Recently, Xiamen Biotime Biotechnology Co., Ltd Monkeypox Virus (MPV) nucleic acid IVD kit (fluorescent PCR method) was certified by the UK MHRA.
On July 23, the World Health Organization declared the monkeypox epidemic a "Public Health Emergency of International Concern", which is the highest level of alert issued by the World Health Organization for a global public health emergency, and also means that the current COVID-19 pandemic and the monkeypox epidemic are at this alert level at the same time.
Xiamen Biotime Biotechnology Co., Ltd Monkeypox virus nucleic acid test kit adopts rapid PCR amplification mode, and the test kit can obtain the detection result in 40 minutes; it has high specificity and sensitivity, and can detect low concentrations of virus in the sample. There is no cross-reaction between monkeypox virus detection and smallpox virus, vaccinia virus, vaccinia virus, etc.
At present, Xiamen Biotime Biotechnology has stockpiled diagnostic technologies such as immunofluorescence, chemiluminescence, molecular diagnosis, electrochemistry, and colloidal gold, contributing "Biotime power" to global public health prevention and control.