Agilent Technologies reported after the close of the market on Tuesday that its fiscal second quarter revenues rose 5 percent year over year.

On May 23, New Horizon Health (6606.HK) and Prenetics Group Limited (NASDAQ: PRE, Prenetics for short) jointly announced a strategic cooperation to promote the listing of cancer early screening product ColoClear in Hong Kong and "going overseas" to Southeast Asia.

Google confirmed the hire and said Bakul Patel will report to Linda Peters, vice president of quality, regulatory and safety at Google Health.

DiaSorin's Luminex on Friday announced it has obtained CE marking for its Aries Flu A/B & RSV+SARS-CoV-2 Assay, a multiplex molecular panel that detects four common respiratory viruses and their underlying respiratory infections.

Nanomix said on Friday that it has received the CE mark for its eLab COVID-19 antigen test which provides qualitative results in 15 minutes from an anterior nasal swab.

The US Food and Drug Administration this week granted separate Emergency Use Authorizations for a respiratory panel RT-PCR test from Laboratory Corporation of America and a COVID-19 RT-PCR test from Nexus Medical Labs.

The WHO office in Congo (DRC) released a message on May 20, local time, saying that more than 1,200 people suspected of being infected with monkeypox virus. Virus spread across 18 provinces across the country and caused 58 people died.

6 COVID-19 test kits obtained CE mark

Cepheid announced on Thursday that it has obtained the CE mark for a rapid molecular test to detect the SARS-CoV-2 virus. The new test will begin shipping this month.

LumiraDx on Thursday announced it has obtained CE marking for its five-minute SARS-CoV-2 Ag Ultra Test.

On May 18, the treatment report of the first Chinese produced SARS-CoV-2 oral drug was announced.

The Food and Drug Administration published a Class I recall report for two COVID-19 testing products that covers the removal of more than 51,000 unauthorized coronaviurs tests from the U.S. market.

Genomics and diagnostics company Prenetics ended its first day as publicly traded company on the Nasdaq on Wednesday with its stock down 9 percent.

On May 18, Yunkang Group was listed on Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX), stock code: 2325.HK. At press time, it opened down over 10% with a total market capitalisation of approximately HK$4.3 billion.

On Monday, The US Food and Drug Administration issued an Emergency Use Authorization to Laboratory Corporation of America's Seasonal Respiratory Virus RT-PCR DTC test for use without a prescription by individuals with symptoms of COVID-19.