Enhanced Coronavirus Variant of Concern-Discriminating PCR Test Launches

Hungary-based Eurofins Technologies announced it's GSD NovaType II launched on March 22, 2021. This upgraded RT-PCR kit to identify mutations associated with SARS-CoV-2 Variants of Concern (VOC) and delivers results in under two hours.

The new GSD NovaType II kit can now detect the N501Y and E484K mutations common to most VOC and the K417N mutation (specific to B.1.351 first identified in South Africa), with high sensitivity.

The initial GSD NovaType RT-PCR kit was launched in February 2021 and quickly supported health authorities in detecting variants in more than 100,000 COVID-19 positive patients across Europe.

Eurofins Technologies is a global provider of fast, reliable, and easy to use diagnostic test kits and instruments in the fields of bioanalytical testing for the food, feed, environmental, biopharma, and clinical industries.