Can The U.S. Learn From Italy, Where Antibody Test Makers Are Fighting For A New Market?

May 08, 2020 720

BY: Giacomo Tognini

After eight weeks of national lockdown in an effort to defeat a deadly outbreak of COVID-19, Italy began to tentatively reopen certain businesses and put millions of citizens back to work on May 4. As part of that gradual reopening, Italian national and local authorities are undertaking extensive antibody testing campaigns to determine how many people may have developed immunity to the coronavirus.

At the same time, the companies that make these tests — ranging from global players Abbott Laboratories and DiaSorin to local outfits such as Diesse Diagnostica and TechnoGenetics — are racing to win a share of an emerging market for tests that detect COVID-19 antibodies in the blood.

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SOURCE: https://www.forbes.com

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