LabCorp Stops Selling OvaSure Ovarian Cancer Test after FDA Letter

Oct 31, 2008 | Compliance, Legal, and Malpractice

Facing pressure by the Food and Drug Administration over its OvaSure test for ovarian cancer, Laboratory Corporation of America announced last Friday in a Securities and Exchange Commission filing that it had stopped sales of the test. The dispute between the FDA  and the nation’s second largest laboratory company will be closely watched for insights into how the FDA regulates “home brew” assays. In the October 20, 2008 issue of The Dark Report, an intelligence briefing...

Shrinking Computer Chips Expand Market for Point-of-Care Handheld Devices

Oct 22, 2008 | Laboratory News, Laboratory Pathology

Siemens AG has introduced a PDA-sized portable ultrasound machine dubbed the P10 that allows emergency room doctors to assess patients quickly and easily. Devices like the P10 are possible largely because analog chip makers are racing to develop electronics that allow portability. Like cell phones before them, these portable ultrasound machines will become increasingly smaller, faster, and cheaper over time. They will also consume far less power than their full-sized counterparts. Technology...
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