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Aug 10, 2026 MDx NIAID Awards Zepto Life Technology Contract Valued at Up to $8.9 Million to Advance the First Deployable Liquid Biopsy Platform for Infectious Disease Award funds Zepto’s FungiFlex® program from engineering and manufacturing through planned clinical validation and FDA submission. Aug 3, 2026 FungiFlex Zepto Presents ADLM Case Highlighting Detection of a Mixed Invasive Mold Infection from Plasma At ADLM 2026, Zepto Life Technology presented a case in which the FungiFlex® Mold Panel detected fungal cell-free DNA from Aspergillus fumigatus and Rhizomucor miehei in an immunocompromised patient, revealing a mixed invasive mold infection that standard testing alone did not fully identify. Jul 15, 2026 FungiFlexReference lab Zepto Life Technology Introduces FungiFlex® Pneumocystis jirovecii and FungiFlex® Mold Plus New targeted plasma cfDNA liquid biopsy testing options expand the FungiFlex® menu, allowing clinicians to order targeted Pneumocystis jirovecii testing or combined mold and P. jirovecii detection based on the clinical question. Jun 15, 2026 FungiFlex New Journal of Fungi Publication Features Zepto FungiFlex® in Pneumocystis Case Series A University of Minnesota collaboration examines how plasma fungal cfDNA testing can help distinguish active infection from colonization in complex, immunocompromised patients. Jun 3, 2026 FungiFlex Zepto Life Technology Receives FDA Breakthrough Device Designation for Targeted Liquid Biopsy Test for Invasive Mold Infections The designation applies to the FungiFlex® Mold Panel performed on Zepto's integrated MDx instrument system, recognizing its potential to address a significant unmet need in invasive mold infection diagnosis. Jan 21, 2026 FungiFlexReference lab Zepto Life Technology Launches Plasma-Based FungiFlex® Mold Panel as CLIA Reference Laboratory Test The plasma-based test becomes commercially available for the first time, detecting 14 clinically important mold species in under 24 hours.