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Bio-Rad Laboratories Enhanced Exact Diagnostics RP Positive Run Control

Oct 07, 2021

Bio-Rad Laboratories has launched an enhanced version of its Exact Diagnostics RP Positive Run Control for syndromic respiratory panels. The new version contains inactivated whole SARS-CoV-2 virus. Intended to monitor the performance of clinical respiratory panel assays, the positive control set now contains a total of 23 respiratory analytes in a single vial and can be used to assess the entire molecular diagnostic process, including extraction, detection, and amplification.

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