Diagnostics Pipeline: Xella Health Launches Platform Focused on Women’s Medical Issues
The startup is trying to close the care gap between female and male patients
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Ron Shinkman
Ron Shinkman is a veteran journalist and editor with more than 20 years of experience in the healthcare business realm. He served as Los Angeles bureau chief of Modern Healthcare and also wrote for the Los Angeles and Orange County Business Journals.
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Dx Deals: Labcorp Quietly Buys Tribal Diagnostics
Acquisition likely isn’t a full-blown push into Native American healthcare, consultant Larry Worden says
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FDA Watch: Zepto Life Technology Receives FDA Breakthrough Designation for Blood-Based Mold Test
Its FungiFlex assay can make determining the cause of fungal infections vastly more accurate
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Diagnostics Pipeline: Expanded DPYD Test Anticipated to Make Chemotherapy Safer
Labcorp’s new genotyping test can identify gene variants that may make standard oncologic treatment deadly for some
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FDA Watch: Natera, Valar Labs Receive FDA Clearances for Bladder Cancer Tests
Natera’s assay focuses on the need for adjuvant therapy, while Valar’s test stratifies risk of recurrence
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Dx Deals: QuidelOrtho Closes LEX Diagnostics Acquisition
Deal could prove a boost to the company, which has struggled since 2023
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FDA Watch: New RAPID Coverage Pathway Would Enable Some Lab Tests to Pursue Clearance and Medicare Coverage Simultaneously
FDA-CMS collaboration aims to accelerate Medicare coverage determinations of certain medical devices
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Dx Deals: Blackstone, TPG Take Hologic Private in $18.5 Billion Deal
Hologic has been on the vanguard of developing and distributing tests focusing on women’s health
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Diagnostics Pipeline: To Gain Insight into Haystack MRD Test, Quest Works with City of Hope
New liquid biopsy assay will be used in conjunction with 500 cancer patients currently enrolled in clinical trials
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Quest Diagnostics Launches Consumer-Facing AI on Its App and Portal
The company’s patients can use AI to look at trends going back five years
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