Media Update, page-368

A collection of news articles relating to AT1's biz channels

Divoc (India Covid19 test distro)
- their 2nd lab in Ghaziabad has now been NABL certified + listed on ICMR approved list for Covid19 tests
_{https://www.icmr.gov.in/pdf/covid/labs/COVID_Testing_Labs_29042021.pdf}(private lab #1129; previous one still certified also #146)

- btw, according to other news articles, the company seems to now delivering diagnostics to 600 customers per day, 7 days/week (that's ~219k annually if they manage to keep this pace up! company still advises that its aiming to launch upto 100 labs across India, as quickly as possible)

FebriDx (Lumos Diagnostics)
- another positive real world study, sponsored by Ministry of Education, University and Research (Italy), done during the recent 2nd wave there
_{https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1201971221003775}



- What I found also interesting was that this study was not initiated by Lumos Diagnostics company...seems like FebriDx test rep is catching attention (since the UK study + hospital usage) in being useful for Covid19 infection filtering + would also be getting attention for its larger, longer term use for antiviral/bacterial differentiation too

And general media articles on AT1-Viatris-Unitaid HIV deal (no new info in them)
_{https://themarketherald.com.au/atomo-diagnostics-asxat1-and-viatris-to-support-hiv-self-test-supply-2021-04-29/}

<sub>https://www.360dx.com/point-care-testing/atomo-diagnostics-viatris-ink-deal-unitaid-expand-hiv-self-test-access#.YIurWbUzaM8

https://www.thesentiment.com.au/how-three-companies-are-collaborating-to-tackle-an-epidemic/</sub>

Btw, seems Unitaid's plan of 1m HIV tests will drive further takeup directly by those 135 distribution countries to procure "...21 million kits...between 2020 and 2023". I would think Viatris/AT1 + Abbott have the inside track in supplying this market from the Unitaid agreement.

Hopefully AT1 can keep increasing HIV test production to maintain their market share alongside Abbott (who is a significantly larger, well established manufacturer)