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I see even DB is getting impatient on DIVOC !!! LOL . Who put that on there hahaha
https://www.divoc.health/news/genedriver-96-sars-cov-2-kit-receives-ce-ivd-mark#comments
@ grim
Was it this one with the comments at the bottom of the article
https://testingmethods.crowdicity.com/post/3237330
@Technick
https://www.govconchamber.com/blog/duns-number-intro
Sir Peter Soulsby received an email at 1am with recommendations that the city should stay “under current lockdown restrictions” for a further two weeks, the city mayor has said.
Asked what the Government report says, Sir Peter said: “Not very much, all of the dramatic stuff about local lockdown has diminished to two more weeks of present restrictions, perhaps.
“The report itself doesn’t give any good reason why we should do that and is obviously written by someone who doesn’t know the city.”
The city mayor told BBC Radio Leicester that the Government report reads as though it has “hastily been cobbled together in an attempt to do something”.
Sticking to current restrictions would mean that pubs and restaurants braced to open this weekend could face further delays inviting customers back.
Despite the email, Sir Peter said he is not convinced that Leicester should be treated any differently to anywhere else.
He admitted that at this stage he does not know who would make such a decision or how it would be enforced.
He described the whole situation as "intensely frustrating" and said that the Government have been "very, very difficult" to communicate with.
A meeting that was scheduled for 9am today, between Government officials, Department for Health and Social Care (DHSC) and Public Health England has now been postponed.
Talk of a local lockdown ramped up this weekend but until now, there has been no indication as to what it would look like.
The city council have been repeatedly asking Public Health and DHSC for up to date and detailed data about where cases are.
The Government has not answered key questions about the issue that were submitted to it yesterday by LeicestershireLive.
Up to June 23, 2,987 people in the city have tested positive Covid-19, with 866 of them, 29 per cent, in the two weeks up to then.
Sounds like another good plan coming together!!!
Perhaps they will be able to get their ducks in a row and provide a gold standard POC test. It would be good to hear how the development of that is coming along and get that into the Indian market.
https://www.icmr.gov.in/pdf/tender/EOI_for_Ag_kit_validation.pdf
Indian authorities are launching a massive coronavirus survey taking down health details from New Delhi’s entire population of 29 million, and testing everyone with symptoms by July 6.
https://www.courthousenews.com/new-delhi-to-test-entire-population-of-29-million/
It doesn't look like we'll be invited to this party!
This feels like buying a top of the range car with the best acceleration and top speed but until we actually start the engine we’re going nowhere.
We can have the best % accuracy and fantastic sensitivity with this test but until there are any sales it may as well be zero.
I’m disappointed that we have not been told of any pre sales orders pending approvals as other companies have done. Just with the CE marking alone, if this is the mother of all of tests it should be flying off the shelves by now as you would think every European country would be crying out for it. GDR’s reputation in India isn’t great after the TB test so will we ever get authorisation there? It would be good to hear how things are progressing in other parts of the world as well
If we’re not careful, unless we start our engines soon we will be superseded by an upgraded model and be left on the starting line!
@jayhayes
I think you may be a little over optimistic on your figures!
You have to take into account there are already 53 authorised labs to do the testing. As of today the Indian population is shown as 1,379,567,062 and divided by 54 if Genedrive join the party they would only get circa 25 million tests giving an income of over £200 million at £8.00 a shot. But I suppose that would do for starters LOL
If we are to get a piece of the action in India we need that authorisation asap!
Covid-19: India enhances its testing capacity, ramps up to 3 lakh samples per day
Jun 17, 2020, 11:02AM ISTSource: TNN
India has stepped up testing capacity significantly for Covid-19 to three lakh samples per day with a network of 907 laboratories — 659 in the government sector and rest private labs — spread across the country. At present, India is testing around 1.5 lakh samples every day. In the last 24 hours till Tuesday morning, a total of 1,54,935 samples were tested. So far, the daily testing capacity was 2 lakh samples a day.
I do hope the development of the GDR POC test is making good headway. India is crying out for fast reliable antigen testing along with the rest of the world!
ICMR has asked other manufacturers and developers, who have antigen detection assays, to come forward for validation.
“Currently, there is just one manufacturer but we are hoping many will come forward so that this testing can be expanded in states,” said Sharma.
https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/icmr-advises-rapid-antigen-kits-for-speedier-diagnoses/story-PEcxZEDwxrQpQC2aLv8aBL.html
Why would one of GDR’s Assay Development Scientist II leave the company after 5 years at such an exciting time and go and work for Cytiva this month?
She states
“At Genedrive plc I've been responsible for the development, optimisation and validation of fast-cycling, multiplex PCR-based molecular assays for use on the company's point-of-care molecular diagnostics platform.”
https://uk.linkedin.com/in/agnieszka-kuzdzal-1a234966
Any significance!
I am beginning to think we are late to the party in securing/announcing sales. In relation to the attached article, Hibergene, which is a small company based in Ireland secured sales for their POC test with Russia last month pending CE approval, which they now have, and have since secured deals with other countries
https://www.irishtimes.com/business/health-pharma/rapid-covid-19-test-by-irish-group-hibergene-gets-eu-approval-1.4257587
I just hope that when we rock up with the finest caviar and champagne it will be like bees round a honeypot and all the beer and crisps get left on the table!
C’mon GDR. It’s party time.
I look forward to them topping this chart too!
https://www.icmr.gov.in/pdf/covid/kits/RT_PCR_Tests_Kits_Evaluation_Summ_12062020.pdf
No need for rudeness saint -tropez.
My only thought was if they are not generating cash from the tests then how do they afford the raw equipment/compounds/swabs)
I want GDR to do well so I'll wait and see what Friday brings