Avacta Launches SARS-CoV-2 Bead-Assisted Mass Spectrometry (BAMS) Research Assay Kit
Avacta Group plc (Wetherby, England) has announced that the BAMS assay to detect the SARS-CoV-2 virus has been launched as a research kit1 by its partner Adeptrix (Beverly, MA, USA) and the assay has been presented by Bruker Scientific (Billerica, MA, USA) in a new application note. More...01 Oct 2020
New, Portable Lab-on-a-Chip Identifies Concentration of COVID-19 Antibodies in Human Blood In 15 Minutes
A new, portable lab-on-a-chip can identify the presence of COVID-19 antibodies in blood with greater speed and efficiency than the current standard “enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay” or ELISA technology. More...01 Oct 2020
BD Receives CE Mark for Portable, Rapid Point-of-Care COVID-19 Antigen Test That Detects SARS-CoV-2 in 15 Minutes
Becton, Dickinson and Company’s (BD Franklin Lakes, NJ, USA) rapid, point-of-care, SARS-CoV-2 antigen test for use on the BD Veritor Plus System has been CE marked to the IVD Directive (98/79/EC). More...01 Oct 2020
Machine Learning-Based Rapid Diagnostic Reads Immune System to Predict COVID-19 Severity Risk
A rapid diagnostic that reads the immune system to predict severe respiratory failure risk in COVID-19 patients is being developed to help physicians make better hospital admission and resourcing decisions for COVID-19 patients at hospital presentation. More...30 Sep 2020
150 Million Rapid COVID-19 Tests from Abbott Begin Rolling out Across US
The US government has begun distribution of 150 million COVID-19 rapid point-of-care tests from Abbott (Lake Forest, IL, USA), doubling the number of tests that have already been performed across the nation. More...30 Sep 2020
FDA Grants First Ever EUA to COVID-19 POC Antibody Test for Use with Fingerstick Blood Samples
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued the first emergency use authorization (EUA) for a serology (antibody) point-of-care (POC) test for COVID-19 using fingerstick blood samples as compared with current approved tests that only utilize serum, plasma, or a venous blood draw. More...30 Sep 2020
120 Million COVID-19 Rapid Tests to Be Made Available for Low and Middle Income Countries
The Access to COVID-19 Tools (ACT) Accelerator has announced a set of agreements to make available affordable, high-quality COVID-19 antigen rapid tests for low and middle-income countries (LMICs). More...30 Sep 2020
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