Researchers Report First “Routine Clinical Use” of AI for Breast Biopsies
While AI as a diagnostic tool is still years away from regular clinical use, recent research is an important step.
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Lab Compliance Will Change When Public Health Emergency Ends
Your current COVID-19 testing arrangements may no longer be compliant on May 11.
Weekly Enforcement Report: Telemedicine Scheme Trend Continues
Most of last week’s healthcare-related actions involved telemedicine in some way, with the lone lab-related case centering on genetic testing.
Theranos Story Gets the Miniseries Treatment on Hulu
Those who want more of the Theranos story can get their fill now that The Dropout, a miniseries starring Amanda Seyfried as founder Elizabeth Holmes, has launched on streaming service Hulu. Premiering on March 3, the series currently has a 7.4/10 rating on IMDb.com...
Report Highlights Serious Concerns About Marketing of NIPTs
Noninvasive prenatal tests (NIPTs) have taken a lot of flak recently and now a new report is throwing more dirt on the marketing side of these tests. The Hastings Center Report study, released on March 9, assessed all English-language brochures for consumers of...
New Special Prosecutor to Crack Down on COVID-19 Relief Fraud
Weeks after the COVID-19 public health emergency was declared, Congress passed a pair of massive bills—the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) and Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES)—providing trillions of dollars in relief for...
Certain Gut Microbes May Identify Pancreatic Cancer Sooner
A specific panel of gut microbes may identify pancreatic cancer, irrespective of how far the disease has progressed, suggests research published online in the journal Gut. The findings offer hope of a new non-invasive method of diagnosing this hard to treat...
Labcorp and Walgreens Partner to Provide Free COVID-19 Test Kits
On March 7, global life science company Labcorp and major US retailer Walgreens announced that Labcorp’s Pixel by Labcorp® COVID-19 at-home collection kit will be available at Walgreens locations across the US for free to eligible individuals. The PCR test has...
COVID-19 Revenues Bubble Hasn’t Burst, But It Is Leaking
What a difference a year makes. In Q4 2021, COVID-19 testing demand was cresting and lab companies with COVID-19 products were posting record—and ultimately unsustainable—revenue growth. Compared to this baseline, 15 of the 31 companies that had reported their...
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota Files Lawsuit Against GS Labs
EAGAN, MN — Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota (Blue Cross) announced on March 1 that it is taking legal action against COVID-19 testing laboratory GS Labs, LLC (GS Labs) to recover more than $10 million in overpayments made since the start of the pandemic....
Be ‘Recall Ready,’ FDA Urges Companies
SILVER SPRING, MD — On March 3, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration finalized guidance to help companies prepare to quickly and effectively remove violative products from the market. The guidance describes steps companies should take, before a recall is...
Labs in Court Weekly Roundup
Court cases involving the lab and health care industries from this past week and a half have centered mostly on fraud. In addition to those cases, a former doctor was charged for unlawfully distributing opioid pills and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and...
New Microchip Could Lead To Home-Based Prostate Cancer Tests
Associate professor Kazuhiro Takahashi and Tomoya Maeda (a second-year master's student) and other members of the Department of Electrical and Electronic Information Engineering at Toyohashi University of Technology have developed a semiconductor sensor capable of...
