Not every assay needs the same substrate. But every assay needs the right one.

In recent years, the country has promulgated centralized bulk-buying policy for high value medical consumables in the field of medical devices.

DiaSorin's Luminex on Friday announced it has obtained CE marking for its Aries Flu A/B & RSV+SARS-CoV-2 Assay, a multiplex molecular panel that detects four common respiratory viruses and their underlying respiratory infections.

Nanomix said on Friday that it has received the CE mark for its eLab COVID-19 antigen test which provides qualitative results in 15 minutes from an anterior nasal swab.

The US Food and Drug Administration this week granted separate Emergency Use Authorizations for a respiratory panel RT-PCR test from Laboratory Corporation of America and a COVID-19 RT-PCR test from Nexus Medical Labs.

The WHO office in Congo (DRC) released a message on May 20, local time, saying that more than 1,200 people suspected of being infected with monkeypox virus. Virus spread across 18 provinces across the country and caused 58 people died.

6 COVID-19 test kits obtained CE mark

Cepheid announced on Thursday that it has obtained the CE mark for a rapid molecular test to detect the SARS-CoV-2 virus. The new test will begin shipping this month.

LumiraDx on Thursday announced it has obtained CE marking for its five-minute SARS-CoV-2 Ag Ultra Test.

On May 18, the treatment report of the first Chinese produced SARS-CoV-2 oral drug was announced.

The Food and Drug Administration published a Class I recall report for two COVID-19 testing products that covers the removal of more than 51,000 unauthorized coronaviurs tests from the U.S. market.

Genomics and diagnostics company Prenetics ended its first day as publicly traded company on the Nasdaq on Wednesday with its stock down 9 percent.