RE: Asked by UK Govt Covid19 test9 Apr 2020 11:11
Meanwhile, Omega Diagnostics Group Plc(LON:ODX) rocketed 73% higher to 19p on news it is to team up with three other UK companies and the University of Oxford to jointly develop and manufacture a COVID-19 point-of-care antibody test.
The UK Rapid Test Consortium, as the alliance has been dubbed, comprises Omega, Abingdon Health Limited, BBI Solutions Limited, CIGA Healthcare Limited, and the University of Oxford and was formed at the request of the UK government to support the development and manufacturing scale-up of a COVID-19 lateral flow antibody test to determine whether people have developed immunity after contracting the virus.
Once the COVID-19 rapid test design is finalised, the specification and standard operating procedures will be shared with each party of the consortium to enable manufacturing and/or assembly to be undertaken at each site, including at Omega's manufacturing facility in Alva, Scotland, according to capability.