NEWS: HHS, through PHEgov, will provide advanced development support for two diagnostic tests that may detect COVID19 within approximately one hour.
) within ASPR will provide approximately $679,000 to DiaSorin Molecular, LLC of Cypress, California, to rapidly develop the Simplexa COVID-19 Direct Assay, and approximately $598,000 to QIAGEN LLC of Germantown, Maryland, to accelerate development of the QIAstat-Dx RPS2 test for COVID-19. The companies will provide the remaining funds for developing their respective diagnostic tests.
DiaSorin Molecular’s test will use a nasopharyngeal swab from patients and is being designed for use with the company’s Simplexa Direct technology, an FDA-cleared platform currently used for their influenza and Respiratory Syncytial Virus tests.
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