Siemens Lab-Based SARS-CoV-2 Antigen Assay (CoV2Ag) Obtains CE Mark for Use with Its High-Throughput Analyzers
Siemens Healthineers’ (Erlangen, Germany) laboratory-based SARS-CoV-2 Antigen Assay (CoV2Ag) has obtained CE Mark and is now offered for the Atellica Solution and ADVIA Centaur analyzers, widely available in laboratories worldwide. More...25 Feb 2021
PerkinElmer Launches New Highly Sensitive Point of Care COVID-19 Antigen Test for Mass Screening
PerkinElmer, Inc. (Waltham, MA; USA) has launched the PerkinElmer® COVID-19 Antigen Test for the qualitative detection of SARS-CoV-2 nucleocapsid protein antigen in nasal (NS) or nasopharyngeal (NP) swab specimens. More...24 Feb 2021
World’s First AI Rapid Antigen Test System for COVID-19 Delivers Highly Accurate Results on Smartphone Within 5-8 Minutes
The world’s first rapid COVID-19 antigen test system using artificial intelligence (AI) could revolutionize medical diagnostics, enabling early disease detection with consistent and accurate results. More...23 Feb 2021
Agilent Launches New Immunoassay Kit to Detect SARS-CoV-2 Antibodies
Agilent Technologies (Santa Clara, CA, USA) has launched the Agilent Dako SARS-CoV-2 IgG Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA) kit intended for the qualitative detection of immunoglobulin G (IgG) antibodies to SARS-CoV-2 in human serum or plasma. More...22 Feb 2021
First-Ever Highly Sensitive Antibody Tests Could Detect Infection with All Known Human Coronaviruses, Including New SARS-CoV-2 Variants
Scientists have set the stage for the development of highly sensitive antibody tests for infection with all known human coronaviruses, including new variants of SARS-CoV-2. More...19 Feb 2021
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