Vote for Best New Clinical Laboratory Product of 2019 in the Scientists’ Choice Awards

Clinical scientists and healthcare professionals across the globe are now invited to cast their vote in the Scientists’ Choice Award^® for Best New Clinical Laboratory Product of 2019.

Now in their 13th year, the annual Scientists' Choice Awards celebrate the most innovative and effective lab technologies of the past year and provide scientists and clinical professionals worldwide with the opportunity to acknowledge the instruments, services and consumables that have made the most difference to their work.

As ever, we had a fantastic response to our call for nominations, with clinical scientists worldwide getting involved by naming their top new products of the past year. Now it's time to give your favorite the recognition it deserves and have your say by voting from the shortlist below.

Following the postponement of physical conferences as a result of the COVID-19 outbreak, the winner of the Best New Product award will be announced at a special online ceremony during the SelectScience Virtual Clinical Chemistry Summit, which will take place July 20-22, 2020. To have your say, and to be in with a chance of winning a $500/£400/450 € Amazon Gift Card, click here.

Nominees for Best New Clinical Assay, Kit or Software of 2019 are:

• AI-Rad Companion Chest CT software, from Siemens Healthineers - An AI-based software assistant for computed tomography
• QXDx BCR-ABL %IS kit, from Bio-Rad - A digital PCR test that monitors BCR-ABL in patients with Chronic Myeloid Leukemia
• therascreen FGFR RGQ RT-PCR kit, from QIAGEN - An in vitro diagnostic test for the detection of alterations in the FGFR3 gene to select the best treatment options for patients with urothelial cancer
• PD-L1 IHC 22C3 pharmDx assay, from Agilent Technologies - A qualitative immunohistochemical assay for PD-L1 testing to identify patients for treatment with KEYTRUDA^® immunotherapy
• Afinion™ HbA1c Dx assay, from Abbott - A point-of-care test used to aid the diagnosis and monitoring of diabetes
• ARIES^® MRSA assay, from Luminex - A real-time, PCR-based qualitative in vitro diagnostic test for the direct detection of MRSA

Nominees for Best New Clinical Instrumentation of 2019 are:

• Alinity m molecular diagnostics analyzer, from Abbott
• QXDx AutoDG ddPCR system, an automated droplet digital PCR system for in vitro diagnostics, from Bio-Rad
• Thermo Scientific™ Vanquish™ MD HPLC system, from Thermo Fisher Scientific
• DxA 5000 lab automation system, from Beckman Coulter
• BD COR™ System, a fully automated molecular diagnostics platform, from BD Integrated Diagnostic Solutions
• PS-10 sample preparation system, from Sysmex America
• RAPIDPoint^® 500e Blood Gas System by Siemens Healthineers

Vote for the winner>>

Voting closes on July 14, 2020. The winner will be announced during the SelectScience Virtual Clinical Chemistry Summit, July 20-22, 2020.

About The Scientists’ Choice Awards^®

SelectScience, the leading independent online resource for the global scientific community, began the Scientists’ Choice Awards in 2007 to enable scientists and clinical professionals to voice their opinions on the best laboratory products. Once a year, SelectScience invites members to nominate and vote for their favorite products of the year in each category.