The Dx Pipeline: A Roundup of the Month’s Key New Product Launches
From - Laboratory Industry Report How about an Alexa for verbally querying genetic data? The Amazon Alexa-compatible "digital genetic assistant" from OptraGuru was among… . . . read more
How about an Alexa for verbally querying genetic data? The Amazon Alexa-compatible “digital genetic assistant” from OptraGuru was among the more interesting new offerings of an otherwise slow period.
Here’s a rundown of the key diagnostic product launches from late February to late March:
NEWLY LAUNCHED PRODUCTS & SERVICES
| Company(ies) | Product(s) |
| Coriell Life Sciences | Solution for quantitative diagnosis and reporting of bacterial vaginosis |
| Sekisui Diagnostics | Silaris Influenza A&B test, 30-minute PCR-based point-of-care assay developed by Mesa Biotech |
| PierianDx | New clinical genomics services to complement firm’s Clinical Genomics WorkSpace software product |
| Pacific Biosciences | New polymerase and version of its software for firm’s Sequel instrument |
| BC Platforms | GeneVision software-as-a-service for precision medicine |
| Baylor Genetics | ClariFind, somatic tumor NGS test that analyzes alterations in 277 cancer genes for solid tumors and hematologic malignancies |
| Genomic Health | Oncotype DX AR-V7 Nucleus Detect Test, liquid biopsy assay for predicting treatment response in advanced prostate cancer patients |
| Tempus | Tempus xE, whole-exome sequencing panel that analyzes tumor DNA alongside a normal sample and a whole-RNA transcriptome |
| Optra Health | OptraGuru, an Amazon Alexa-compatible “digital genetic assistant” enabling consumers and healthcare professionals to verbally query genetic data |
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