DKSH supplies Australian laboratories with essential equipment to assist in the fight against COVID-19. January 27, 2021

Melbourne, Australia, January 27, 2021 – DKSH Business Unit Technology, a leading Market Expansion Services provider for technology companies seeking to grow their business in Asia Pacific, continues to support Australia with effective and reliable scientific instrumentation and solutions to combat COVID-19.

Since the wake of the pandemic, DKSH Australia has and continues to offer a comprehensive range of scientific instruments, test kits and consumables to laboratories across the country. The equipment is used for the prevention, sampling, detection and vaccine development for SARS-CoV-2 – the virus that causes COVID-19. The product range includes:
 

• Personal protective equipment, such as facemasks and gloves
• Nasopharyngeal swabs and media for sample collection and transportation
• Two kinds of COVID-19 test kits:
   –  A diagnostic molecular test kit
   –  An antibody test kit
• Two types of analysers used to detect COVID-19:
   –  Techne Prime Pro 48 Real-Time PCR System used for the diagnostic molecular test.
   –  Virion Serion Immunomat™ ELISA Analyser used for the detection of antibodies.
• Cell culture analysers (Nova Biomedical Flex 2) and general laboratory equipment, such as shakers and stirrers used for vaccine production.

“We are proud to work with the Australian scientific industry to help prevent the spread of COVID-19, by providing a comprehensive range of products,” commented Murray McCullough, Manager, Scientific Instrumentation, DKSH Australia. “We are particularly grateful to our committed team that works hard to ensure that supply of critical equipment and reagents used in vaccine production are not affected”.