Nasopharyngeal Swab Articles & Analysis
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FireGene announces that its Monkeypox Virus Nucleic Acid Detection Kit (Real-time Fluorescent PCR Method) has recently obtained CE-IVDD approval. This RT-PCT kit can be used to detect suspected cases of MPV infection. Rash fluid, nasopharyngeal swabs, pharyngeal swabs, and serum samples are applicable for the test. The test result is available in 40 minutes after sample collection. This kit is ...
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The Test is now available for use across Europe and other countries that accept CE-IVD marking, providing a powerful pandemic and endemic management tool in industries where fast and reliable decentralized testing is crucial. With the launch of its first product, miDiagnostics enters the commercial phase, marking an important milestone in the company’s development. Ultra-fast and reliable ...
miDiagnostics, which originated from an innovative co-operation between imec and Johns Hopkins University, is taking another important step in its goal to enabling fast and high-quality diagnostic testing at any location. Today, the company announced that, in close cooperation with Brussels Airport, Ecolog and Eurofins, it is setting up a pilot program to test passengers with the aim of ...
BioGX, a global provider of molecular diagnostic solutions, announced that the United States Food and Drug Administration has issued Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for their breakthrough direct sample addition, Xfree™ COVID-19 test. Xfree COVID-19 is a complete test lyophilized in a single tube, for extraction-free, direct sample addition real-time RT-PCR testing. The Xfree COVID-19 ...
miDiagnostics, a spin-off of the world-leading nano-electronics research center imec, today announced the launch of the holy grail for COVID-19 testing: an ultra-fast PCR test for point-of-care use. Flemish entrepreneurs-investors Marc Coucke, Urbain Vandeurzen and Michel Akkermans provide miDiagnostics with sufficient additional funding to support its transition to a commercial company. The ...
Newsight Imaging, an Israeli startup developing imaging solutions and chips for spectral and machine vision applications, announced today that the company’s SpectraLIT device, powered by Virusight Diagnostic’s AI software, which enables a ground-breaking 20-second COVID-19 diagnosis, has received the Conformité Européene (CE-European Conformity) Mark approval. ...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted emergency use authorization (EUA) for the Applied Biosystems TaqPath COVID-19, Flu A, Flu B Combo Kit from Thermo Fisher Scientific, the company announced today. The TaqPath COVID-19, Flu A, Flu B Combo Kit is a real-time PCR test for the detection and differentiation of RNA from the SARS-CoV2, influenza A and influenza B viruses in ...
High performance, point-of-care rapid test for the detection of Influenza A&B Burlington, MA – November 17, 2020 –SEKISUI Diagnostics announces it has received CE Marking (Conformité Européenne) for the OSOM® Ultra Plus Flu A&B Test and has begun marketing in Europe. The test utilizes traditional lateral flow technology with performance near or exceeding ...
Huntsville Hospital Health System (HH Health System) and Kailos Genetics, a HudsonAlpha Resident Company, are pleased to announce a partnership to offer Assure SentinelTM testing for COVID-19 to North Alabama. Sentinel testing involves routine affordable screening of a population to identify individuals infected with the virus before they become symptomatic and is designed to ...
The new Vitassay SARS-CoV-2 + Flu A + B + RSV + Adeno Resp. is a rapid, immunochromatographic assay for the simultaneous qualitative detection of nucleoprotein antigen of SARS-CoV-2, Influenza type A, Influenza type B, RSV and Adenovirus from nasopharyngeal swabs samples from patients suspected of COVID-19 infection and/or Influenza A and/or Influenza B and/or Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) ...
Flow Sciences, Inc., a leading global provider of containment solutions, recently worked with Sema4, a patient-centered health intelligence company, to provide enclosures designed to protect its laboratory personnel while processing patient samples for COVID-19. Due to the crucial nature of Sema4’s work, Flow Sciences designed, engineered, tested, and delivered all ten enclosures to ...
OPTI Medical Systems, Inc., a subsidiary of IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. (NASDAQ: IDXX), today announced that the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for the OPTI SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR laboratory test kit for the detection of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. This announcement follows earlier validation of the test by the Institut ...
The current pandemic situation has created a demand for test kits that can be run with less amount of reagents while generating faster test results.Lumex Instruments’ microchip real-time PCR analyzer AriaDNA, by detecting SARS-CoV-2, has proven its ability to meet this demand. The Microchip RT-PCR COVID-19 Detection System based on AriaDNA enables to test up to seven patient samples in one ...
During this pandemic situation, erratic supply of lab wares and reagents, as well as bottlenecks created due to high demand and short supply of the test reagents, has created a delay in getting the population tested for COVID-19. Worldwide calls for widespread testing has skyrocketed the amount of requests for PCR reagent supply. Current real-time PCR assays and PCR instruments consume large ...