The MHRA has extended the Exceptional Use Authorisation (EUA) for NHS Test and Trace lateral flow devices (LFDs) used as part of the Government’s asymptomatic testing programme to 28 August 2021.
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RE: Important to remember why holding!2 Jun 2021 15:56
Theses are the actually numbers, taken from presentation ( but old but still valid? ):
Covid - UK-RTC - £1.50 - 50% margin (taken from 15th July presentation. We have been told since that for the initial UK gov order the margin was slightly higher) * Covid – Antigen LFT test - £5 per test - 50% margin (taken from 15th July presentation) * Covid – ELISA lab test – Pricing TBC (Twitter speculate £30 a test, margin unknown) * Visitect CD4 - $4 per test - 70% margin (taken from 30th November presentation) * Food detective sales - $15.50 per test - 70% margin (taken from 30th November presentation) * Covid - Visitect triple antibody test - £3.20 - 50% margin (taken from 15th July presentation)
also worth remembering the market for LFT is growing rapidly:
"The lateral flow assays market is projected to reach USD 10.2 billion by 2025 from USD 8.2 billion in 2020, at a CAGR of 4.5% during the forecast period. The high prevalence of infectious diseases globally, rapidly aging population, growing demand for point-of-care testing, and home-based lateral flow assay devices are the major factors driving the growth of this market."
RE: Omega paid £2.4M in April for Pre-Production!!!!!28 May 2021 09:07
" we are also producing AbC-19 Rapid tests for the UK-RTC in anticipation of forthcoming orders as well as providing additional cassetting and pouching services to the UK Government for other COVID-19 antigen lateral flow tests."
could be the "cassetting and pouching services" 2.4m not bad, while we wait for the gov to pick a test. ( or maybe they already picked and we manufacturing ?)