RE: Radar29 Apr 2020 09:06
EKF Diagnostics Holdings plc
("EKF", the "Company" or the "Group")
UK supply contract for COVID-19 sample collection kits
Source BioScience to use PrimeStore MTM kits for COVID-19 testing service
EKF Diagnostics Holdings plc (AIM: EKF), the AIM quoted point-of-care business, announces that it has signed an agreement with Source BioScience UK Ltd ("Source BioScience"), which provides Laboratory testing services for the NHS, to supply PrimeStore MTM, a novel patented sample collection device, to be used for its growing COVID-19 testing service.
Yesterday, the Company announced that is in the final stages of establishing a UK production line for the PrimeStore MTM sample collection kits at its site in Penarth, South Wales, to meet increasing demand. The Penarth site is expected to produce 12,500 sample collection tubes a day once normal production is established, with smaller early batch volumes expected to be shipped to Source BioScience next month.