FierceBiotech

FDA approves new streamlined workflow option for Roche's cobas HPV Test

New process allows labs to use same Pap test vial instead of transferring sample to new vial, thus simplifying workflow INDIANAPOLIS, June 26, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Roche (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY) ...

US now supports self-swab HPV test. Get the details

HHS released updated cervical cancer screening guidelines on Jan. 5, allowing for self-administered HPV tests as an ...
SheKnows

Hate Pelvic Exams? Now You Can Self-Collect Your Vaginal Samples for HPV Screening

Pelvic exams are no one’s idea of fun. No matter how many you’ve done, no matter how prepared you are, that moment when the ice cold speculum wrenches open your vagina never gets more comfortable. As ...
Nasdaq

Roche Granted WHO Prequalification For The Cobas HPV Test

(RTTNews) - Biopharmaceutical company Roche Holding AG (RHHBY), announced on Tuesday that its cobas HPV test for use on the cobas 6800/8800 Systems has been awarded the World Health Organization (WHO) ...
The American Journal of Managed Care

Roche Molecular Diagnostic's cobas HPV Test Approved by the FDA

A test that can detect the DNA of the human papilloma virus (HPV), to confirm the need for cervical cancer screening in women 25 years and older, has gained the FDA’s support as a primary screening ...
abc27

Quest Diagnostics Introduces HPV Specimen Self-Collection for Cervical Cancer Screening

Providers in the United States may now order the FDA-cleared HPV self-collection solution for their patients to use in their offices or other healthcare settings, with goal to reduce barriers to ...
Healio

FDA approves use of self-collected specimens for HPV testing

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The FDA approved expanded indications for the self-collection of vaginal swabs for HPV tests. The approval will ...
DrBicuspid

FDA approves 1st HPV test for primary cervical cancer screening

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a human papillomavirus (HPV) DNA test for women 25 and older that can be used to determine whether these women should have additional ...
Texas Public Radio

The FDA has approved an at-home HPV test. What you need to know

New federal guidance is expanding testing for cervical cancer with a self-collection method. Dr. Mara Gordon speaks to NPR about why this option might become popular for screening for HPV.
San Diego Union-Tribune

FDA approves self-collection screening for virus that causes cervical cancer

The Food and Drug Administration this week moved to expand screening for potentially lethal cervical cancer by allowing women to collect test samples themselves, a move that reproductive health ...
KOMU

FDA approves self-collection HPV tests as an alternative to Pap smears

The first shipments of self-collection HPV tests for cervical cancer screening are making their way to labs and health care facilities across the United States. The Food and Drug Administration gave ...