Lab

Quest Diagnostics launched an obstetrics test panel for screening pregnant people for hepatitis C.

Richardson, Texas-based management and automation services lab OneSmartLaboratory is partnering with cybersecurity firm Intrusion, Inc., to protect the lab's client operations and connectivity.

Molecular diagnostics company Qiagen launched the first syndromic test that differentiates between monkeypox and five other viruses with similar symptoms.

Raleigh, N.C.-based national reference lab Mako Medical Laboratories was accredited as an American Society of Phlebotomy Technicians training school.

Labcorp is partnering with BD to develop flow cytometry-based companion diagnostics for diseases including cancer.

Chinese manufacturer Haimen Shengbang Laboratory Equipment recalled 4.1 million viral transport media containers and swabs, the FDA said Aug. 9.

Lansing, Mich.-based Sparrow Health is using a new in-house system at its lab in Lansing to test for monkeypox, the Detroit Free Press reported Aug. 8.

Medical technology company Becton, Dickinson and Co. is partnering with life sciences company Labcorp to develop cytometry-based companion diagnostics that can be used to match patients with treatments.

Provista Diagnostics, a lab owned by diagnostics company Todos Medical, is entering into two contracts for PCR monkeypox testing.

Technicians at Quest Diagnostics and Labcorp have been refusing to draw blood from people who might have monkeypox, CNN reported Aug. 4.