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2026

8 September 2026 – Yourgene Health Launches Insight DPYD Assay (IVDR)

Yourgene Health (part of the Novacyt Group), an international molecular diagnostics company with a growing portfolio of integrated technologies and services, announces the commercial launch of the In Vitro Diagnostic Regulation (IVDR)-certified Yourgene® Insight DPYD assay, expanding the Company’s clinical genetics portfolio across regulated European markets.

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Press Release
2024

2 October 2024 – 2 October 2024 – Yourgene Health and Genetix Launch First Local Non-invasive Prenatal Testing Service in Colombia

IVDR certification achieved for DPYD genotyping assay. First product of its kind to conform with new IVDR requirements. Yourgene Health (part of the Novacyt group), an international specialist in clinical diagnostics, confirms – IVDR accreditation under the new requirements of the In Vitro Diagnostic Regulation (“IVDR”) for its DPYD genotyping assay, which helps identify cancer patients at risk of suffering a severe, and potentially life-threatening, reaction to common chemotherapy.

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Press Release
2023

17 November 2023 – 17 November 2023 – Yourgene Health Becomes a PacBio Compatible Partner: Enabling PacBio Customers to Optimise Size Selection for Long-Read Sequencing Libraries

Yourgene Health Becomes a PacBio Compatible Partner: Enabling PacBio Customers to Optimise Size Selection for Long-Read Sequencing Libraries Yourgene’s LightBench instrument offers precise and accurate target enrichment of PacBio HiFi SMRTbell sequencing libraries increasing HiFi sequencing yields Manchester, UK, 16 November 2023: Yourgene Health (part of the Novacyt group of companies), a leading international molecular diagnostics group, and PacBio, a leading developer of high-quality, highly accurate sequencing solutions, today announced a collaboration to optimise size selection for long-read sequencing workflows. PacBio has qualified Yourgene’s LightBench® instrument for the size selection of long DNA fragments, enabling high yields for HiFi sequencing data.

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Press Release
2023

9 November 2023 – 9 November 2023 – Yourgene Health and Laboriad Launch Non-invasive Prenatal Testing in Morocco

Yourgene Health installs first NIPT platform, the IONA test, in Morrocco, enabling Laboriad to offer safe, fast and accurate prenatal testing to expectant parents Manchester, UK, and Rabat, MOROCCO, 09 November 2023: Yourgene Health (part of the Novacyt group of companies), a leading international molecular diagnostics group, has installed the first non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT) workflow in Morocco based on the IONA® test at the Centre de Biologie Riad (Laboriad). By offering this service locally, Laboriad can broaden its offering and provide pregnant women fast, reliable results that reduce the need for invasive tests and the associated stress and anxiety for expectant parents.

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Press Release
2023

7 November 2023 – 7 November 2023 – IVDR certification achieved for DPYD genotyping assay – First product of its kind to conform with new IVDR requirements

IVDR certification achieved for DPYD genotyping assay First product of its kind to conform with new IVDR requirements Yourgene Health (part of the Novacyt group), an international specialist in clinical diagnostics, confirms – IVDR accreditation under the new requirements of the In Vitro Diagnostic Regulation (“IVDR”) for its DPYD genotyping assay, which helps identify cancer patients at risk of suffering a severe, and potentially life-threatening, reaction to common chemotherapy.

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