Microbix Expanding QAPs Production Capacity - Seite 2

Ken Hughes, COO of Microbix, commented, “It has never been more important to ensure the integrity of clinical laboratory testing programs. We are therefore pleased to offer even greater support to public health in Canada and internationally by expanding our QAPs production capabilities. We thank our dedicated team for helping drive this expansion, along with our general contractor Meadowbrook Construction of Mississauga, and our sub-contractor ProPart Modular of Burlington. We also thank our many shareholders, TD Bank, and FedDev Ontario for their steadfast support.”

Microbix supplies a broad range of white-labeled QAPs, including other viral respiratory pathogens, to support proficiency testing (PT) programs of lab accreditation organizations in North America, Europe, Scandinavia, and Australia. Under its PROCEEDx brand, Microbix provides RUO (research-use-only) QAPs to support the test validation/verification and operator training objectives of test developers and clinical labs. Full QMS support of clinical laboratory patient sample testing is provided by Microbix’s REDxFLOQ or REDx Controls brand QAPs. Through distribution partners, D.I.D., Labquality, MSC, and R-Biopharm, the PROCEEDx and REDx brands of QAPs are being made available in 21 countries.

About Microbix Biosystems
Microbix develops proprietary biological and technology solutions for human health and well-being, with approximately 80 skilled employees and sales now usually exceeding $1 million per month on average. It makes a wide range of critical biological materials for the global diagnostics industry, notably antigens for immunoassays and its laboratory quality assessment products (QAPs) that support clinical lab proficiency testing, enable assay development and validation, or help ensure quality control of clinical diagnostic tests. Microbix antigens and QAPs are sold to many customers worldwide, at present primarily to multinational diagnostics companies and laboratory accreditation organizations. Microbix is ISO 9001 and 13485 accredited, FDA and Health Canada establishment licensed, and provides CE marked products.

Microbix also applies its biological expertise and infrastructure to develop other proprietary products and technologies, most notably Kinlytic urokinase, a biologic thrombolytic drug used to treat blood clots.

Microbix is a publicly-traded company, listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange and headquartered in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada.

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