Fulgent Genetics Provides Update on Testing for COVID-19
With the ability to offer end-to-end testing for COVID-19, Fulgent can more efficiently manage the demand it is seeing for both its RT-PCR and NGS tests for the virus. The company’s lab has the capacity to accept and process thousands of samples per day for COVID-19 testing alone.
“Fulgent’s proprietary and flexible technology platform has enabled us to rapidly pivot our resources amid the need for COVID-19 testing solutions, and we have been able to apply our experience and know-how to help meet testing needs during this pandemic,” said
In conjunction with the new tests for the COVID-19 virus, Fulgent also launched a new web-based portal for the delivery of COVID-19 test results. This portal has been customized to make it easy for physicians to access their results across multiple platforms, and allows physicians to track samples in progress to quickly determine whether results are positive, negative or indeterminate.
Fulgent also announced that it has submitted several COVID-19 tests to the
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Source: Fulgent Genetics, Inc.