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Difficult to Lyophilize Diagnostic Assay Formulations
A major challenge in the development of new laboratory diagnostic tests is in stabilizing the formulation. The formulations used in diagnostic testing are complex, containing active components like proteins, enzymes, antibodies, and even magnetic particles. In addition to these active ingredients, other components like buffers, salts, co-solvents, stabilizers, and excipients are commonly included to optimize performance and provide stability to the active ingredients. Despite the best efforts of Research and Development scientists, the long-term stability of these formulations is almost always limited. As such, organizations looking to scale production of diagnostic products have a few choices...
Lyophilization Brings Shelf-Stable Reagents to Point-of-Care Diagnostics
The advent of point-of-care (POC) and point-of-need (PON) testing allows users to rapidly receive in vitro diagnostic (IVD) test results without a centralized laboratory testing location. A challenge facing this industry is that the reagents necessary for diagnostic testing frequently have short shelf lives when stored at ambient, or even refrigerated, temperatures.
Additionally, these reagents would typically require cold-chain shipping and then storage at low, and, in some cases, ultra-low temperatures. Because POC and PON testing are intended to be...
History & Science of Lyophilization
History & Science of Lyophilization
Lyophilization, commonly referred to as freeze-drying, has existed in its simplest form since as early as the 13th century.
It is an important manufacturing process in the biotechnology, diagnostics, pharmaceutical, and food and beverage industries, as the removal of water can stabilize the components allowing for long-term ambient temperature storage and increase shelf life. This reduces the logistical complexity and associated costs with cold chain shipping and storage. At Evik Diagnostics, our expertise is harnessing these qualities to make stable and robust lyobeads for diagnostic assays...
Ontario mining company 1st to try new mobile test that diagnoses COVID-19 in as little as an hour
Ontario mining company 1st to try new mobile test that diagnoses COVID-19 in as little as an hour
Evik Diagnostics was mentioned in the following video as part of a CBC article by journalist Sarah Bridge and reporter Ioanna Roumeliotis.
The article focuses on Ontario mining company New Gold, the first company in Canada to try out a new test that can diagnose COVID-19 cases in as little as one hour, outside a lab setting.
Our mention in the video begins around 3:24.