Applied Biosystems™ TaqPath™ COVID-19 Combo Kit*: A highly sensitive, specific, and robust real-time PCR test

DATE:  July 1, 2020

TIME:   8:00 am PDT, 11:00 am EDT

In late 2019, researchers identified the SARS-CoV-2 pathogen as the virus responsible for COVID-19. The virus spread rapidly throughout the world and was declared a global health concern by the World Health Organization. At the end of January 2020, Thermo Fisher Scientific launched a SARS-CoV-2 pathogen detection assay, which was quickly developed into a multiplex kit containing highly specific assays and controls targeting three different regions of the SARS-CoV-2 genome. The kit was approved for Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) by the United States Food and Drug Administration in March, and has since been used as a central component of other EUA approved protocols.

Learning Objectives:

• The development of Applied Biosystems™ TaqPath™ COVID-19 Combo Kit, including target selection
• Performance data and the Thermo Fisher Scientific EUA protocol
• Performance data from clinical laboratories using the TaqPath COVID-19 Combo Kit for the detection of RNA from SARS-CoV-2 under their own EUA protocols
• A list of all approved EUA test kits and protocols can be found here

* For Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) only. For prescription use only. For in vitro diagnostic use.

*The content in this webinar pertains to the Applied Biosystems TaqPath COVID-19 Combo Kit which is registered for use in the United States of America, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Israel, South Africa, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, The Philippines, Singapore and Taiwan.

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