INEX Innovate, a molecular diagnostics group will be supplying real-time RT-PCR test kits to Malaysia to meet critical demand.
INEX and the University of Malaya Medical Centre (UMMC) entered into an agreement to provide COVID-19 test kits to meet the increasing demand and provide accurate and efficient diagnosis of the novel coronavirus.
The test kits, based on real-time Reverse Transcriptase-Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) technology, have up to 99 percent accuracy and results can be obtained within approximately 90 to 120 minutes.
Testing has formed the front line, as Malaysia has been ramping up its daily testing capacity to 16,500 a day since the first week of April. They have now achieved 11,050 per day compared to 3,000 per day at the end of March. INEX’s supply of real-time RT-PCR test kits will help meet the critical
Chief Executive of INEX Innovate, Kane Black said: “We recognise that fielding a truly comprehensive and effective approach in fighting this pandemic must start with accurate and efficient diagnosis of the virus. To that end, we started this strategic initiative with our partners at Genting Berhad and Prof Dr Tan Maw Pin of UMMC, working round the clock to make available our real-time RT-PCR test kits to healthcare professionals to bolster and further add to the government of Malaysia’s efforts. We are very pleased to be able to do our part, and join efforts with the wider medical community to halt the pandemic.”
Prof Dr Tan Maw Pin, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya said: “On behalf of the UMMC and fellow Malaysians, I would like to thank INEX Innovate for sharing a common goal and fighting this pandemic alongside us. I would also like to extend our thanks to the Genting Group for initiating this partnership. I am heartened that our efforts to work together have been commended by the Malaysian authorities, and am optimistic that together, we can help curb the transmission in Malaysia.”
As of April 2020, INEX has already supplied in excess of 20,000 COVID-19 tests to UMMC, inclusive of an additional 1,500 test kits that were donated out of goodwill to meet the urgent demand. As part of the agreement, INEX will continue to support UMMC through this difficult period.
The company collaborates with global centres of medical excellence in Singapore, Hong Kong and Mainland China to deliver cutting edge COVID-19 Real Time PCR tests to the medical community. To date INEX Innovate has entered into agreements to deliver much needed test kits to Australia, Malaysia, Indonesia, Bangladesh, India, Ukraine, Spain, France and Canada. [APBN]