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

The market for medical technology is innovative, dynamic, and growing. Bosch sees medical technology as a strategic growth field and intends to expand its Bosch Healthcare Solutions subsidiary, based in Waiblingen.

Prenosis’ Sepsis Immunoscore software analyzes 22 parameters such as respiratory rate and blood pressure to assess the likelihood that a patient will develop sepsis within 24 hours. Companies including Epic Systems, a leading provider of electronic health records, have developed software for assessing sepsis risk, but Prenosis broke new ground with its recent de novo authorization.

Oncocyte announced on Thursday that it has partnered with Bio-Rad Laboratories to globally commercialize the research-use-only GraftAssure assay.

Bosch has entered into a strategic partnership with the laboratory and medical technology company Randox Laboratories Ltd. The two companies are investing around 150 million euros in joint research, development and sales activities. This will result in new tests for the Vivalytic analysis platform from Bosch Healthcare Solutions. One objective is the development of an IVD (in vitro diagnostics) high multiplex sepsis test, which is to be implemented for the first time on the basis of the innovative BioMEMS technology.

Transcenta Holding Limited ("Transcenta") (HKEX: 06628), a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company with fully-integrated capabilities in discovery, research, development and manufacturing of antibody-based therapeutics, and Agilent Technologies, announce a collaboration to develop a Claudin18.2 (CLDN18.2) companion diagnostic to support TranStar301 global Phase III pivotal trial of Osemitamab (TST001) in combination with Nivolumab and chemotherapy as first-line treatment in patients with CLDN18.2 expressing locally advanced or metastatic gastric or gastroesophageal (G/GEJ) adenocarcinoma.

Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE: BIO and BIO.B) a global leader of life science research and clinical diagnostics products, today announces a collaboration with Allegheny Health Network (AHN), a western Pennsylvania–based integrated healthcare system. This research collaboration aims to generate clinical evidence across a range of cancer types to support the implementation of Bio-Rad’s Droplet Digital™ PCR (ddPCR™) technology for tumor-informed molecular residual disease (MRD) monitoring of patients with solid tumor cancer following curative-intent treatment.

From 16 to 18 March 2024, the bustling halls of Chongqing International Expo Center witnessed a remarkable convergence of innovations and advancements, as the 21st China International In Vitro Diagnostic Expo and the 4th China IVD Supply Chain Expo concluded with resounding success.

Oxford Nanopore Technologies has signed a partnership with artificial intelligence developer SeqOne to support its next-generation sequencing approach in clinical diagnostic testing.

QIAGEN (NYSE: QGEN; Frankfurt Prime Standard: QIA) today announced the release of the QIAstat-Dx Analyzer 2.0, including the Software 1.6 upgrade, a significant enhancement to the widely-used QIAstat-Dx Analyzer 1.0 for reliable, fast and cost-effective diagnosis of complex syndromes.