Novartis and Red Cross Sign Supply Agreement For NAT Products
The American Red Cross and Chiron have signed a multi-year agreement for the supply of Nucleic Acid Testing (NAT) products.
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COLA Says GAO Report Fails to Recognize Improvements in Laboratory Quality
COLA CEO Douglas Beigel, testifying before the House Subcommittee on Criminal Justice, Drug Policy and Human Resources, said that clinical laboratory quality has improved since the promulgation of Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) in 1992.
Read MoreBayer Diagnostics Receives FDA Approval For Fully-Automated HIV Antibody Test
Bayer HealthCare Diagnostics Division has announced that the first fully-automated test for antibodies for human immunodeficiency virus, called EHIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus, Enhanced), has received FDA approval for use on the ADVIA Centaur® Immunoassay System.
Read MoreHuman Genomic DNA Reference Controls for CYP2D6 Gene Available
Human Genomic DNA Reference Controls for the Cytochrome P450 2D6 gene (CYP2D6) are now available from Gentris Corp.
Read MoreUSDA Trains Foreign Scientists On Avian Influenza Testing
USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Administrator Ron DeHaven announced the training of 24 scientists from 19 countries on diagnostic testing for highly pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI).
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