The major brands in China’s urinalysis market are URIT, DIRUI, AVE, etc. URIT produced China’s first urine analyzer in 1984. And after nearly 40 years’ strenuous cultivation, it pioneered the modular urine analysis workflow using deep learning artificial intelligence (AI) image recognition technology.

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

Avacta, a UK-based developer of cancer immunotherapies and diagnostics, said on Tuesday that it has signed an agreement to acquire Launch Diagnostics for up to ￡37 million ($41.9 million).

Pointe Biotech (Nanjing) Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as: Pointe) and its shareholders formally reached a strategic consensus and completed the signing of the contract

The company raised its earnings forecast for 2022 on estimates of $7.8 billion in annual sales related to COVID-19 testing.

Roche’s third-quarter results have revealed a clear sign that the bumper sales boosting companies that have provided products to diagnose, treat or prevent COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic are starting to tail off.

Becton Dickinson announced on Tuesday a collaboration with Magnolia Medical Technologies, under which the firms will co-sell and comarket the Magnolia Medical Steripath and Steripath Micro Initial Specimen Diversion Device, which complement the BD Vacutainer specimen collection portfolio.

Illumina said on Tuesday that it has partnered with French company GenoScreen on genomic testing for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis.

On October 15, the General Office of Hangzhou Municipal People's Government issued the "Notice on Several Measures to Accelerate the High-Quality Development of Biomedical Industry"

Biodesix said Monday that it has been awarded a US Federal Supply Schedule contract for cancer testing of covered patients served by the Veterans Health Administration and Military Health System.

PBD Biotech said Monday it gained investment funding of ￡2.4 million ($2.7 million) to support clinical trials for its Actiphage rapid screening test for latent tuberculosis infections and their potential to develop into serious disease.

Since October, companies in the pharmaceutical field have successively announced monthly forecasts for the first three quarters.