The Israeli firm recently announced the results of a multicenter study of its Bladder EpiCheck test in addition to netting €2.5 million in EU funding to develop a lung cancer assay.
FIND is granting an award to Altona Dx, Cepheid, and the Bernhard Nocht Institute to develop an assay for Lassa virus. It also signed an MOU with the UK government to combat antimicrobial resistance.
The newly independent firm will continue to invest in diagnostics by bringing its menu of PCR tests for infectious diseases to the US and other markets, among other objectives.
Despite the astronomical costs, it may prove challenging to reverse course and discontinue Zika testing according to a commentary article accompanying a NEJM study.
