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.

COVID-19 saliva testing kits that include a novel preservative can also be used to measure microscopic organisms in the mouth, a Rutgers study found. This enables study of the relationship between mouth and lung microbes and the SARS-CoV-2 virus that may allow for the development of new treatments.

Agilent Technologies reported after the close of the market on Monday that its fiscal fourth quarter revenues increased 12 percent year over year.

Now that the Human Genome Project has officially wrapped, an international team of researchers will map the entire collection of proteins in the human body.

The US Food and Drug Administration announced on Friday that it has issued two final orders reclassifying certain hepatitis C diagnostic tests from Class III to Class II. Additionally, it reclassified blood lancet devices from Class I to Class II and Class III.

MEDICA 2021 has nearly 200 Chinese enterprises participated in the exhibition and over 30 IVD companies among them.

Burning Rock Biotech said Thursday that it has entered a strategic partnership with Merck to develop a companion diagnostic for the MET inhibitor tepotinib (Tepmetko) in the mainland China market, using Burning Rock's OncoCompass Target panel.

Roche announced on Thursday that its new Cobas 5800 molecular instrument has received CE marking.

On November 18, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) announced the list of elected academicians of CAS in 2021. According to regulations, 65 academicians and 25 foreign academicians of CAS were elected in 2021.

Wall Street analysts contend that Johnson & Johnson's recent decision to split off the consumer health unit as its own company is likely to boost growth and increase operating margins for the remaining pharmaceutical and medical device segments.

The creation of nanoscale computers for use in precision health care has long been a dream of many scientists and health care providers. Now, the research paves the way for the construction of complex nanoscale computers for the prevention and treatment of cancer and other diseases.