DIASORIN COMMERCIALIZES MOLECULAR REAGENT FOR MONKEYPOX VIRUS
Saluggia, Italy, November 7, 2022 – DiaSorin (FTSE MIB: DIA) announces its release of an Analyte Specific Reagent (ASR) primer pair that detects the B17R/B18R gene of the monkeypox virus, the orthopoxvirus responsible for the ongoing 2022 global public health emergency. The ASR can be used by high-complexity clinical laboratories to develop and validate assays to detect monkeypox virus DNA for diagnostic purposes as well as by non-clinical laboratories to develop and validate tests for research, forensic and other non-clinical purposes.