German company @tibmolbiol who having with authorities such as @rki_de identified a possible need to mass test in January, had produced kits for testing 4 million by end Feb, and 1.5m a week since then = so much so they have exported them worldwide...
bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
There are UK companies that were developing similar capacity to the Germans... just was not scaled quickly.
Eg Randox in NI - they seem to have done a deal with Bosch, and that very quick Bosch test will go to German market first
LGC Biosearch another UK HQd company
Eg Randox in NI - they seem to have done a deal with Bosch, and that very quick Bosch test will go to German market first
LGC Biosearch another UK HQd company
Below LGC Biosearch Mar 9 release on reagents for 1m Covid tests a week - in US
The twist here:
LGC stands for Laboratory of the Government Chemist, privatized in 1996, now owned by private equity, but still fulfills role of UK Government Chemist
lgcgroup.com/newsroom-and-b…
The twist here:
LGC stands for Laboratory of the Government Chemist, privatized in 1996, now owned by private equity, but still fulfills role of UK Government Chemist
lgcgroup.com/newsroom-and-b…
