US FDA Releases Test Performance Data of COVID-19 Antibody and Serology Kits
The US Food and Drug Administration {(FDA) Silver Spring, MD, USA} has publicly posted test performance data from four more antibody, or serology, test kits from its independent performance validation study effort. More...10 Jun 2020
Puritan Medical Opening New Facility to Double COVID-19 Swab Production
Puritan Medical Products (Guilford, ME, USA) is opening a new facility that will allow the company to produce an additional 20 to 40 million swabs per month in order to fulfill the need for COVID-19 testing swabs in the US. More...10 Jun 2020
Quidel Receives Amended EUA for Rapid Antigen COVID-19 Diagnostic Assay Using Sofia 1 Instrument
Quidel Corporation (San Diego, CA, USA) has received an amended Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) from the US FDA, allowing the company to run its Sofia SARS Antigen FIA on its first generation Sofia Fluorescent Immunoassay Analyzer (Sofia 1). More...10 Jun 2020
Siemens and BARDA Partner for Development of COVID-19 Automated Total Antibody Test
Siemens Healthineers (Erlangen, Germany) and the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA, Washington, DC, USA) are partnering for an automated SARS-CoV-2 total antibody test being developed by the company. More...10 Jun 2020
Randox and SCIENION Expand Collaboration for Scaling-Up of Biochip and SARS CoV2 Test Manufacturing
Randox Laboratories (Crumlin, UK) has selected SCIENION AG (Berlin, Germany) as its technology provider and science partner for scaling-up biochip manufacturing in order to transform rapid diagnostic testing. More...10 Jun 2020
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