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.

Shutdowns earlier this year of two facilities that use ethylene oxide (EtO) to sterilize medical devices prompted FDA to monitor for supply shortages in the industry because EtO is such a popular sterilization method for medical devices. Thi

Attune Medical is hoping to get a label expansion for its device to reduce thermal injury to the esophagus during cardiac ablation procedures. The Chicago, IL-based company said its ensoETM device is being evaluated in several clinical studi

Bio-Techne said recently that its fiscal 2020 first quarter revenues rose 12 percent year over year, driven by growth in each of its business segments.

The National Institutes of Health has awarded researchers at the University of Virginia a $2.7 million grant to investigate how variation in a specific gene, called ID3, influences atherosclerosis.

Genialis recently announced a comarketing agreement with Thermo Fisher Scientific on data analysis for RNA sequencing.

Exact Sciences reported after the close of the market recently that its third quarter revenues rose 85 percent year over year, thanks to an 89 percent increase in testing volumes for its Cologuard colorectal cancer screening test.

LexaGene said recently that it has closed a previously announced financing round, grossing C$6.7 million (US$5.1 million).

Korean rare disease diagnostics firm 3billion said this week that it has raised $10 million in a Series B financing round.

Illumina and Qiagen recently announced a 15-year partnership to develop next-generation sequencing-based in vitro diagnostic kits, including companion diagnostics. The deal accompanied announcements that Qiagen CEO Peer Schatz would step dow

Genomic services provider Novogene has signed an agreement to develop a companion diagnostic for a cancer drug under development at Chipscreen Biosciences, the Chinese companies said today.