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  • OraSure Awarded HHS Contract for Zika Diagnostic Test Development - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    OraSure Awarded HHS Contract for Zika Diagnostic Test Development

    The Department of Health and Human Services has awarded a potential $16.6 million contract to Orasure Technologies to develop a Zika virus test that will work to show results within 30 minutes and can be conducted at a doctor’s office. HHS said Tuesday OraSure will design its lateral flow serological test to look for Zika antibodies in drops of blood to detect […] More

  • FDA OKs Emergency Use of Hologic's Zika Virus Diagnostic Tool - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    FDA OKs Emergency Use of Hologic’s Zika Virus Diagnostic Tool

    Massachusetts-based medical technology developer Hologic has received emergency use authorization from the Food and Drug Administration for a device the company developed to help clinicians detect Zika virus infections. Hologic said Friday its Aptima molecular diagnostic assay is designed for qualitative detection of ribonucleic acid from the mosquito-borne virus in human blood samples. The assay is based on the company’s Panther system that works to […] More