Clinical Lab Products News

Shaker Series Delivers Rapid Heating/Cooling

5/16/2008

The new IS-971 floor model shaker series from Lab Companion, manufactured by Jeio Tech Inc, Woburn, Mass, consists of three models that offer rapid heating and cooling performance.

Collect and Graph Data Sans Computer

5/15/2008

The new TR-57U data shuttle from TandD Corp, Saratoga Springs, NY, is a handheld collector with the capacity to collect up to 256,000 readings (16 completely full loggers) from the company's data loggers.

Gen5CL Software Offers Clinicians PC-based Data Collection and Analysis

5/14/2008

BioTek Instruments Inc, Winooski, Vt, introduces Gen5CL data collection and analysis software, a new tool for clinical labs using ELx800 and ELx808 microplate readers.

Siemens and LabCorp to Co-Develop New Tests

5/13/2008

Siemens Healthcare, Malvern, Pa, and Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings, Burlington, NC, have entered a non-exclusive agreement to discuss possibilities to co-develop new clinical diagnostic tests in the areas of companion diagnostics, metabolic syndrome, oncology, and diabetes.

Vacuum Concentrator Speeds Evaporation

5/9/2008

Eppendorf North America Inc, Westbury, NY, introduces Vacufuge plus, for concentration, drying, and purification of DNA, RNA, nucleotides, or proteins.

Donal Quinn Tapped to Lead Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics

5/7/2008

Donal Quinn has been appointed as head of the diagnostics division of the Siemens Healthcare sector, succeeding Jim Reid-Anderson, who on May 1 became the new CEO of the sector.

FDA Embarks on Major Hiring Initiative for Public Health Mission

5/6/2008

The FDA is hiring hundreds of individuals with science and medical backgrounds to help meet the its responsibilities to assure the safety and/or efficacy of human and veterinary drugs, biological products, medical devices, food, cosmetics, and products that emit radiation.

Congress Passes Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act

5/5/2008

The US House of Representatives has passed the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act by a vote of 414-1, building on the momentum of a unanimous Senate vote to approve the legislation.

Beckman Coulter Adds QMS Amikacin and QMS Quinidine Assays

5/2/2008

Beckman Coulter Inc, Fullerton, Calif, a manufacturer of diagnostics instruments, has expanded its therapeutic drug-monitoring test menu to include two new assays: QMS Amikacin and QMS Quinidine.

ARUP Laboratories Medical Director Has Died

5/1/2008

James Tsai Yuan Wu, PhD, 71, the medical director at ARUP Laboratories, Salt Lake City, a national medical reference lab, died suddenly and unexpectedly on March 20 in Taiwan during a consultation visit at the Chang Gung Memorial Hospital.

Canada Taps Key Seegene Test for Respiratory Ills

4/30/2008

The Molecular Diagnostic Branch of the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care for Ontario, Canada's most densely populated province, is reporting excellent results from public screenings for respiratory virus and pneumobacter detection using the Seeplex respiratory diagnostic test from Seegene, Rockville, Md.

Skin Puncture Video

4/29/2008

The Center for Phlebotomy Education Inc,Ramsey, Ind, has recently released a DVD titled Skin Punctures & Newborn Screens, the latest offering in its four-part applied phlebotomy video series.

Coordinating Council on the Clinical Lab Workforce Addresses Growing Worker Shortage

4/23/2008

Four strategic directions were identified for addressing the workforce shortage during the recent strategic planning session of the Coordinating Council on the Clinical Laboratory Workforce, which focused on addressing the lab workforce shortage.

Nimble Positioner

4/22/2008

OHMIC Instruments Co, Easton, Md, has developed Model MPH, a new, flexible holder-positioner that helps position and hold medical transducers, labware, and other devices.

US District Court Grants Summary for Nova Biomedical

4/21/2008

In pretrial motions, the US District Court for the Northern District of California has granted summary judgment of noninfringement in favor of Nova Biomedical Corp, Waltham, Mass and against Abbott Diabetes Care, Alameda, Calif, in two US patents on blood glucose technology that were being put forth in a case brought against Nova by Abbott Diabetes Care and Abbott Laboratories.

Automated Instrument for Processing Microbiology Samples

4/18/2008

Copan Diagnostics Inc, Murrieta, Calif, introduces the new Walk-Away Specimen Processor, which uses a single, universal platform to automatically plant and streak most bacteriology specimens such as swabs, urine, and fecal samples, regardless of the specimen type or container style.

ARUP Labs CEO and Co-founder to Retire

4/18/2008

ARUP Laboratories, Salt Lake City, a national clinical and anatomic pathology reference lab, reports that Carl R. Kjeldsberg, MD, the companys co-founder, will retire as CEO at the end of June 2009.

New Technologies May Sharpen Diagnosis and Monitoring of Cancer

4/17/2008

Irregular molecules in the lining of the mouth, the saliva, the fallopian tube, or the bladder can identify early stage cancer, according to research presented this week at the annual meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research.

Saunders Offers Antimicrobial Portable Desktops and Clipboards

4/16/2008

Saunders, Readfield, Me, a manufacturer of office and mobile work solutions, is offering several products with an antimicrobial additive that reduces the formation of bacteria and fungi on the items.

Olympus Offers Thyroid Panel for Immunoassay System

4/15/2008

Olympus, Center Valley, Pa, has introduced the T-Uptake assay, a complete thyroid panel for use with its AU3000i immunoassay system, such as the TSH, T4, fT4, T3, fT3, and T-Uptake assays.