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"The intention is that as soon as the DHSC has access to a test that has successfully passed a performance evaluation, the test will be licensed for Omega to manufacture. As part of the contract, DHSC will loan a number of key pieces of manufacturing equipment."
https://www.londonstockexchange.com/news-article/ODX/uk-government-contract-and-trading-update/14861068
Exactly, far more accurate and less costly than PCR - This could be HUGE!
"exceeding the capacity of the commonly used PCR machines, making BAMS a potentially very attractive high throughput technique for COVID-19 screening in the clinical setting."
Trade Mark being used AffiDX TM SARS-CoV-2 Lateral Flow Rapid Antigen Test and a BAMS TM SARS-CoV-2 Assay in partnership with Adeptrix Inc.
https://www.londonstockexchange.com/news-article/AVCT/collaboration-agreement-with-bruker/14843183
Alan McNally Professor Microbial Evolutionary Genomics from the University of Birmingham has said within the hour:
"So LFD may not be perfect. But today a student who just returned to UoB tested positive (almost immediately) on LFD and notified and isolated straight away. That’s one less opportunity for hidden onward transmission in the city. Student 100% completely asymptomatic."
https://twitter.com/alanmcn1/status/1346512208512118788
He should be given so much more airtime on Radio and TV instead of Jon Deeks, who works at the same uni as a Biostatistician.
Wait until we put a perfect LFD in his hand.
7.30 am on Iplayer. Nick Gibb on BBC Breakfast this morning explaining and supporting use of LFT to keep kids in school.
All will be tested and children who come in to contact with a positive case will STAY in school but have a test everyday for 7 days. I know it is not our test but they will at least be using LFT exactly how we want, so going forward .........
From about 22 mins in
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tD86PNeaBJk
Alan McNally from University of Birmingham (Institute Director @ The Institute of Microbiology and Infection)
"My feeling about LFDs after this week is they could be an excellent, cheap, quick triage tool for symptomatic people. At the moment as many as 90% of people having PCR test are negative. LFD could triage who needs an expensive PCR test?"
https://twitter.com/alanmcn1/status/1335157663072727040
TONIGHT: Rapid testing in care homes means people living in care in England will be able to have visits from family and friends by Christmas if the visitors test negative for #Covid19. But how accurate are the tests?
https://twitter.com/BBCNewsnight/status/1334597383334875136
The pandemic has shown the importance of having a strong domestic medicines and diagnostics manufacturing industry. This new fund has been established to grow and strengthen the UK’s capabilities, by encouraging companies to develop new technologies, build new factories and harness new advances, including bioprocessing, data and using greener manufacturing processes.
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/prime-minister-announces-20m-to-grow-medicines-manufacturing-in-the-uk
Paul Charles (travel expert) on BBC 2 9.10 am
"The best solution is no quarantine, quarantine kills travel. So we are looking forward, early in the new year, to where there will be better, faster , cheaper and more accurate lateral flow tests. Which will allow no quarantine and a series of daily test. That is the elixir that we are looking forward to".
I wonder which company could provide them?
Oliver, they will all be vaccinated early 2021 but what happens when they discover it only provides antibodies for 6 month - and they government/pharma companies only identifying this once we are back in autumn / winter 2021?
Not going to be much fun for those that thought they were protected!
Must watch 23rd Nov update from Alastair Smith (first posted by Entangled)
https://avacta.wistia.com/medias/30w6vgnvmg