Feb 16, 2017
Cardiff, UK – 16th February 2017 – EKF Diagnostics, the global in vitro diagnostics company, announces that in a newly published paper [1] its Quo-Test® point-of-care (POC) hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) analyzer has again been confirmed to meet International Federation of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (IFCC) performance criteria. Using sigma-metrics data modelling, scientists from the European Reference Laboratory for Glycohemoglobin demonstrated that Quo-Test easily met IFCC accepted qu...
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Feb 16, 2017
β-lactamase enzymes inactivate β-lactam antibiotics and render them ineffective for the treatment of clinically-important Gram-negative bacterial infections. Now, two new kits from Streck Inc., available in the UK from Alpha Laboratories Ltd., provide a comprehensive, cost-effective molecular method to detect the most clinically-important β-lactamases that confer resistance to penicillins, cephamycins, and in some cases, carbapenems.
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Feb 06, 2017
Newcastle upon Tyne, UK – [February 2, 2017] – QuantuMDx Group announced an assay co-development and commercialization agreement with The Global Good Fund, managed by Intellectual Ventures, to develop a rapid, low-cost and mobile diagnostic test for the detection of human papillomavirus (HPV), the leading cause of cervical and other genital cancers.
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Jan 24, 2017
Biofortuna is expanding its IVD service portfolio to provide a greater focus on immunoassay design, development and manufacture. The company has made a significant investment in its production capabilities to include plate coating, washing, drying and quality control, creating an exceptional manufacturing suite for immunoassay kits.
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Jan 03, 2017
Mologic is pleased to announce that we are in receipt of a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to establish the CARD, a new technology centre within Mologic, whose objective is to create a step-change in simple, rapid diagnostic test technology for the detection of protein biomarkers at the point-of care.
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