Remido deivce shows promising results for diagnosing Diabetic Retinopathy

Diagnostics |  News | 0 Comment | 11 Sep, 2019

Diabetic Retinopathy (DR), is asymptomatic and affects nearly 20% of the 70 million diabetic patients in India. Timely and accessible DR screening can enable early detection, prev...Read more

Neuberg bets big on superior diagnostic experience

Diagnostics |  News | 0 Comment | 06 Sep, 2019

Neuberg Diagnostics Private Limited, the fastest growing healthcare start-up in India which ranks among the top 4 diagnostic service providers in the country, has announced the launch ...Read more

Transasia - Erba Group sets a new benchmark

Diagnostics |  News | 1 Comment | 03 Sep, 2019

Transasia Bio-Medicals Ltd. has announced that it has successfully sold over 1,000 units of the recently launched Erba hematology range of analyzers in India, thereby retaining its No. 1 po...Read more

MTE successful for early detection of breast cancer in India

Diagnostics |  News | 0 Comment | 14 Aug, 2019

Delhi hosted Dr Frank Hoffmann, who pioneered the internationally accepted Discovering Hands concept and ‘Tactile Breast Examination’ (TBE) technique.  ...Read more

MedGenome unveils novel DNA test for all DR mutations in TB

Diagnostics |  News | 0 Comment | 08 Aug, 2019

MedGenome Labs, leader in clinical data driven genetic diagnostics and drug discovery research in India, has developed ‘SPIT SEQ’,  the first Whole Genome Sequencing b...Read more

Trivitron Healthcare launches fully automated clinical chemistry analyzer

Diagnostics |  News | 0 Comment | 24 Jul, 2019

Trivitron Healthcare, the ace Indian health technology organization, takes another leap in providing cost-effective diagnostic solutions with the launch of super-efficient clinical chemistr...Read more

Strand Life Sciences joins the Global Diagnostics Network

Diagnostics |  News | 0 Comment | 22 Jul, 2019

Strand Life Sciences, India, has joined the Global Diagnostics Network (GDN), a strategic working group of major diagnostic laboratories collaborating to generate enhanced diagnostics insig...Read more

Roche India Diagnostics unveils new automated solution

Diagnostics |  News | 0 Comment | 10 Jul, 2019

Roche Diagnostics India has announced the launch of its latest diagnostic technology - cobas® pro integrated solutions - which brings to India’s IVD labs an opportunity to establi...Read more

FIND signs $14.5M grant with UNITAID for rapid TB diagnosis

Diagnostics |  News | 0 Comment | 05 Jul, 2019

The Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics (FIND) has announced that a new $14.5 million grant has been signed with Unitaid to evaluate the use of next-generation sequencing (N...Read more

Abbott launches HBA1C test to aid in diagnosis of diabetes

Diagnostics |  News | 0 Comment | 18 Jun, 2019

Abbott has announced that its Afinion™ HbA1c Dx assay is now available for use on the Afinion 2 Analyzer, as well as the Afinion AS100 Analyzer. The Afinion HbA1c Dx assay is the fir...Read more

PATH, Quansys Bio develop new diagnostic tool for malaria

Diagnostics |  News | 0 Comment | 03 Jun, 2019

PATH and Quansys Biosciences, Inc. have announced the launch of a new diagnostic tool designed to help researchers develop more sensitive and reliable malaria rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) ...Read more

Bayer to develop NGS based companion diagnostics in oncology

Diagnostics |  News | 0 Comment | 31 May, 2019

Bayer AG and Foundation Medicine, Inc. have announced a global collaboration for the development and commercialization of NGS-based companion diagnostics. This agreement allows for collabo...Read more

Cepheid gets FDA nod for Xpert® CT/NG Test

Diagnostics |  News | 0 Comment | 30 May, 2019

Cepheid announced that it has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearance for testing throat and rectal specimens with its Xpert® CT/NG test. The test provides fas...Read more

FDA approves diagnostic tests for chlamydia and gonorrhoea

Diagnostics |  News | 0 Comment | 24 May, 2019

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration cleared for marketing two tests that can detect the presence of the bacteria Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae, which cause the sexually-...Read more

GE Healthcare, Indi Molecular to develop diagnostic tool for immunotherapy patients

Diagnostics |  News | 0 Comment | 20 May, 2019

GE Healthcare and Indi Molecular, Inc, a  California-based biotechnology company, have announced plans to develop immune cell-targeted Positron-Emission Tomography (PET) tracer candida...Read more

India’s state forensic labs to expand its infrastructure

Diagnostics |  News | 0 Comment | 16 May, 2019

Led by Delhi and Maharashtra, India’s forensic laboratories have managed to reduce pendency of DNA testing cases by a 50% national average. While Delhi has eliminated most of its...Read more

Roche launches detection test for antibiotic resistance in TB

Diagnostics |  News | 0 Comment | 15 May, 2019

Roche has announced the CE-IVD launch of the cobas® MTB-RIF/INH test to detect resistance to antibiotics within tuberculosis DNA. This assay is part of the mycobacteria test menu t...Read more

WHO prequalifies Abbott's breakthrough HIV test

Diagnostics |  News | 0 Comment | 06 May, 2019

Abbott has announced that m-PIMA™ HIV-1/2 VL, the world's first point-of-care viral load diagnostic test, has received the World Health Organization's Prequalification approval (...Read more