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The companies are validating the Genedrive 96 Sars-CoV-2 kit using saliva samples extracted with Beckman Coulter's RNAdvance viral extraction chemistry

The agreement aims to develop and validate a scaled-up manufacturing process to enable the production of millions of tests per month.

The viral assay, developed with Sentinel Diagnostics, improves the ability to monitor viral loads in critical organ transplant populations for the clinical management of infection.

On an adjusted basis at constant exchange rates, revenues grew 19 percent year over year, in line with guidance provided by the company in early July.

Coastal Genomics owns the Ranger gel electrophoresis technology to collect specific DNA target sizes, with applications in noninvasive prenatal testing and oncology.

According to Snibe, the test has 99.6 specificity and 100 percent sensitivity at 15 days following the onset of symptoms for COVID-19.

Oxford Immunotec said that a decrease in revenues for its US business was partly driven by the impact of planned inventory destocking by Quest Diagnostics.