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Avacta Names BBI Solutions as COVID-19 Rapid Antigen Test Manufacturing Partner
6 August 2020 - - UK-based life science equipment provider Avacta Group plc (AIM: AVCT), the developer of Affimer biotherapeutics and reagents, has appointed BBI Solutions, part of BBI Group, to manufacture the saliva-based rapid SARS-CoV-2 antigen test that is being developed with Cytiva, the group said.

BBI Solutions is a global developer and manufacturer of raw materials and finished test products for the in-vitro diagnostics market, with manufacturing sites in five different countries, spanning four continents.

The manufacturing agreement between Avacta and BBI comprises the accelerated development and validation of a scaled-up manufacturing process that has the potential to ramp up to a production capacity of ms of tests per month.

Avacta, Cytiva and BBI are in the process of the technology transfer of the prototype and related manufacturing procedures for the saliva-based rapid SARS-CoV-2 antigen test from Cytiva to BBI.

Avacta aims to begin clinical validation of the test as soon as possible by using the first pilot batches generated as part of the technology transfer process for these studies.

In parallel with these clinical validation studies, which will be run within the UK government's CONDOR programme and potentially with other collaborators globally, BBI will work with Avacta and Cytiva to produce the additional technical documentation that is required for CE marking of the final product.
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