Quest Diagnostics Buckles up to Fight Monkeypox
Quest Diagnostics (NYSE: DGX), a leading provider of diagnostic information services, recently announced the launch of its lab-developed molecular diagnostic test for the monkeypox virus. In a release, the company said, "The polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test is the first commercially available test to be developed and made available by a national laboratory provider for helping in the qualitative detection and differentiation of monkeypox virus DNA from other non-variola orthopoxviruses." Quest Diagnostics expects to conduct around 30,000 monkeypox virus tests a week by the end of July. The company can also enhance its capacity for monkeypox testing across other laboratories in its national network if the demand is too high.
Quest Diagnostics Buckles up to Fight Monkeypox
Quest Diagnostics (NYSE: DGX), a leading provider of diagnostic information services, recently announced the launch of its lab-developed molecular diagnostic test for the monkeypox virus. In a release, the company said, "The polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test is the first commercially available test to be developed and made available by a national laboratory provider for helping in the qualitative detection and differentiation of monkeypox virus DNA from other non-variola orthopoxviruses." Quest Diagnostics expects to conduct around 30,000 monkeypox virus tests a week by the end of July. The company can also enhance its capacity for monkeypox testing across other laboratories in its national network if the demand is too high.