Respiratory
News on diagnostics for respiratory pathogens, including influenza, coronavirus, and more.
After shipping 16 million respiratory test cartridges in the third quarter, the firm forecasts another 16 million tests to be sold in the final quarter of 2021.
Roche Nabs CE Mark for Three Cobas Respiratory Test Panels
The molecular panels, which can be run together or alone, detect and differentiate between common respiratory pathogens.
FDA Warns of Potential False Positives With Abbott SARS-CoV-2 Molecular Tests
The agency said the issue could be related to current mixing parameters of the PCR reaction mixture resulting in overflow in wells of the reagent tray.
Stanford Team Developing Metabolomic Technique to Detect Influzenza, Other Respiratory Viruses
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Viruses can induce metabolite alterations that can be detected and allow for diagnosis of different infections, potentially including SARS-CoV-2.
Quidel Nabs CE Mark for Savanna Analyzer, Respiratory Panel
The new instrument can analyze up to 12 pathogens from a single sample, while the respiratory panel detects influenza A and B, RSV, and COVID-19.