Lab

Lab software firm Scitara raised $15 million in a recent funding round, Bio-IT World reported Feb. 8.

The National Institutes of Health Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare is investigating the Seattle-based University of Washington's Primate Research Center, Lynnwood Times reported Feb. 4.

Washington State Attorney General Bob Ferguson is suing the Chicago-based Center for COVID Control, accusing the company of knowingly providing invalid COVID-19 test results to patients, NPR affiliate KUOW reported Jan. 31.

The market for at-home lab tests has exploded in recent years, and established players and new entrants alike are seeing huge growth. It could pass a valuation of $2 billion by 2025, according to Quest Diagnostics.

The University of Iowa State Hygienic Laboratory is expanding with the help of a time-sensitive CDC grant after the state Board of Regents approved the plans, The Daily Iowan reported Jan. 30.

The Defense Department said Jan. 26 that it ordered more than 104 million additional COVID-19 home test kits from Mountain View, Calif.-based iHealth Labs.

Federal officials worried that more than 174,000 COVID-19 test results from Timpanogos Regional Hospital in Orem, Utah, were wrong, but those patients were never notified, The Salt Lake Tribune reported Jan. 30.

Quest Diagnostics is offering consumer-initiated lab testing through a partnership with Walmart. 

Abbott Laboratories posted its largest-ever quarter for rapid diagnostics, according to a news release from data analytics and consulting firm GlobalData. 

Clinical laboratory Quest Diagnostics is launching an at-home COVID-19 rapid antigen test service that can certify results 24/7 via telehealth.