RE: Antigen vs Anyibody18 Apr 2020 14:17
Levergrater. You got it to. Great post. When the government and/or novacyt announce the new test it be an even further game changer. I expect the government will announce it as it will be good pr for them. No doubt it is being tested at moment and approval could come anytime now as it states “ready for launch May) Forget all the other jam tomorrow companies others are trying to ramp that still don’t have a workable test let alone approval, orders or manufacturing capacity
Key from rns.
Novacyt has been working to address the current reported shortfall in extraction reagents required to perform PCR testing through the development of a new "direct-to-PCR" extraction method prior to running the Company's COVID-19 test. This removes the need for some scarce reagents and significantly reduces the number of extraction steps, allowing faster cycle times, higher throughputs and cost savings. The Directors believe this innovation should facilitate an increase in testing capacity for COVID-19, removing a current bottleneck in sample processing for laboratories. Novacyt expects to have this new extraction technology available to launch in May 2020.