China has been engaged in the R&D and manufacturing of semi-automatic coagulation analyzers for over a decade, and based on the data from the website of the NMPA, in 2024 and 2025 (as od 15 August), a total of 2 instruments from 2 manufacturers have obtained registration certificates...

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Thermo Fisher Scientific today reported an 8 percent increase in fourth quarter revenues, driven by growth across its four business segments. The company, headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts, reported Q4 revenues of $6.51 billion, up 8 p

Thermo Fisher Scientific has acquired a 9 percent stake in molecular diagnostic company Yourgene Health by exercising warrants it held in the company. In addition, Thermo Fisher has further warrants that, if exercised, could take its ownersh

PerkinElmer announced after the close of the market on Thursday that its fourth quarter revenues rose 18 percent year over year. For the three months ended Dec. 30, 2018, the company posted revenues of $756.3 million compared to $641.6 milli

The global in vitro diagnostics market was valued at USD 55.00 million in 2016 and is projected to grow at a healthy CAGR of 5.60% between 2017 and 2025 to reach USD 89.8 million by the end of 2025. The market growth will be driven by the ri

Bio-Rad Laboratories has received clearance from the US Food and Drug Administration for its first liquid biopsy assay and Droplet Digital PCR system for diagnostic use, the firm announced today. The test is designed for monitoring treatment

BioMrieux announced today that it has acquired US-based food testing firm Invisible Sentinel for approximately $75 million to strengthen its position in food pathogen testing and spoilage organism detection. Invisible Sentinel said that its

Beckman Coulter Life Sciences announced today that it has acquired privately held liquid handling firm Labcyte. Based in San Jose, California, Labcyte has developed an acoustic droplet ejection technology called Echo that uses sound energy f

Roche has agreed to acquire Spark Therapeutics for $4.8 billion cash, Spark said today, in a deal designed to expand the biopharma giant into gene therapy with the marketed Luxturna (voretigene neparvovec-rzyl) and a pipeline of other gene t

Indiana University School of Medicine researchers have developed a test to measure pain pain in patients. The hope is that such a test could help in the fight against opioid abuse. The study was led by Alexander Niculescu, MD, PhD and was pu

FDA published draft guidance on Feb. 25, 2019 on submission of bioavailability (BA) information for oral dosage drugs in investigation new drug applications (INDs), new drug applications (NDAs), and NDA supplements. In the guidance, FDA prov