Fujifilm launches “FUJIFILM COVID-19 Ag Test” | 合法醫療器材資訊網

2021年3月30日—Fujifilmlaunches“FUJIFILMCOVID-19AgTest”,aSARS-CoV-2antigenrapiddiagnostictestwithahighly-sensitivedetectiontechnologybasedon ...

TOKYO, Mar. 30, 2021 ― FUJIFILM Corporation (President: Kenji Sukeno) is pleased to announce that the “FUJIFILM COVID-19 Ag Test” (COVID-19 Ag Test), an antigen test kit for detecting SARS-CoV-2, will be released in Europe early April of 2021. The kit, to be sold as in-vitro diagnostic medical device, was developed with the use of highly-sensitive detection technology based on silver halide amplification used in the photo-developing process.

Amidst the global COVID-19 pandemic, rapid antigen test kits can be used not only for diagnostic purposes at medical institutions but also in periodic testing on workers at medical and aged-care facilities as well as for surveillance purposes at testing labs set up at airports and various event venues. Antigen testing is a quick and easy test method that is expected to be used in an even greater variety of situations. However, its sensitivity is lower than that of P...