RECENT NEWS

The North East Innovation Lab is part of Newcastle Hospitals and works with organisations of all sizes, from university spin outs to large international companies, supporting the development of next-generation diagnostics.

Beckman Coulter Life Sciences has unleashed the power of next-generation sequencing and makes it more accessible for research laboratories of all sizes with the launch of the Biomek NGeniuS liquid-handling system.

EKF Diagnostics will be at the 2022 AACC Clinical Lab Expo, Chicago IL, on 26–28 July, exhibiting its range of laboratory and point-of-care diagnostics products.

The quality management system of the biotechnology company R-Biopharm complies with the European In Vitro Diagnostic Regulation (IVDR).

Scotland is on its way to becoming home to the UK’s largest connected laboratory medicine network, following the appointment of Citadel Health as the supplier for NHS Scotland’s Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) framework.

The 3DHISTECH Pannoramic scanner family from Epredia is a comprehensive range of digital pathology solutions designed to fit the needs of various research applications.

An innovative partnership between East Kent Hospitals and digital pathology company Source LDPath, a part of SourceBio International, is helping to reduce pathology waiting times and improve patient care.

Stago UK continues to expand its range of educational support material by inviting international industry experts to contribute to its mini-series of Educational Shorts.

Beckman Coulter has announced a new partnership with German company Smart4Diagnostics to close the pre-analytical data gap between blood collection and laboratory analysis due to errors that take place before the sample arrives in the laboratory.

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust, based in Greater Manchester, is working with CliniSys to deploy a single, laboratory information system across its pathology services to improve clinical practice and patient care.

Yourgene Health, an international molecular diagnostics group, has launched LightBench Detect, the latest addition to its Ranger Technology instrumentation portfolio.

Just two weeks to go until the IHN-SHOT Symposium in Brighton on 6–8 July. SHOT has an exciting programme, including the launch of the 2021 Annual Report and international speakers from the haemovigilance network.

Ibex Medical Analytics has announced CE marking for the Galen Gastric solution that supports pathologists in the detection of various types of gastric cancer.

Bio-Rad Laboratories has launched its CHT prepacked Foresight Pro Columns, designed to support downstream process-scale chromatography applications across different stages of biological drug development and production.

BIOHIT HealthCare is now the exclusive UK and Ireland distributor of the Preventis SmarTest Calprotectin Home system.

Terumo Blood and Cell Technologies has announced that NHS England has selected the automated red blood cell exchange (RBCX) procedure performed on the company’s Spectra Optia Apheresis System to treat sickle cell disease.

Atik Cameras, a specialist designer and manufacturer of advanced scientific cameras, has launched ChemiMOS, the first in a series of high-resolution complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) cameras.

Proscia, a leader in digital and computational pathology solutions, has announced that its Concentriq Dx platform has been certified under the new In Vitro Diagnostic Regulation (IVDR) for use in primary diagnosis.

Researchers at The University of Queensland, Australia have discovered that the common Zophobas morio ‘superworm’ can eat through polystyrene, thanks to a bacterial enzyme in their gut.

A pathology laboratory is leading the way in speeding up access to patient care and treatment after becoming the first in the UK to enable remote microbiology plate reading, thanks to a £1.2 million investment from SYNLAB.