Reported as "nucleic acid amplification test-detectable" units per milliliter, the limits of detection of more than 50 commercial tests differed by 10,000-fold.
The firm was one of the first to have a COVID-19 test receive EUA from the FDA. It is also developing a COVID-19/flu combo test for which it will seek EUA.
Up to 35 private and public labs in France will be able to use UgenTec's FastFinder analysis software to scale up testing for SARS-CoV-2 and other pathogens.
In Q2 the firm filed for FDA Emergency Use Authorization for its saliva-based Advanta Sx SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR assay as it continued its pivot to COVID-19 markets.
A SNP in the pan-SARS E gene has not affected patient results, but has raised concerns about the overall unavailability of commercial primer and probe information.
By screening swine samples at thousands of European farms, researchers saw reassorted versions of the 2009 H1N1 swine flu virus that may be able to dodge human immunity.
