A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) study has found that current screening methods for colorectal cancer using the fecal occult blood tests (FOBT) are often not the appropriate choice of test.
17/05/2010
ORTHO CLINICAL Diagnostics has received the FDA's approval for a diagnostic assay for the detection of antibodies to human immunodeficiency virus types 1+2 for use on the Vitros 5600 integrated and Vitros 3600 immunodiagnostic systems.
16/10/2009
developments in laboratory medicine and attracted over 18,000 physicians, scientists and others involved in laboratory medicine in hospitals, universities, and private laboratories.
17/08/2009
THE VICTORIAN Infection Control Professionals Association has announced its Biennial State Conference to be held at the Grand Hyatt, Melbourne on 7 to 9 October 2009.
31/08/2009
THE EUROPEAN Medicines Agency (EMEA) has recommended to the European Commission the suspension of the marketing authorization for a Merck therapy.
20/02/2009
PERKINELMER has announced it has entered into a contract with ID Biological Systems to become its exclusive worldwide distributer for specimen collection cards used by newborn screening programs worldwide.
29/04/2009
ALLERGAN has announced it has received approval from the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for Acuvail (ketorolac tromethamine ophthalmic solution).
28/07/2009
NOVARTIS has launched Extavia, a rebranded version of the standard-of-care treatment for relapsing forms of multiple sclerosis (MS).
28/01/2009
Dr Neil Frazer, Prima BioMed's Chief Medical Officer will oversee clinical trials in the US for the company's CVac ovarian cancer vaccine treatment.
27/11/2009
LUMINEX has announced it has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for new cystic fibrosis (CF) test, the xTAG Cystic Fibrosis 39 Kit v2.
07/09/2009
PerkinElmer has received 510K clearance from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its GSP™ Genetic Screening Processor, which is used by public health laboratories worldwide as part of newborn screening programs.
04/11/2009