Prognosis

Biotechs Are Battling to Make the First Good Blood Test For Covid-19

Antibody tests are at the forefront of a push to assess who has potentially built up some immunity.

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When Gunther Burgard read about a new coronavirus spreading in China in early January, he convened his team at PharmAct AG to find out whether the biotech’s platform of finger-prick diagnostics could be put to work in the outbreak.