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Microbix Biosystems Inc. and EMQN CIC Launch Novel Genetic-Test EQA Program

Microbix Biosystems Inc. and EMQN CIC Launch Novel Genetic-Test EQA Program

12/10/24, 12:06 PM
Location
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Industry
health care
manufacturing
biotechnology
Type
partnership
Microbix Biosystems Inc. and EMQN CIC announce the go-live of a program to support the accurate identification of patients who carry a gene-variant associated with increased susceptibility to hearing loss following treatment with a widely-used class of antibiotics. The program is intended to help ensure the proficiency of Point-of-Care Testing (“POCT”) and acute-care labs that are assessing whether patients carry the MT-RNR1 m.1555A>G gene variant.

Company Info

Company
Microbix Biosystems Inc.
Location
265 watline avenue
mississauga, ontario, canada
Additional Info
Microbix creates proprietary biological products for human health, with over 100 skilled employees and annualized sales targeting C$ 2.0 million per month. It makes a wide range of critical ingredients and devices for the global diagnostics industry, notably antigens for immunoassays and its laboratory quality assessment products (QAPs™) that support clinical lab proficiency testing, enable assay development and validation, or help ensure the quality of clinical diagnostic workflows. Its antigens drive the antibody tests of approximately 100 diagnostics makers, while QAPs are sold to clinical laboratory accreditation organizations, diagnostics companies, and clinical laboratories. Microbix QAPs are now available in over 30 countries, distributed by 1WA (Oneworld Accuracy Inc.), Alpha-Tec Systems, Inc., Diagnostic International Distribution SpA., Labquality Oy, The Medical Supply Company of Ireland, Neo-Science Equipment LLC, R-Biopharm AG, SDT Molecular Pte Ltd, Seegene Canada Inc., and Thomas Scientific LLC. Microbix is ISO 9001 and 13485 accredited, U.S. FDA registered, Australian TGA registered, Health Canada establishment licensed, and provides CE marked products. Microbix also applies its biological expertise and infrastructure to develop other proprietary products and technologies, most notably viral transport medium (DxTM™) to stabilize patient samples for lab-based molecular diagnostic testing and Kinlytic® urokinase, a biologic thrombolytic drug used to treat blood clots. Microbix is traded on the TSX and OTCQX, and headquartered in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada.

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