A Birmingham company is working with Cepheid to develop a PCR test for monkeypox, a virus that has spread to the U.S., though the CDC classifies the threat as low. Birmingham-based BioGX is ...

SUNNYVALE, Calif., April 3, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Cepheid today announced that Xpert ® HIV-1 Qual XC has been awarded World Health Organization (WHO) prequalification. Inclusion on the prequalification ...

A new test to help select colorectal cancer therapy is the first in a menu of rapid cartridge-based tests the firm is planning to support cancer testing.

Molecular tests are far superior to rapid antigen tests—and now you can get them for home use. Last week, I was about to go on a date, and because I'm severely immunocompromised, we agreed he would ...

SUNNYVALE, Calif., May 29, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Cepheid announced today that it has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearance for testing throat and rectal specimens with its ...

SUNNYVALE, Calif., Oct. 2, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Cepheid today announced that it has received clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for Xpert BCR-ABL Ultra for monitoring disease burden ...

(Reuters) - Cepheid Inc said it signed deals with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and three other aid organizations to make its tuberculosis diagnostic kit available at reduced prices in ...