Roche Diagnostics received Health Canada Authorization to Market the cobas® HPV on the cobas® 6800/8800 Systems for cervical cancer screening in Canada. Human Papillomavirus (HPV) is a known cause of cervical cancer and is used to identify women at risk. This HPV DNA assay adds to the growing Canadian-IVD menu on the cobas® 6800/8800 Systems, and gives laboratories the ability to run HPV DNA testing simultaneously with other previously released cobas assays including: HIV-1, HCV, HBV, CMV, DPX plus two donor screening assays cobas® MPX, and cobas® WNV. As demonstrated by the prospective clinical study "ATHENA2" comparing screening strategies using cobas® HPV test on the cobas® 4800 System, screening with the HPV test detects more high-grade disease than a Pap test alone. Identifying women at risk, before pre-cancer or cancer develops, is an important prevention strategy as it helps maintain screening efficiency and helps protect women from the potential harms of overtreatment. Countries are increasingly looking to adopt the detection of HPV DNA as primary screening tool instead of the Pap test as part of their national cervical cancer programs3. The fully automated cobas® 6800/8800 Systems provide the faster turn-around time, higher throughput and the longest walk-away time compared to other automated molecular platforms, giving laboratories the flexibility to adapt to changing testing demands.