Infectious Disease
News on research and diagnostic development for pathogenic diseases.
Simple HealthKit Raises $8M in Series A Round
The California startup sells PCR-based tests for respiratory and sexually transmitted diseases and said it will use the funding toward innovation and expanded sales of its products.
LumiraDx Secures FDA Emergency Use Authorization, UK Approval for COVID-19, Flu Test
The LumiraDx SARS-CoV-2 & Flu A/B RNA STAR Complete test is a laboratory-use assay run on open RT-PCR instruments.
FIND, Indonesia Partner on Diagnostic Testing Access Initiative
FIND will work with the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Indonesia to improve access to diagnostics and digital health technologies in the Asian country.
Clickmer Systems, Fraunhofer IMS Win €1.1M Grant to Develop Diagnostic Platform
Clickmer, a subsidiary of Apis Assay Technologies, and Fraunhofer IMS will develop the platform to address emerging pandemics.
The company's test uses qPCR to measure the expression of two genes to determine the probability of sepsis.