Started oversupply of diagnostic kits, nucleic acid extraction will be key7 Jun 2020 16:19
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“If the new coronavirus infection (Corona19) is pandemic again, a supply shortage of nucleic acid extraction reagents may occur. By August of this year, we will complete the expansion of the production facility for nucleic acid extraction equipment and nucleic acid extraction reagents.”
On the 5th, CEO Park Han-O of Bionica (Photo) explained the production plan related to the Corona 19 diagnostic kit. In 1992, Park founded Bioneer, Korea's No. 1 bio venture company. Since its inception, it has developed diagnostic kits and diagnostic equipment based on the gene amplification (RT-PCR) method.
K-prevention ”, “Nuclear acid extraction equipment sold 10 times last year for two months, ” is raising its status, but exports of diagnostic kit companies are slowing down. Diagnostic kits' exports amounted to $132.28 million last month. Decreased 35% from the previous delivery of $265 million. President Park is diagnosing that "the supply of diagnostic kits has already started." He said, “In the early days of the Corona 19 epidemic, we preferred Korean diagnostic kits with proven performance in Europe, but the situation has changed as European countries have their own production facilities. I said.” The supply price of the Corona 19 diagnostic kit, which amounted to $15~20 per test in March, fell to the $8 level this month.
President Park predicts that'nucleic acid extraction' will be a key issue in the corona19 diagnostic market in the future. In order to use the diagnostic kit, nucleic acids to be diagnosed should be detected from a sample such as saliva of a patient. Nucleic acid extraction equipment and nucleic acid extraction reagents are required to extract the nucleic acid. According to the industry, so far, multinational pharmaceutical companies such as Thermo Fisher and Roche have occupied 70-80% of the global market. In early March, domestic diagnostic kit companies had difficulties in securing nucleic acid extraction reagents, so they searched for domestic producers or started their own production.
The nucleic acid extraction equipment and the nucleic acid extraction reagent are similar to the relationship between the printer and the ink cartridge. To use a specific company's nucleic acid extraction reagent, it is necessary to use a nucleic acid extraction equipment suitable for the reagent mold type of this company. If you sell reagents, you can sell equipment. Recently, in the United States, having difficulties in supplying nucleic acid extraction reagents, Park predicts that exports of nucleic acid extraction reagents and equipment will increase in the third quarter of this year. "We sold about 200 nucleic acid extraction equipments in the last two months," said Park.
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