CENTOGENE Announces Global Expansion of COVID-19 Testing

CENTOGENE will expand its testing efforts for the novel coronavirus, or COVID-19. The Company was previously testing in Germany’s Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania region, and will now be offering its extensively validated SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR testing to the rest of the world. This announcement comes as one of the Company’s latest initiatives to support the earliest possible diagnosis of COVID-19 and prevent a further outbreak.

“With the recent addition of our new lab and streamlined COVID-19 testing workflows via high-throughput, high-quality analyses, we have been able to significantly increase our testing capacities ─  enabling us to provide time-sensitive diagnostic solutions to patients and physicians around the world,” CENTOGENE Senior Vice President of Clinical Lab Operations and Head of the Hamburg Laboratory Dr. Florian Vogel said.

“To overcome this global crisis, we must significantly increase testing efforts around the world to support early diagnosis and minimize the outbreak of COVID-19. Leveraging our existing infrastructure and capabilities, we have developed a fully validated sample collection kit to detect SARS-CoV-2 RNA,” Prof. Arndt Rolfs, CEO of CENTOGENE, said. “Additionally, we have opened an entirely new lab in Hamburg. The entire workflow, starting with sampling and ending with sending results to tested individuals, requires a strong combination of lab technology and IT support, e.g., secured patient data using blockchain technology. With tests being performed in ISO 15189 accredited medical diagnostic laboratories, and patient data privacy ensured by using state-of-the-art security mechanisms, CENTOGENE offers complete assurance and peace of mind as a partner of choice. We are convinced that with these latest achievements in our series of efforts in the fight against COVID-19, we will be able to support a return to new normalcy.”

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