BD Respiratory Viral Panel Gets U.S. FDA Clearance
The FDA granted 510(k) clearance to BD's Respiratory Viral Panel for the BD MAX System, a diagnostic test that ID's respiratory viruses.
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LightDeck Diagnostics Receives $2M for Development of Respiratory Illness Inflammation Test
LightDeck Diagnostics received a $2 million contract for the development of a rapid, quantitative, multiplexed test for inflammatory markers.
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Owlstone Medical Introduces Breath Biopsy Panel for Respiratory Diseases
The breath biomarker panel is intended to support research to distinguish between chronic inflammatory airway diseases including asthma, COPD, and IPF.
FDA Clears Applied BioCode Respiratory Pathogen Panel
The panel tests nasopharyngeal swabs for the most common respiratory viruses and bacteria.
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FDA Approves QuantiFeron-TB Gold Plus Test for Liaison Platforms
The test enables highly automated screening for latent tuberculosis.
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Mologic Launches Clinical Trial to Identify Early Signs of COPD
The Headstart system is designed for home monitoring and integrates a simple, easy-to-use diagnostic with a reader and mobile phone app to capture patient-specific health data.
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Cost-Effective Tests for Lyme Disease and TBRF
IGeneX’s new BCA assays are simple and cost-effective tests that give either a positive or negative result for exposure to Borrelia spp.
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Owlstone Medical Provides Breath Biopsy Analysis to Study of Immune-Mediated Diseases
The company will receive funding to provide the breath biopsy component of a research initiative designed to provide new insights into the mechanisms of response and nonresponse to treatment for seven immune-mediated diseases.
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Molecular QC for Rifampicin-Resistant Mycobacterium Tuberculosis
Positive and negative controls are designed to help laboratories deliver reliable MTB-RIF testing results.
Read MoreLophius Biosciences Closes $3.4 Million Financing Round for TB Detection Assay
The funding will enable Lophius to expand clinical performance data and finalize design of the assay for use on automated platforms.
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Self-Monitoring Solution in Mobile App Can Help Patients Manage Uncontrolled Asthma
A study by Karolinska Institute researchers shows that an algorithm used in a mobile phone app can efficiently manage uncontrolled asthma.
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New Biomarker May Uncover Uncontrolled Asthma
Study subjects with uncontrolled asthma had substantially higher levels of local IL-26 in their airways, when compared with subjects with controlled asthma.
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Roche Expands Global Access Program to Include Diagnostics for Hepatitis, Human Papillomavirus, and Tuberculosis
Access to innovative diagnostic solutions will contribute to the World Health Organization’s infectious disease elimination goals.
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FDA Clears Respiratory Panel That Can Detect More Than 20 Pathogens
The panel is the first offering in a deep and broad pipeline of assays planned for QIAstat-Dx in the United States.
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University of Manchester and Owlstone Medical Awarded £250,000 to Advance Asthma Diagnostics
The study will collect breath samples from asthmatic patients and healthy controls to analyze breath-based biomarkers.
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BD Launches Molecular Test for Tuberculosis
The BD Max MDR-TB panel has obtained the CE mark, supporting market launch in Europe.
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SenzaGen Launches First In Vitro Airway Allergy Test
The test uses genetic biomarkers to determine with high accuracy whether inhaled substances and chemicals that come into contact with the lungs are allergenic or not.
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Study Reveals Dramatic Development of Immune System after Birth
As soon as a baby is born, its immune system starts to change dramatically in response to the bacteria and viruses in its new environment. The study was made possible using new techniques of immune cell analysis.
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