Influenza

QuickVue Diagnostic Test Launched In Japan

Published in TB and Outbreaks Week, November 6th, 2001

Quidel Corp.'s QuickVue influenza test product is now being sold throughout Japan by the company's exclusive Japanese distributor, Sumitomo Seiyaku Biomedical Co. Ltd., as the RapidVue Influenza A/B test. The launch of this product follows receipt of a reimbursement code effective October 1, 2001, and product approval on May 7, 2001.

The company also announced that recent improvements to QuickVue allow it to be stored at room temperature and with no special handling or storage requirements for up to two years from the date of manufacture.

"We estimate the global rapid influenza testing market at $23 million last year, and with the recent...

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