RE: Plenty of this will be done over Xmas20 Dec 2021 22:35
B2HS2L, I posted this link to CK Jobs a few weeks ago. They were recruiting a Regulatory Affairs Director for a diagnostics company who are breaking into the USA market. I know that Novacyt use CK Jobs for recruitment but can't prove it's Novacyt. https://ckgroup.co.uk/job/Regulatory-Affairs-Director/167250980055271/
B2HS2L, I took a look at Jim Wick's profile yesterday . He's still connected with several of the staff at Novacyt, so I wouldn't be surprised if they've been sub contracting with Novacyt.
RE: AZN UKAS accreditation with primerdesign16 Dec 2021 09:56
Larry 10, thanks for that link. That acceditation for in house workforce testing was dated the 22/11/21 , then the successful desktop review was announced four days later.
This short video was recently tweeted by a eminent NHS pathologist with regards to Sepsis and Antimicrobial Resistance. So much time is currently taken up by having to send the patient's blood sample to a laboratory for analysis. We know that Immune Express ( who Novacyt developed assays for)have recently received FDA clearance for their rapid sepsis test. Globally there is a very big market to move this blood sample analysis from the lab's to a near patient setting .Time and making the initial correct treatment decisions are critical to the final outcome for patient's. What will Novacyt bring to this market? https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=TdtSMxrYOOc&feature=youtu.be
In South Africa the epicenter for the Omicron variant has been in the Gauteng province.If you click on Gauteng in this link it gives you the info for weekly hospital admissions in that province. Four week's ago 154 people were admitted to hospital in a week in this province .Three week's later this weekly admissions figure had risen to 2200, the latest week is incomplete at present. They report a total of 2560 people in hospital in the Gauteng province ,of which 226 are in ICU beds, 193 high care and 2143 in general care . I make that 16% percent of admissions that need high levels of care, and we keep getting told the virus is akin to a common cold now it has mutated again . https://www.nicd.ac.za/diseases-a-z-index-covid-19/surveillance-reports/daily-hospital-surveillance-datcov-report/
Several more jobs have been added to the vacancies at Novacyt and the stand out one is for a Firmware Engineer at It-Is-International. The job appears to be site based three days out of five a week and part of the job description states - To develop and maintain systems for a fleet of devices with secure connection to cloud services, remote updates and management. The job advert also adds - We are aiming to further grow our research and development activities to deliver the next generation of PCR technology. Are the embedded q16 s and q32 devices getting a connectivity upgrade ? https://novacyt.com/careers/ https://novacyt.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Advert-Firmware-Engineer.pdf
Kaeren, I take it that he is referring to the Eastleigh and Camberley sites and possibly the Stratford upon Avon and Blizzard clinical trials sites. Greater than 30 in-house and external ivd studies completed since he took on the role at the beginning of the year . That's a 50% increase from what was mentioned in the August investor presentation.
Kaeren, I was referring the information there that gives an insight into his original role at Novacyt and what he has been doing in his current position.