According to the information of the official website China Food and Drug Administration, in March 18th, the 3 Shanghai COVID-19 antigen detection reagent products were approved.Up to now, China Food and Drug Administration has approved 17 COVID-19 antigen detection reagents.

BioMérieux said on Friday that it has received 510(k) clearance from the US Food and Drug Administration for its Vitek MS Prime MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry identification system.

On March 17th, NMPA has approved the 14th New Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) antigen detection kit (colloidal gold method) produced by Zybio. Up to now, 14 COVID-19 antigen detection kits have been approved for sale.

Eurofins Viracor said on Thursday that it has acquired an exclusive license to a sequencing-based liquid biopsy technology developed at Cornell University for tracking tissue damage in COVID-19 and transplant patients.

Cue Health said on Wednesday that it has received interim order authorization from Health Canada to sell its at-home molecular COVID-19 self-test in that country.

DiaSorin on Wednesday said that its 2021 revenues rose 41 percent year over year.

On March 16, PHASE Scientific’s INDICAID COVID-19 Rapid Antigen At-Home Test get EUA issued by the US FDA.

Jilin Province has ordered 12 million antigen detection reagents nationwide in a short period of time, some have been delivered.

Lucira Health on Thursday reported a huge year-over-year surge in revenues for the fourth quarter of 2021 on ramped-up manufacture and sale of the company's molecular at-home COVID-19 tests.

A review of adverse events following vaccination against COVID-19 with mRNA vaccines in the USA confirms that most side effects were mild and decreased substantially after one day.