The Novacyt Q16 she's holding in her palm is small yet it can perform 14 Gold Standard tests in an hour (average throughput of around 4mins per test).
However the CEO said last week they have a NEW innovation for it. They're going speed it up and simplify it even more.
This was one of the CEO's typically understated additions - where he has a habit of sneaking in massive bombshells without the market noticing.
This new update coming for the Q16's & Q32's turns these amazing devices..
Into one of the fastest, most accurate AND easy to use Covid-19 high-throughput tests in the world.
Super portable and can be used without pipettes or extraction knowledge. Anyone could use it. A coffee filter machine is literally more complicated to use than it.
Novacyt are current working on coating certain biological agents to make this happen, and we expect news late October. We also suspect that THIS is the reason why DHSC panic bought a massive supply of Novacyt's stock.
It's not just that these NPTs are incredible...
It's that they're about to turn into THE best piece of Covid tech on the market.
This also now unlocks Airport testing, Mining and PetroChemical industries, Sports, Cruise Ships and so much more - where Gold Standard testing is needed to be agreed upon by Global Governments..
who will not risk outbreaks with unknown tests.
This is also now the function of today's new UK Airport Taskforce, who will report back by November with the best lab based solution that foreign Gov's will agree to.
It will need to be a test which is used...
... all over the world.
Why? Because it has to be a universally accepted, and widely available test from the a number of the best diagnostics firms - to provide a standard for Billions of travellers.
So who will get the PCR Airport contracts?
Roll on November, Novacyt is ready
In the meantime enjoy your evening while Prof Jo Martin in the photo with Novacyt's Q16, prepares for the Care Home NPT rollout.
Oh and as a bonus - word on the street is Jo Martin isn't just testing NPT's with Q16s..
She's testing Q16s, Nova's Saliva test AND the new tech.
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Also sent Tweet over to @JolyonMaugham as he's been very active on chasing up dodgy test firms who're selling UK Gov test kits with no independent assessments.
Please see study on Viasure's covid test in pic. It is shockingly bad. But they're still trying to sell it to NHS and even trying to push out a multiplex now too. They won't show ANY assessment of it. Just say it's 'CE marked'
If investors don't understand what that means, it means that Novacyt will eventually re-rate come 2021, and it will have a market capitalisation of 1 to 2 billion and keep growing.
To miss something so obvious, you will never have any credibility
Take a look at diagnostics companies, their revenues, and their market caps: