NEW YORK — NeoGenomics said this week that it has finalized its acquisition of Pathline, a New Jersey-based CLIA/CAP laboratory that is also certified by New York state. The deal, which strengthens NeoGenomics’ presence in the Northeast US, was announced last month.
Siemens Healthineers said this week that it has formed a five-year partnership with Singapore General Hospital on the development of new technologies, clinical solutions, and data-driven approaches that would be used to create new diagnostics and treatment protocols. Financial and other terms of the deal were not disclosed. The partners said that they will use hands-on training, workshops, and knowledge-sharing projects to build expertise and capacity as well as provide the foundation for the added use of artificial intelligence-developed diagnostics, digital health solutions, and sustainability projects.
Laboratory Corporation of America said this week that its board has approved a cash dividend of $.72 per share, payable on June 11 to shareholders of record as of the close of business on May 29.
Qiagen announced this week that its QCI Interpret One variant interpretation and reporting software was selected by the Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, a specialist oncology hospital in London, UK, to expand its Marsden360 liquid biopsy service for ESR1 testing for breast cancer patients. Marsden360 is a blood-based test that analyzes 74 genes to detect genetic mutations in circulating tumor DNA. Royal Marsden and Qiagen are also exploring additional collaborations within the National Health Service, including anticipated projects on rapid testing for lung cancer and acute myeloid leukemia using QCI Secondary and QCI Interpret One to streamline clinical NGS workflows.
Indica Labs and Visiopharm said this week that they are offering the integration of Visiopharm's Discovery image analysis software with Indica's Halo Link 4.1 image management platform. The firms said that the paid integration allows customers to view within the Halo platform the annotations, regions of interest, image markups, and analysis summaries that are generated through the Discovery software.
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