‘Significant milestone’: FDA approves Genomadix’s rapid genetic-testing device for sale in U.S.
The company’s flagship product, dubbed the Genomadix Cube, is a coffee cup-sized lab-in-a-box that is engineered to extract, amplify and identify genetic material in about
Spartan Bioscience files for creditor protection, lays off nearly 70% of staff
Ottawa biotech firm says it is restructuring in the wake of a “higher-than-expected level of inconclusive results” from its rapid COVID-19 testing device.
‘A game-changer’: How Spartan retooled its patented rapid DNA test to tackle COVID-19
Ottawa biotech firm predicts revenues will top $200 million this year – and only rise from there.
‘Amazing technology’: New Spartan CEO says Ottawa firm on verge of market breakthrough
Chief executive Roger Eacock says rapid COVID-19 tests are poised to make local biotech company a force on the ‘international stage.’
Spartan Bioscience says it’s found fix for COVID-19 test, set to reapply for Health Canada approval
Ottawa biotech firm voluntarily recalled test in May after federal regulatory agency expressed concern about its effectiveness.
Coping with COVID-19: Spartan Bioscience’s 15-year ‘overnight success story’
The backstory behind the Ottawa biotech company making global headlines for its innovative DNA testing product.
Spartan Bioscience gets Health Canada approval for rapid COVID-19 test
An Ottawa-based biotech firm says Health Canada has given it the go-ahead to start shipping its rapid COVID-19 testing technology. Spartan Bioscience says its test
Spartan Bioscience fielding flurry of orders for COVID-19 test kit
An Ottawa-based biotech firm says orders are pouring in from across the world for its handheld device that’s designed to produce COVID-19 test results in
Ottawa’s Spartan Bioscience getting federal backing to develop COVID-19 test
With the COVID-19 crisis becoming more urgent by the day, the Ottawa-based biotech firm says it’s aiming to have a portable test ready ‘within weeks’
Officials seek to build up Ottawa’s burgeoning biotech sector
Local economic development agencies are doing their best to help give the city’s fledgling biotech and medical devices sector a leg up
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