ADVANCE Outlook: Lab Professionals : Product News

Thinking of Donating Used Lab Equipment?

Lynn — Wed, 23 May 2012 12:04:00 GMT

The following is a guest blog from Jennifer Daugherty, a Business Development Coordinator for The Remi Group, LLC. Many clinical diagnosticians are now donating laboratory equipment to other healthcare organizations, research facilities, charities or...(read more)

Help Us Plan Our 2012 Calendar

Matthew T. Patton — Fri, 13 May 2011 14:47:00 GMT

It is hard to believe that nearly half of the year 2011 has come and gone. Summer is just days away. Starting this month, the ADVANCE for Medical Laboratory Professionals team is already looking at our calendars with our eyes on 2012. As we are doing...(read more)

Carilion Merges With Spectrum

Kerri Penno — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 19:37:00 GMT

Carilion Labs has entered into an agreement to merge with Greensboro, North Carolina-based Spectrum Laboratory Network to form a major laboratory company offering comprehensive clinical, anatomic pathology and esoteric testing services. The merger will...(read more)

Company Releases FIT Assay

Amanda Koehler — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 14:15:00 GMT

Polymedco Inc., Cortlandt Manor, NY, recently announced that the FDA has granted 510(k) clearance of the OC-Sensor Diana, a high throughput automated system for the immunoassay fecal occult blood test (FIT) used for detecting gastrointestinal bleeding...(read more)

Haiti Disaster Relief

Kerri Penno — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 18:18:00 GMT

Immediately following the Jan. 12 earthquake, Siemens Healthcare mobilized to provide disaster relief assistance to the citizens of Haiti. The Healthcare Sector of Siemens AG has shipped healthcare systems and supplies through Project HOPE to aid healthcare...(read more)

Real-Time Results

Kerri Penno — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 16:19:00 GMT

Halfpenny Technologies Inc., a health information exchange solutions provider specializing in laboratory, pathology and physician electronic medical record (EMR) system interoperability, has introduced ITF-Mobile, a handheld results reporting system enabling...(read more)

Researchers Win Flow Cytometers

Kerri Penno — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 14:52:00 GMT

Accuri Cytometers Inc., a life sciences company developing bench-top flow cytometer systems, recently announced the 2009 recipients of its Accuri Flow Cytometer Creativity Awards program, which provides a free Accuri C6 Flow Cytometer System each year...(read more)

Companion Algorithms

Kerri Penno — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 15:56:00 GMT

BioImagene Inc., a digital pathology solutions provider, announced a collaboration with the University of Pennsylvania School (UPenn) of Medicine and Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey to develop Companion Algorithms for next generation companion...(read more)

Superresolution

Kerri Penno — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 15:10:00 GMT

Carl Zeiss MicroImaging GmbH has received a license from the University of California for commercializing "superresolution," a microscopy technique offering extremely high resolution. The technique, called structured illumination microscopy (SIM), was...(read more)

FDA Approves Anti-HIV Test

Kerri Penno — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:17:00 GMT

The FDA has approved Ortho Clinical Diagnostics' diagnostic assay for detecting antibodies to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) types 1+2 (Anti-HIV 1+2) for use on the VITROS 5600 Integrated and VITROS 3600 immunodiagnostic systems. According to Ortho...(read more)

Serology Partnership

Kerri Penno — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 19:49:00 GMT

Biotest Diagnostics awarded agreements with Premier healthcare alliance for its advanced serology solutions Biotest Diagnostics Corp. recently announced a multi-year agreement with Premier Purchasing Partners, L.P., the group purchasing unit of Premier...(read more)

Biotest and Premier Announce Partnership

Amanda Koehler — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 15:24:00 GMT

Biotest Diagnostics Corp., Rockaway, NJ, announced a multi-year agreement with Premier Purchasing Partners L.P., the group purchasing unit of Premier Inc., Charlotte, NC, for its advanced serology solutions, including traditional blood bank reagents,...(read more)

Abbott Acquires Solvay

Kerri Penno — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 15:06:00 GMT

Abbott, Abbott Park, IL, has announced a $6.6 billion definitive agreement to acquire Solvay's pharmaceuticals business and full global rights to the fenofibrate franchise. The acquisition will provide Abbott with a large and complementary portfolio of...(read more)

New Strips From Quantimetrix

Kerri Penno — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 18:43:00 GMT

Quantimetrix Corp., Redondo Beach, CA, a company specializing in liquid quality control and urinalysis, has announced several newly added urine reagent strip values to its Dipper, Dropper, Dropper Plus and Dip&Spin inserts. Values for Accutest, Accustrip,...(read more)