Dec 07 2023

Blood tests? Aisle 3: FDA greenlights BD & Babson’s fingertip collection system aimed at pharmacies, grocery stores

Theranos had a lot of bad ideas, but making blood draws smaller and easier wasn’t necessarily one of them. A decade after the now-defunct blood-testing startup emerged from stealth, BD has now claimed an FDA clearance for fingerstick collection hardware that aims to bring… Read More >

Dec 07 2023

Babson Diagnostics’ BetterWay™ Blood Testing Service Achieves Critical Milestone Ahead of Commercialization

Austin, Texas — Babson Diagnostics™, a science-first, healthcare technology company, today announced that a key piece of its BetterWay™ Blood Testing ecosystem has achieved 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. These regulatory clearances pave the way… Read More >

Oct 13 2023

Trends Driving Innovation in Blood Sample Collection, Preparation

The laboratory side of diagnostic blood testing has achieved extraordinary efficiency and precision through automation. I spent the majority of my career developing the analyzers, assays, and large-scale automation systems that run in clinical laboratories today and are… Read More >

Oct 01 2023

Theranos 2.0: The fingertip blood test that may actually work — this time

David Stein tells a familiar story. His start-up has invented a device that, with blood from a single finger prick, can run dozens of blood tests and free millions of people from their terror of needles. The $50 billion medical diagnostics business, and, by extension,… Read More >

Sep 12 2023

It's High Time to Normalize Pre-Visit Lab Testing

In today’s rapidly changing health care landscape, clinicians are under increasing pressure to improve health outcomes and to enhance the patient experience. It’s a daunting challenge for medical practices in the face of endless administrative burdens and a growing shortage… Read More >

Aug 29 2023

Babson Diagnostics is making reimagined blood testing a reality

Babson Diagnostics Inc. has line of sight for the commercial launch of its Betterway blood testing ecosystem, which is a less invasive way of taking blood and requires only one-tenth of the sample volume of venipuncture without sacrificing quality or accuracy. The company… Read More >

Aug 25 2023

Examining the blood collection experience

Blood draws do not need to be unpleasant. Modern blood testing is the foundation of clinical screening and decision-making. Timely disease diagnosis, prevention and chronic care management depend on accurate diagnostic testing. More than 7 billion clinical lab tests are… Read More >

Jun 02 2023

It's Time to Flip the Script on Blood Testing

In the years since Elizabeth Holmes' fall from grace, we tend to focus on all the ways Theranos failed. But the defunct blood testing company did get one thing right: proving that people do want a better, more convenient way to get their blood tested. Austin, TX-based… Read More >

Apr 10 2023

Babson Diagnostics Welcomes New Clinical Advisor, Andrew Carroll, M.D.

Austin, Texas – Babson Diagnostics, a science-first healthcare technology company, today announced the addition of a clinical advisor who will bring valuable insights of the medical community in the ongoing development and introduction of the company’s new diagnostic blood… Read More >

Apr 07 2023

Meet the 2023 Austin Inno Madness champions

Please join Inno in congratulating Babson Diagnostics. But, really, everyone participating is a winner in our eyes. Inno Madness, which was sponsored this year by international law firm Morrison Foerster, was created to generate awareness for some of Austin's most… Read More >