Rheonix's Dual Immunoassay, NAAT Zika Test Wins Supplemental SBIR Funding

Apr 19, 2016

NEW YORK (GenomeWeb) – Rheonix announced today it has received an administrative supplement to an existing Small Business Innovation Research Phase I/II grant to develop an automated assay for Zika virus and infection.

The award, which totals $656,414, was granted to Rheonix and collaborators at the New York University College of Dentistry by the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research of the National Institutes of Health.

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