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) ...
Medscape

What Are Experts’ Takes on At-Home HPV Testing?

Doctors address the pros and cons of Health Resources and Services Administration’s new guidance, including at-home ...
FierceBiotech

FDA widens approval of Roche cobas HPV test to new sample media

The FDA approved Roche’s cobas HPV test for first-line screening of cervical cancer in women 25 and older using cervical specimens collected in SurePath preservative fluid, commonly used in Pap tests.
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 awarded WHO prequalification for the cobas® HPV test, increasing access to cervical cancer screening tools in low and lower-middle income countries

Every year, over 600,000 women worldwide are diagnosed with cervical cancer and over 340,000 die from this preventable disease, caused by infection with human papillomavirus (HPV). Nine out of 10 ...
MedPage Today

FDA Approves New Self-Collection Option for HPV Testing

The FDA approved a new self-collection test to detect human papillomavirus (HPV) and identify women at risk for cervical cancer, maker Roche announced on Wednesday. "HPV self-collection offers an ...
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 ...
Becker's Hospital Review

Roche’s new HPV test earns FDA approval

The Food and Drug Administration approved the Roche cobas HPV Test to detect human papilloma virus through the use of cervical cells collected for a Pap test and stored in SurePath Preservative Fluid.
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) ...
Ibj.com

Roche Diagnostics hopes new self-collection HPV test will expand screening for cervical cancer risk

Roche Diagnostics is looking to a new screening tool to help women learn in a more private way if they are at increased risk for cervical cancer—a self-collection test to identify HPV. With the test, ...
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 ...