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IVD assay iAMP Covid-19 Detection Kit receives CE Mark

Fujirebio Europe has received the CE mark for the molecular IVD assay iAMP Covid-19 Detection Kit from its partner Atila Biosystems. The qualitative detection kit is based on real-time fluorescent reverse transcription isothermal amplification, eliminating the need for RNA extraction. The detection kit was also granted Emergency Use Authorization by the US Food and Drug […]

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Cobra Biologics and the Karolinska Institutet collaborate to develop COVID-19 vaccine

Cobra Biologics (Cobra), an international contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) for biologics and pharmaceuticals, and the Karolinska Institutet (KI), one of the world’s leading medical universities, announced 30 March they have been awarded €3 million emergency funding by Horizon 2020 for research and development, and phase I clinical trial testing of a DNA vaccine […]

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Dante Labs, Cambridge Cancer Genomics and Nonacus collaborate to provide precision oncology at scale

Dante Labs, a pioneer and leader in genomic testing, Cambridge Cancer Genomics (CCG.ai), a software developer specialising in data-driven precision oncology, and Nonacus, a provider of genetic testing products for precision medicine and liquid biopsy, have signed a collaboration agreement. In a joint statement they said the partnership aims to build the most comprehensive and […]

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NanoPass shares proprietary MicronJet microneedle to assist in development of a Covid-19 vaccine

NanoPass is sharing its proprietary MicronJet microneedle device with leading vaccine and immunotherapy companies around the world to assist in development of a Covid-19 vaccine. The NanoPass device targets immune cells of the skin by harnessing the skin’s potent immune system to improve vaccines and/or to dramatically reduce the dose while achieving the same immunity. […]

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Beckman Coulter to produce antibody assays for Covid-19

In response to the global COVID-19 pandemic, Beckman Coulter, a global leader in clinical diagnostics, announced 31 March that it is developing assays to identify IgM and IgG antibodies to SARS-CoV-2. Research has shown that after infection with SARS-CoV-2, viral antigens stimulate the body’s immune system to produce antibodies that can be detected with IgM […]

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Avacta, Integumen collaborate for detection of SARS-COV-2 in waste water

Avacta Group, the developer of Affimer biotherapeutics and reagents, has entered into a collaboration with Integumen to evaluate recently generated Affimer reagents that bind the SARS-COV-2 spike protein for the detection of the coronavirus in waste water, to provide a real-time alert system to warn of localised COVID-19 outbreaks. Over 60 percent of COVID-19 positive […]

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Volunteer laboratory network launched in UK to expand Covid-19 testing

The UK-based Covid-19 Volunteer Testing Network launched April 9 to provide essential additional testing capacity to front-line workers. The project, started by Mike Fischer CBE, helps small laboratories convert to run critical antigen testing and identify Covid-19 cases among local healthcare workers – at no cost to Government. The UK has thousands of small laboratories […]

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COVID-19: a global pandemic

The new coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, causing a disease that has been called COVID-19, was first identified in Wuhan, China in December 2019, and has been transmitted widely across the globe. This article gives a general overview of what is currently known in a fast developing situation.

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LGC acquires The Native Antigen Company

LGC has acquired The Native Antigen Company (NAC), one of the world’s leading suppliers of high quality infectious disease antigens and antibodies. NAC is a developer, manufacturer and supplier of critical reagents to the in vitro diagnostic (IVD), pharmaceutical and academic sectors. It offers a comprehensive portfolio of native and recombinant infectious disease antigens and […]

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Benefits of molecular biology in clinical diagnostics

The advent of molecular biology techniques has revolutionized disease diagnosis. CLI discussed with Dr Chandrasekhar Nair from Molbio Diagnostics the benefit that these techniques have brought and how these technologies are being adapted for point-of-care use for rapid diagnosis and the benefit of rural populations. What has the impact of molecular biology been on disease […]