed’s NextGen screening test for colorectal cancer.

OraSure Technologies, Inc. (“OTI”) (NASDAQ: OSUR), a leader in point-of-need and home diagnostic tests and sample management solutions, today announced the acquisition of Sherlock Biosciences, Inc., a global health company bringing next-generation diagnostics to consumers and healthcare providers.

Guardant Health, Inc. (Nasdaq: GH), a leading precision oncology company, today announced a collaboration with Boehringer Ingelheim to pursue the regulatory approval and commercialization of the Guardant360® CDx liquid biopsy as a companion diagnostic (CDx) for zongertinib, an investigational covalent tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) that selectively inhibits HER2 while sparing epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).