Roche Molecular Systems Inc. was awarded FDA approval for its donor-screening blood test for the Zika virus. The cobas test, which can be run on cobas 6800 or 8800 systems, is the first of its kind for commercial screening.

Animas Corp., a Johnson & Johnson diabetes care company will leave the insulin pump market in the U.S. and Canada, and discontinue its Animas, Vibe and Onetouch Ping insulin pumps. The company will manage a transition to alternate devices for its patients, working with chosen partner, Medtronic plc, in that effort.

SAN JOSE, Calif. – Panelists tackled data, innovation and changes organizations need to make to adapt to the upcoming trends in a session at the Advance Medical Technology Association's (AdvaMed) MedTech Conference. An all-female panel of speakers discussed what leadership should do to prepare for business movement toward big data and machine learning, consumer trends and valuing people in an organization at "The future of leadership in medtech: trends of disruption and consolidation" panel.