02/20/2025 09:00
DIA Europe 2025 to Address EU Regulatory Reforms and How to Advance Global Healthcare Harmonization

DIA, a global non-profit organization of life sciences professionals, will unite stakeholders from across Europe and the world to discuss increasing efficiencies in healthcare systems, the future of international collaboration, and recent changes to regulatory frameworks at DIA Europe 2025 from March 18-20 in Basel. The continent's premier neutral healthcare conference, DIA Europe 2025 will host more than 300 speakers from over 150 organizations and present over 100 topics across 10 content tr...

02/20/2025 09:00
Hologic Obtains CE Mark for Affirm® Contrast Biopsy Software

Global women’s health leader Hologic, Inc. (Nasdaq: HOLX) today announced that its Affirm® Contrast Biopsy Software, which combines contrast-enhanced diagnostic capabilities with accurate lesion targeting to help streamline workflow and accelerate biopsy procedures,1-2 is now CE-marked. The technology received clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in October 2020. Designed from the ground up to integrate with the Selenia® Dimensions® and 3Dimensions™ systems, Hologic’s Affirm Co...

02/19/2025 14:15
Parse Biosciences Launches 5 Million Cell Evercode WT Penta Kit for Single Cell Sequencing

Parse Biosciences, the leader in high-throughput single cell sequencing, today announced the launch of Evercode™ WT Penta and Penta 384, the first single cell RNA sequencing kits to profile 5 million cells and 384 samples in a single run. Evercode Penta and Penta 384 will begin shipping to customers the week of March 17. Scaling up single cell experiments—processing millions of cells instead of thousands—has revolutionized the way researchers study development, disease, and cellular heterogene...

AFP successfully launched and certified on Whatsapp Channels

AFP's Whatsapp Channels are now fully operational and certified. Named 'AFP News' in English and 'Agence France-Presse' in French, the accounts are currently managed by the social media teams in Paris and London.


Whatsapp Channels have proven instrumental for media outlets aiming to build and engage communities among Meta's 3 billion users on social networks, including Facebook and Instagram.

Akin to the interactive nature of traditional chats on Whatsapp, channel subscribers have the option to react to posts using emojis, without the option of leaving comments.

AFP staff show support for Gaza colleagues

AFP staff showed their support for their colleagues in Gaza on Wednesday, urging Israeli authorities to guarantee their safety and allow them to leave the territory if needed to seek refuge.


AFP staff members gathered at the Paris headquarters and several offices around the world, symbolically holding pictures of their nine Gazan colleagues. The initiative was organised by the Agency's management along with unions and the French Society of Journalists.

Journalists killed and injured in Lebanon: AFP's investigation points to Israeli army

An Agence France-Presse investigation into the strike in southern Lebanon on October 13 that killed a Reuters journalist and injured six others, including two from AFP, points to a tank round used only by the Israeli army in this high-tension border region.


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