RE: Daily mail article on the rapid tests9 Sep 2020 20:52
This followed a request by Professor Sir John Bell, regius professor of medicine at Oxford University, who asked Abingdon Health to work with experts at Oxford to begin the development process.
The next stages, before the kit is manufactured in large volumes, are scale-up of production processes, additional clinical testing and validation, and regulatory approval.
Abingdon Health CEO, Chris Yates said: “The results of our initial trials give us great confidence that our test will meet the regulatory thresholds defined by MHRA for a COVID-19 antibody testing kit. We then look forward to moving to mass production.
“This has been a tremendous company-wide effort at Abingdon Health to achieve this milestone in such a short space of time.
“The AbC-19 lateral flow test has been designed to be used at point of care, initially by healthcare professionals. In time it will also be made available for home use. The AbC-19 test at design freeze shows a 98.6% accuracy.”