Foundation Medicine announced on Monday that it is expanding its partnership with Sequanta Technologies to provide its genomic profiling tests for research and oncology therapy development in China.

Switzerland's Roche (ROG.S) has agreed to pay an initial $7.1 billion to Roivant (ROIV.O) and Pfizer (PFE.N) for rights to a new inflammatory bowel disease drug, as it expands into new fields to offset falling oncology sales.

Roswell Park Cancer Center said this week that Agilent Technologies has licensed its blood cancer assay, PanHeme.

The World Health Organization on Thursday announced that it has published a fourth edition of its essential diagnostics list (EDL) adding tests for the hepatitis E virus and recommendations related to access to personal-use glucose monitoring devices.

China Association of In Vitro Diagnostics (CAIVD) and In Vitro Diagnostics Society of China Association for Medical Devices Industry jointly compiled this report.

Thermo Fisher Scientific and Boehringer Ingelheim said on Thursday that they have partnered to develop companion diagnostic tests to help identify patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with specific mutations who may benefit from emerging targeted therapies.

Group sales grow by 1% at constant exchange rates (CER) in the first nine months, showing a strong increase of 7% in the third quarter.

Oxford Nanopore Technologies PLC (LSE:ONT) has secured a £70 million investment from French in-vitro diagnostics (IVD) company bioMérieux, in exchange for a 3.5% stake.

By the end of 2022, the total number of medical and health institutions nationwide reached 1,032,918, an increase of 1,983 compared to the previous year.

Revvity and Danaher subsidiary Sciex said Tuesday that they have signed a distribution agreement that will improve the accuracy of mass spectrometry-based disease screening in newborns by combining Sciex's mass spectrometry instruments and Revvity's reagents.

Abbott (NYSE: ABT) today announced financial results for the third quarter ended Sept. 30, 2023.

As of October 12, 2023, a total of 231 breakthrough medical devices have been approved in China, including 24 IVD products.

Werfen has received 510(k) clearance from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its Aptiva Connective Tissue Disease (CTD) Essential reagent.

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (NYSE: TMO) (“Thermo Fisher”), the world leader in serving science, and Olink Holding AB (publ) (“Olink”) (Nasdaq: OLK), a leading provider of next-generation proteomics solutions, today announced that their respective boards of directors have approved Thermo Fisher’s proposal to acquire Olink for $26.00 per common share in cash, representing $26.00 per American Depositary Share (ADS) in cash.

China Association of In Vitro Diagnostics (CAIVD) and In Vitro Diagnostics Society of China Association for Medical Devices Industry jointly compiled this report.