Affinity Life Sciences to Produce Lyophilized Chem-Bio Assays for SRC Acumen
Summary
They are used to support government and commercial customers with food, water, and public health monitoring; homeland security; biosurveillance; and chemical and biological defense.The qPCR assays include specific chemistries for the identification of Bacillus anthracis, Francisella tularensis, Yersinia pestis, Coxiella burnetti, Brucella spp., PanOrthopox and VEE viruses.Paul G. Tremont, president of SRC said, “We required a teammate with the expertise needed to produce these important assays to ensure the highest quality for our customers.“SRC is expanding the limits of what’s possible in biodefense threat identification, advancing assay technologies that deliver fast, reliable and relevant information.As part of this agreement, Affinity Life Sciences will manufacture these products exclusively for SRC Acumen.SRC Acumen’s assays are unique in their ability to provide near real-time, interferent resistant, one-step identification of pathogens and toxins.