Healthcare Human Factors

GenScript | June 03, 2020

GenScript Biotech Corp., the world's leading research reagent provider, announced today that the company has filed for Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to market its cPass™ SARS-CoV-2 Neutralization Antibody Detection Kit. This is the first test submitted for regulatory approval that specifically detects neutralizing antibodies to SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COV-19, without the use of live virus. Current serological antibody tests...

GenScript | November 10, 2020

GenScript USA Inc., the world's leading research reagent provider, announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for the cPass™ SARS-CoV-2 Neutralization Antibody Detection Kit. This is the first commercially available test to specifically detect neutralizing antibodies without the use of live virus. Neutralizing antibodies, a subset of antibodies that are specifically able to block the ability of the virus to enter a cel...

Arbor Vita | June 08, 2020

Arbor Vita announced today the availability of its CoVisa™ IgG ELISA-based test for antibodies associated with the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). The test has been found to have a 100 percent sensitivity (positive percentage agreement), and 99.24 percent specificity (negative percentage). Additional validation testing is ongoing in independent laboratories. The company has notified the U.S. Food and Drug Administration under the Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) process.Arbor Vita'...

Industrial Impact

Partek® Incorporated | August 20, 2021

Partek® Incorporated announced today they have entered into an agreement with Agilent to integrate Partek® Flow® bioinformatics software with the Agilent Alissa Clinical Informatics Platform. This integration delivers a complete end-to-end analysis workflow that is robust, flexible, and customizable to meet Agilent customer demands. Partek has also made available the Agilent pipeline for RNA-Seq inside Partek Flow. In addition, the agreement allows Agilent to resell Partek Flow softw...