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A State-of-the-Art Mobile COVID-19 Testing Platform
02 Jun 2020 | C
A mobile platform for COVID-19 testing has been developed through a Tangen BioSciences and LabWare partnership. The rapid portable test and disease surveillance kit will be used in drive-up test centres and assisted-living premises to provide rapid results to patients and CDC. more...
Reliable Tracking for Large-Scale COVID-19 Testing Labs
02 Jun 2020 | C
To assist labs involved with the essential RT-PCR assay part of the “test, trace and isolate” strategy for dealing with the SARS-CoV-2 virus pandemic – Ziath has introduced two optimized packages for reliable tracking of patient samples submitted for Coronavirus (COVID-19) testing. more...
NBS Scientific Launches the CXT 353 Bench-Top Frozen Sample Aliquotter
31 May 2020 | COVM
With the CXT 353, researchers can work more safely and efficiently with samples containing infectious viruses like COVID-19. more...
AFYS3G Offers a Unique Solution for the Ultimate Traceability of Labware
31 May 2020 | COPM
AFYS3G has a unique way to guarantee the absolute traceability of your laboratory consumables: laser-based marking systems. more...
Reliable, High-Throughout Tube Decapper
31 May 2020 | COPVM
The robust Push Cap Decapper CP620 from Micronic enables labs tasked with opening multiple sample storage tubes to achieve significant productivity gains. more...
Abbott has released an interim analysis from independent studies being carried out on its ID NOW™ COVID-19 test, as per FDA instructions. Results, so far show the test has a high sensitivity and specificity in the early days of symptoms onset. more...
FDA Aids Development and Evaluation of COVID-19 Diagnostic Tests
29 May 2020 | C
The U.S. FDA is supporting the agency’s evaluation of diagnostic tests for COVID-19 by providing a SARS-CoV-2 reference panel. The panel is available to commercial and laboratory developers who are interacting with the FDA through the pre-emergency use authorization (EUA) process. more...
The world needs pharma and biotech organizations to respond to public health crises faster than ever. As production timelines shorten and approvals are fast-tracked, the industry must be able to release products as quickly and safely as possible. more...
Avacta has partnered with Cytiva (formerly GE Healthcare Life Sciences) to develop a rapid lateral flow assay to detect antigens of SARS-CoV-2, for the consumer market. Sales, marketing and distribution firm Medusa19, say they see the kit being used at airports and businesses looking to reopen. more...
The US FDA has instructed a large cohort of COVID-19 serology test manufacturers not to distribute kits until they have complied with mandatory guidelines, which include submitting an FDA-EUA application, within a certain time-frame and/or not addressing issues on tests validaity. more...
Thermo Fisher produces Viral Transport Media (VTM) that complies with US requirements for COVID-19 sample collection and have signed a contract with the government, allowing Thermo Fisher to expand and scale-up production capacity to 8 million per week. more...
The PrimeStore® MTM COVID-19 sample collection device that inactivates viral RNA is in high demand and its manufacturer EKF Diagnostics has secured contracts and have doubled manufacturing capacity in the US and repurposed EU plants to meet demand. more...
Baker have donated a SterilGARD® e3 biological safety cabinet to Seeding Labs to support the public health efforts of Malawi University of Science and Technology (MUST) in Malawi's COVID-19 response. more...
Browse through products for SARS-CoV-2 detection - for clinical, for RUO, for environmental monitoring - surfaces, wastewater, air, robotic liquid handling for RT-qPCR, quality control reagents and standards, one-step RT-qPCR kti, antigens and monoclonal antibodies etc.... more...
Puritan - 4 Reasons They’re Not Your Ordinary Drugstore Swab
20 May 2020 | C
Puritan’s 'FDA Preferred' HydraFlock® and PurFlock Ultra® swabs are highly sophisticated diagnostic tools. Their tips, handles and materials are ideally suited for COVID-19 testing. Puritan's foam and polyester swabs are also FDA listed as substitutes for flock. more...
Bioreagents Related to SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) Vaccine Development
20 May 2020 | CP
To address this global public health crisis, unprecedented efforts are being made to study the culprit virus, SARS-CoV-2. Sino Biological is working to develop rapid diagnostic reagents, vaccines, and therapies against this virus. more...
WHO Release COVID-19 Test Scores of 100%
20 May 2020 | C
The World Health Organization (WHO) in collaboration with the Foundation for Innovative Diagnostics (FIND), have carried out independent studies on several PCR-based COVID-19 tests and have released clinical specificity and sensitivity results to the science community. more...
EUROIMMUN offers the EURORealTime SARS-CoV-2 for sensitive direct virus detection, as well as ELISAs based on spike protein domain S1 (IgG, IgA) or modified nucleocapsid protein (IgG). The IgG ELISAs demonstrate specificities of 99.6% and 99.8%. more...
Microbiologics Introduces New IVD & RUO SARS-CoV-2 Controls
19 May 2020 | C
Validate all stages of a molecular assay - extraction, reverse transcription, amplification, and detection with Microbiologics' new SARS-CoV-2 Process Control (RUO). An IVD control with the RdRp, S, E, and N gene targets is also now available. more...
SOLIScript® 1-step CoV Kit from Solis BioDyne is optimized for highly sensitive detection of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) viral RNA by one-step real-time RT-PCR (RT-qPCR). Reagents are stable at room temperature enabling easy ice-free shipping and reaction set-up. more...
Applying Our PCR Expertise in the Fight Against SARS-CoV-2
19 May 2020 | C
From food diagnostics to human diagnostics – we demonstrate the versatility of our PCR methods, our ability to adapt quickly to unexpected situations and our underlying philosophy: testing is of utmost importance, particularly in times of crises. more...
To support COVID-19 Research, Sino Biological has developed a collection of antigens and monoclonal antibodies. These reagents have supported hundreds of research groups around the globe for their vaccine and antibody development works. more...
FDA-Cleared Liofilchem MTS™ (MIC Test Strip) Lefamulin (LMU)
18 May 2020 | C
Liofilchem has received clearance from the FDA to market in the United States the Lefamulin 0.016-256 MTS™ (MIC Test Strip), a quantitative assay for determining the Minimum Inhibitory Concentration (MIC) of Lefamulin. more...
ProGnosis Biotech has developed reliable antibody tests for COVID-19 with excellent specificity and sensitivity, as proven by clinical performance studies. An accurate diagnostic tool that can detect whether an individual has been infected with the virus. more...
Abbott's ID NOW™ COVID-19 test goes under FDA's microscope after the US regulatory body received 15 adverse event reports suggesting inaccuracies. Abbott will conduct the study, involving 150 COVID-19 positive samples from a variety of clinical settings and promise to improve the test. more...
Sample Collection and Swab Types for COVID-19 Testing
18 May 2020 | C
In this video, Norman Sharples, COPAN Diagnostics’ CEO runs through alternatives to collecting a nasopharyngeal specimen with a flocked swab for COVID-19 diagnosis. more...
Duke-NUS Medical School, GenScript Biotech Corporation and the Diagnostics Development Hub (DxD) have developed a rapid high-throughput assay that can detect neutralizing antibodies in one hour, without the need of live biological materials and biocontainment facility. more...
Serratia marcescens are implicated in nosocomial infections. Continuous surveillance demands effective recovery of clinical isolates and environmental samples. CHROMagar™ has developed CHROMagar™ Serratia, the first chromogenic medium designed specifically to detect Serratia marcescens. more...
The Innovaprep white paper describes how the Concentrating Pipette (CP) Select™ can be used to concentrate SARS-CoV-2 virus from wastewater, detecting at very low concentrations from about 10 copies per 100 mls. of influent to 120 copies per 100 liters of effluent. more...
One Hour CRISPR-Based COVID-19 Test Gets FDA-EUA
12 May 2020 | C
The Sherlock™ CRISPR SARS-CoV-2 kit can provide results in one hour and has recently been granted EUA from the FDA. The kit works by programming a CRISPR molecule to detect SARS-CoV-2 and when found its enzyme is activated and releases a detectable signal. more...
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