AdvaMedDx

AdvaMedDx improves patient and public health by advancing the use of innovative, safe and effective medical diagnostic tests.

The world’s leading diagnostics manufacturers established AdvaMedDx to advocate for the power of medical diagnostic tests to promote wellness, improve patient outcomes, and advance public health in the United States and abroad. AdvaMedDx represents one of the most dynamic and innovative sectors in the health care system. Diagnostics influence as much as 70% of health care decision making, and a new generation of diagnostics tests that provide insights at the molecular level is delivering on the promise of personalized medicine. AdvaMedDx has over 75 member companies that produce innovative, safe and effective diagnostic tests. These tests—performed in laboratories, at the hospital bedside, in doctor's offices, in medical clinics, and in the home—facilitate evidence-based medicine, improve quality of care, promote wellness, enable early detection of disease and often reduce health care costs. Operating as a division of AdvaMed, the Advanced Medical Technology Association, AdvaMedDx is the only advocacy organization dedicated exclusively to issues facing diagnostic manufacturers in the United States and abroad.

11/19/2020

At least 47 million antibiotic prescriptions each year are unnecessary. diagnostics can help reverse the trend. Learn more, so you can be .

Education and awareness is needed to slow the spread of antibiotic resistance. CDC provides information for to doctors and patients for proper antibiotic use.

11/02/2020

companies “will do whatever it takes to stay ahead of testing demand to help bring this pandemic under control.” Read more from AdvaMed CEO, Scott Whitaker: https://www.advamed.org/newsroom/press-releases/advamed-announces-200-million-molecular-covid-19-tests-shipped-nationwide

10/20/2020

New data from AdvaMed’s COVID-19 Diagnostic Supply Registry reveals that total U.S. shipments of COVID-19 molecular diagnostic tests have reached 200 million. https://bit.ly/2HiErKD

07/28/2020

Since March, across the industry, roughly 80 million COVID-19 diagnostic tests have been shipped to hospitals and laboratories across the U.S. Learn more: https://bit.ly/2X6n4BE

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Advanced Medical Technology Association (AdvaMed) today announced that shipments of COVID-19 molecular diagnostic tests reached one million per day for the week ending July 24, based on the latest data from the association's National Testing Registry.

07/23/2020

As cases of continue to increase across the country, AdvaMedDx has joined nearly 50 leading stakeholder groups in urging Congress to prioritize federal funding for testing. Read the letter: https://bit.ly/39lpYaq

01/08/2020

AdvaMed President and CEO Scott Whitaker signed the CEO Action for Diversity and Inclusion pledge, the largest CEO-driven business commitment to advance diversity and inclusion in the workplace. Learn more.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the Advanced Medical Technology Association (AdvaMed) announced that AdvaMed President and CEO Scott Whitaker signed the CEO Action for Diversity and Inclusion pledge, the largest CEO-driven business commitment to advance diversity and inclusion within the workplace: "We be...

12/20/2019

researchers are developing a new diagnostic to better test how specific cancer cells are behaving, spreading and emerging elsewhere in the body.

Scientists are developing a novel way to identify the unique chemical

11/22/2019

Remember: Antibiotics won’t work against viral infections like the flu. Learn how doctors are using diagnostic testing to encourage smart antibiotic prescribing habits and fight .

From Test to Treatment: The Value of Diagnostics in Combatting Antibiotic Resistance Fact Sheet Open application/pdf - 544.34 kB Date: 11/13/2018 Disease Area:

11/21/2019

Diagnostics are key in the fight against antibiotic resistance. Learn more. https://www.amrindustryalliance.org/shared-goals/

11/20/2019

“Together is the only way we’re going to reverse this trend.” Everly Macario, who lost her son to an antibiotic resistant superbug, needs your help in the fight against . https://bit.ly/2DfoH7w

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