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ak_gabba, you are correct. The PROmate test kit for the Q16 contains the pre loaded reaction tubes in a circular cartridge, whereas the PROmate test kit for the Q32 has strips of reaction tubes to suit the test device.

Kaeren, the new UK trademarks were updated yesterday and the name Novacyt is now fully registered under Novacyt UK Holdings.

Did anybody check the successful trademark registration yesterday?

Last year professor sir Mike Richards was commissioned to undertake a review of the NHS diagnostic capacity. The final report contains a lot of details which relate to the new diagnostic hubs that are now being set up .
https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/diagnostics-recovery-and-renewal-report-of-the-independent-review-of-diagnostic-services-for-nhs-england/

This link takes you to the South African National Institute for Communicable Diseases who sequenced the new variant .
https://www.nicd.ac.za/frequently-asked-questions-for-the-b-1-1-529-mutated-sars-cov-2-lineage-south-africa/

I've just looked on the Heathrow arrivals and they are still expecting two flights in from Johannesburg around 6.30 tomorrow morning.

Thanks for the link.

mgmidget, is this the link you are looking at? I can't access the first document .
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-test-validation-approved-products

Karen, I was reading government report last night in which they were discussing how many different covid test would be effected by the new bench top reviews. They gave a figure of 900 plus tests,but said they only expected 60% to apply for a review .That would still leave nearly 500 tests to process besides the one's that have already received temporary authorization. No wonder the National Health Security Agency are recruiting more staff for this validation work.

From what I can see Dante labs took over the closed lighthouse lab at Loughborough in early September .Since then this has been used predominantly for private testing, plus some of the government testing that used to go to their lab at Wolverhampton (lmmensa) before enforced closure.
https://eminetra.co.uk/second-lab-owned-by-scandal-hit-testing-company-facing-allegations-of-misconduct/828063/amp/

Morning B2HS2L, I took a look at In Vitro Technologies in August and at that time the promotion on Novacyt products was due to run until the end of September.Since then this has been extended. As you say they are growing company and currently they appear to be in a recruitment drive for sales and support staff. An interesting point is the fact that they are actually owned by a much bigger company JJ Richards and Son's.
https://www.jjrichards.com.au/about/divisions-affiliations/in-vitro-technologies/

WBA, you claim to be a doctor , surely you know how long vaccines last.

Thursday marked the start of World Antimicrobial Awareness Week and yesterday the NHS member of staff who oversaw the Novacyt care homes trial tweeted in relation to this and sepsis. There was also a link to a short HEE video.
https://youtu.be/TdtSMxrYOOc

Good to see that Novacyt have ticked an important box.

Latest update on covid point of care testing by the FDA.
https//www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/coronavirus-covid-19-update-fda-updates-test-policies-help-ensure-accuracy-and-reliability-tests-and

https://youtu.be/dOq3rQkk7JA

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/how-tests-and-testing-kits-for-coronavirus-covid-19-work/target-product-profile-point-of-care-sars-cov-2-detection-tests

This is the latest updated UK government requirements for point of care covid 19 detection tests .
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/how-tests-and-testing-kits-for-coronavirus-covid-19-work/target-product-profile-point-care-sars-cov-2-detection-tests

If you do a search for exhibitors at the Medica trade fair in Germany you'll see that Novacyt are now registered under Novacyt UK Holdings Ltd.
https://www.medica-tradefair.com/

The USA trademark registration went through a week ago , the UK registration is imminent.