Latest Medical laboratory Stories
WASHINGTON, Dec. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- On December 6, AACC's Clinical Chemistry Journal will release a podcast with Dr. Eric Topol on "lab- on-a-chip" technology - technology that will create a paradigm shift in how healthcare is delivered to patients. With lab-on-a-chip technology, smartphones will bring the laboratory to the patient, instead of the patient being WHAT: brought to the...
BETHLEHEM, Pa., Dec. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Saladax Biomedical, Inc., a privately held company developing and commercializing novel diagnostic assays to achieve the promise of personalized medicine for new and existing therapeutics, announced today its plans to create a laboratory that meets the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) standards at the company's headquarters in Bethlehem, PA. Saladax has submitted applications for a CLIA license with both the state of...
MADISON, N.J., Dec. 4, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Quest Diagnostics (NYSE: DGX), the world's leading provider of diagnostic information services, today announced that the specimen biorepository of its Quest Diagnostics Clinical Trials business, a leader in laboratory testing services to advance drug discovery and development, has been accredited by the College of American Pathologists (CAP), the international laboratory accrediting organization. Based at the Quest Diagnostics...
BETHLEHEM, Pa., Nov. 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Saladax Biomedical, Inc., a privately held company developing and commercializing novel diagnostic assays to achieve the promise of personalized medicine for new and existing therapeutics, announced today that Mark D. Myslinski has been appointed senior vice president and chief commercial officer of the company. Mr. Myslinski has nearly 30 years of life sciences and diagnostics industry experience with Fortune 100 and venture-backed...
UNION CITY, Calif., Nov. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Abaxis, Inc. (NasdaqGS: ABAX), a medical products company manufacturing point-of-care blood analysis systems, announced today that Don Wood, chief operations officer , will participate in Sidoti & Company's inaugural one-on-one conference on Monday, November 19, 2012. The conference will be held at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in New York City. About AbaxisAbaxis develops, manufactures, markets and sells portable blood analysis systems...
UNION CITY, Calif., Nov. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Abaxis, Inc. (NasdaqGS: ABAX), a medical products company manufacturing point-of-care blood analysis systems, announced today that Don Wood, chief operations officer, will present at the Lazard Capital Markets 9(th) Annual Healthcare Conference on Tuesday, November 13, 2012 at 8:30 a.m. ET. The conference will be held at The Pierre Hotel in New York City. About AbaxisAbaxis develops, manufactures, markets and sells portable blood...
LOUISVILLE, Ky., Nov. 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- LABSCO, a leading distributor of innovative diagnostic technologies and laboratory products to hospitals, physician office laboratories and alternate healthcare settings, successfully implemented a new, state-of-the-art enterprise resource planning (ERP) system that will serve as the transactional and data backbone for all internal and external processes. The implementation of the Epicor Prophet ERP system from Epicor Software...
INDIANAPOLIS, Oct. 1, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Roche (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY) announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted CLIA-waived status to the CoaguChek® XS Plus system, a point-of-care anticoagulation monitor that offers connectivity and data management tools to help healthcare professionals manage PT/INR (blood clotting time) testing. The waiver means that the monitoring technology may now be used in a broader range of clinical settings,...
SPARKS, Md., Oct. 1, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- BD Diagnostics, a segment of BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company), announced today that Paul Bourbeau, Ph.D. has joined the Company as Director, North American Scientific Affairs, BD Diagnostics - Diagnostic Systems. Dr. Bourbeau brings experience from an impressive career in academics and clinical laboratory practice, most recently serving as Director of Microbiology, Geisinger Medical Laboratories, Danville, PA. In his new role, Dr. Bourbeau...
UNION CITY, Calif., Sept. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Abaxis, Inc. (NasdaqGS: ABAX), a medical products company manufacturing point-of-care blood analysis systems, announced today that Clint Severson, chairman and chief executive officer, will present at the UBS Global Life Sciences Conference on Wednesday, September 19, 2012 at 10:00 a.m. ET. The conference will be held at the Grand Hyatt New York Hotel in New York City. About AbaxisAbaxis develops, manufactures, markets and sells...
