Coronavirus: Screening
(asked on 5th November 2020) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the OptiGene Direct RT-LAMP test, if he will publish the (a) clinical validity data and (b) results of the Southampton University trial of May 2020.
This question was answered on 8th January 2021
The Test and Trace Scientific Team are currently preparing a report covering the clinical validation of Optigene’s DIRECT RT-LAMP Test which will incorporate the findings of the pilot carried out in Southampton as well as those from other pilot sites. This report will be published on GOV.UK alongside the report on lateral flow test validation data published on 11 November.