Public health labs have handled most testing thus far for the Texas and New Mexico outbreaks, but commercial labs are beginning to bring molecular measles assays online.
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced last week his plans to scrap the body, a dozen years after it was established to lead the National Health Service in England.
The firm has multiple infectious disease tests in its pipeline and is currently in initial conversations with potential investors and partners.
Leaders from diagnostics firms and academia discussed the challenges of assessing these tests and the need for a consensus on how to bring them to the clinic.
The test can be used to better stratify cancer patients and determine the likelihood of breast cancer metastasizing.
The company said it expects its first quarter revenue to be down 10 percent to 15 percent year over year due in part to a decline in US academic sales.
Sera Prognostics Plans Studies to Support US and EU Expansion; Firm’s Q4 Revenues Fall 41 Percent
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The company raised $57.5 million in February through a public offering, and the proceeds will be used to support commercial expansion in the US and EU.