Bullish new interview re CD425 Sep 2020 07:56
New interview with the Burnet Institute about CD4, with some juicy quotes in this extract:
Https://www.miragenews.com/who-endorses-burnet-hiv-diagnostic/
Extracts:
"A Burnet-designed rapid point-of-care test for HIV has been accepted for the World Health Organization’s (WHO) list of prequalified in vitro diagnostics.
The VISITECT® CD4 Advanced Disease Test, developed by Burnet’s Global Health Diagnostics Group and commercialised and manufactured by Omega Diagnostics, was listed after WHO auditors found it effective at measuring a patient’s CD4 T cell count to assess whether urgent interventions are required in a patient diagnosed with advanced HIV.....
.....The technology and philosophy behind the CD4 test, he said, was being applied to other Burnet point-of-care tests currently in development for other diseases, including COVID-19 and sepsis.
“We’re applying those principles in the same manner: making them work in the simplest possible way in any setting,” Associate Professor Anderson said.
He said working with good partners, including Omega Diagnostics, which has commercialised and manufactured the VISITECT® CD4 Advanced Disease Test, as well as strong collaborations with Rush University and Duke University in the USA, showed Burnet’s diagnostics team could make a lasting impact on global health.
Omega Diagnostics has attracted significant orders and interest from African, Latin American and Asian countries for the test.
“I am very excited about it. It will make a huge difference to the ability to get the most value out of the interventions available for HIV,” Associate Professor Anderson said."