Fierce Biotech August 21, 2024
Roche says it’s actively working with its partners to enhance mpox laboratory capacity worldwide to develop diagnostic tests to combat the outbreak.
The World Health Organization (WHO) last week declared mpox, formerly known as monkeypox, a global public health emergency. It’s the second time in two years WHO has sounded the alarm about mpox as a new variant of the disease, known as clade 1b, spread rapidly in Africa.
The Swiss pharmaceutical company said Tuesday it is supporting the international response to the mpox global health emergency with its diagnostic tests developed for the virus. Mpox is a viral disease that can spread easily between people and from infected animals. The company...