Thermo Fisher Launches New AcroMetrix Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) RNA Control
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (Waltham, MA, USA) has launched the AcroMetrix Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) RNA Control, its latest quality control product to monitor and validate COVID-19 molecular diagnostic tests. More...07 Apr 2020
New Coronavirus (COVID-19) Antibody Test Can Help Determine Past COVID Infection
Eurofins Scientific’s (Luxembourg) US clinical diagnostics network is offering blood-based antibody testing for Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 that can identify people who were exposed, may have developed some level of immunity to COVID-19 but potentially had mild to no symptoms. Eurofins' network will initially run nearly 5,000 tests per day, or 200 results every hour, helping first responders and healthcare providers. More...07 Apr 2020
AI Algorithms for Analyzing Chest X-ray/CT Scan Aid in Treatment of COVID-19 Infected Patients
In an effort to help the medical community in the fight against COVID-19, VUNO (Seoul, South Korea), an AI medical imaging software company, is offering special versions of two AI products, VUNO Med- LungQuant and VUNO Med-Chest X-ray: COVID-19, encompassing both lung X-ray and CT modalities, respectively all at once. More...07 Apr 2020
Fluxergy Submits FDA EUA Request for One-Hour COVID-19 POC Test
Fluxergy LLC (Irvine, CA, USA), a research and medical diagnostic test company, has submitted an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) request to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Center for Devices and Radiological Health, seeking an authorization that would permit medical professionals to begin using the company’s high-speed Research Use Only (RUO) test system as a COVID-19 diagnostic at the point-of-care (POC). More...06 Apr 2020
NEXTGENPCR Endpoint Thermocycler Decreases PCR Amplification Time for SARS-CoV-2 to Eight Minutes
Molecular Biology Systems, B.V. (Goes, The Netherlands), a biotechnology company, has developed a method using its NEXTGENPCR endpoint thermocycler and consumables that decreases PCR amplification time for SARS-CoV-2 to eight minutes. More...06 Apr 2020
ThermoGenesis Develops Blood Test to Detect COVID-19 in Minutes
ThermoGenesis Holdings, Inc. (Rancho Cordova, CA, USA), which provides automated cell processing tools and services in the cell and gene therapy field, has developed an advanced point-of-care test that will allow rapid diagnosis of the COVID-19 virus, including asymptomatic cases, using just a single drop of blood without the need for special lab equipment and deliver results in less than 10 minutes. More...06 Apr 2020
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