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Tuesday, April 28 2020 - 20:00
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Invivoscribe Launches COVID-19 Diagnostic Testing With Option To Participate In SARS-CoV-2 Antibody And Vaccine Program
SAN DIEGO, Apr. 28, 2020 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/--

Invivoscribe, Inc., a global leader in the development and commercialization of 
precision diagnostics announced today that they will begin offering coronavirus 
COVID-19 testing through their CLIA/CAP, NY State Licensed LabPMM reference 
laboratory in San Diego, CA. The diagnostic test can be ordered by healthcare 
providers for patients suspected of having COVID-19. Subjects who participate 
in testing can also choose to enroll in an ongoing research study designed to 
accelerate identification of promising antibody and vaccine candidates using 
Invivoscribe's proprietary next-generation sequencing assays and bioinformatics 
platform. 

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About COVID-19 Testing at LabPMM(R)
LabPMM is a world leading reference laboratory that offers molecular diagnostic 
and companion diagnostic testing for healthcare providers, hospitals, and in 
support of clinical trials. Our COVID-19 test is a qualitative real-time 
Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) assay that detects RNA 
template from the SARS-CoV-2 virus. This testing approach is a proven sensitive 
method to assess whether a person is infected with the COVID-19 virus. 
Acceptable specimen types include nasopharyngeal (NP) and oropharyngeal (OP) 
swabs sent in universal transport medium. Invivoscribe can provide collection 
kits consisting of NP swabs with UTM to facilitate testing for healthcare 
providers who face shortages in access to sampling devices. Further, COVID-19 
test subjects can elect to enroll in our blood-based antibody testing study 
that leverages data from our internationally standardized assays which are 
currently performed in hundreds of clinical laboratories throughout the United 
States, Europe, Asia and ROW.

"Our team is excited to support the worldwide efforts in the fight against the 
SARS-CoV-2 virus. We recognized a critical need to ramp up testing services to 
help mitigate the ongoing disruptions this pandemic has caused. Leveraging our 
25 years of experience, we are pleased to offer high quality testing with rapid 
turnaround times and support.  Our focus is to serve the community by providing 
additional critical patient testing which is urgently needed at this time.", 
said Dr. Jeffrey E. Miller, CSO & CEO of Invivoscribe and LabPMM. "Further, the 
current worldwide availability and use of our proprietary next-generation 
immune receptor sequencing assays and bioinformatics software allow us to 
rapidly identify and track the immune response in subjects infected with the 
SARS-CoV-2 virus. Using these large international datasets we can rapidly 
identify specific antibody paratopes generated in response to the virus to 
optimize point of care diagnostics and identify the best epitopes for vaccine 
production."

About Invivoscribe, Inc. and LabPMM, LLC.
Invivoscribe is a privately-held biotechnology company dedicated to Improving 
Lives with Precision Diagnostics(R). Invivoscribe and its wholly-owed LabPMM 
clinical laboratories are industry leaders in providing molecular products, 
services, and bioinformatic solutions to over 700 clinical laboratories in more 
than 160 countries. Invivoscribe has a successful track record of partnerships 
with global pharmaceutical companies interested in developing and 
commercializing companion diagnostics, and provides expertise in both 
regulatory and laboratory services. 

COVID-19 test information, requisition forms, and patient consent documents to 
allow ancillary testing in support of COVID-19 research currently being 
conducted at Invivoscribe and LabPMM can be downloaded by visiting: 
https://catalog.invivoscribe.com/product/covid-19-test/. To learn more please 
visit: www.invivoscribe.com or email: support@invivoscribe.com. 

SOURCE: Invivoscribe, Inc.
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