COVID-19: Shimadzu, New Coronavirus Detection Reagent Kit: Reduces the entire process by half, to 1 hour
COVID-19: Shimadzu Corporation
Shimadzu Corporation will release the “New Coronavirus Detection Reagent Kit” on April 20.
In April, it will be sold only in Japan.
From May, we will prepare for overseas exports.
Current issues:
PCR / SARS-CoV-2 detection requires “complicated work of extracting and purifying RNA from samples (samples) such as nasopharyngeal swabs”.
This has become an obstacle to quickly inspecting a large number of samples.
This improvement:
With this kit, RNA extraction and purification steps can be omitted.
Significantly reduced labor required for inspection.
Reduced the PCR inspection / all process, which took more than 2 hours, to half of the conventional one / hour.
Even if 96 samples are tested using a 96-sample / PCR device, it is completed within one and a half hours.
Since there is no need for manual work, it also helps prevent human error.
“New Coronavirus Detection Reagent Kit”: Specifications
Utilizing our unique Ampdirect technology * 1.
Developed according to the National Institute of Infectious Diseases manual * 2.
What is Ampdirect technology:
This technology is
Suppresses the effects of PCR inhibitors (proteins, polysaccharides, etc.) contained in biological samples.
Biological samples are directly added to PCR reaction solutions without extracting and purifying DNA and RNA.
Shimadzu has used Ampdirect technology to date,
Enterohemorrhagic E. coli,
Salmonella spp.,
Shigella,
Norovirus etc.
We develop and sell pathogen detection reagents.
Using the technology cultivated here, we developed a new coronavirus detection reagent.
- Product name: “2019 New Coronavirus Detection Reagent Kit”
- Price: 225,000 yen (100 samples / kit, excluding tax)
- Monthly production: 100,000 samples
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