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.
FiercePharma

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) ...
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 ...
Yahoo

This Simple Test Could Replace the Dreaded Pap Smear

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Let's be honest: Pap smears are terrible. Every year, I stare at the ceiling and try my hardest to ignore the scraping of my ...
Business Insider

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) ...
Nasdaq

Roche launches human papillomavirus (HPV) self-sampling solution, expanding cervical cancer screening options

Basel, 16 June 2022 - Roche (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY) today announced the launch of a human papillomavirus (HPV) self sampling solution in countries accepting the CE mark. This new solution enables ...
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 ...
clinicaladvisor.com

FDA approves new HPV test

The Roche cobas HPV Test has been approved by the FDA. A new HPV screening test that uses cervical cells collected for a Pap test has been approved by the FDA. The FDA has approved the Roche cobas HPV ...
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 ...
Labroots

Finally, an HPV test cleared for use with SurePath

It may seem like just yesterday, OK it was around 1997, when an HPV (human papillomavirus) test was approved for use by the FDA with a specific media— ThinPrep—as an important triage test for women ...
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, ...