Qiagen QiaStat-Dx

Qiagen announced the European launch of the QiaStat-Dx platform during the European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases in Madrid. The company also launched the first test on the system, a 21-pathogen respiratory panel. QiaStat-Dx is a fully integrated and automated molecular testing system based on real-time PCR. It can detect up to 48 viral and bacterial targets simultaneously, enabled by microfluidic test casettes coupled with a six-wavelength optical sensor. There are also plans for the instrument to run immunoassays based on time-resolved fluorescence detection. The system, previously developed by StatDx as the DiagCore, received CE marking in January, prior to Qiagen's acquisition of StatDx.