COVID-19 sample collection kits are used for diagnosis and detecting SARS-CoV2 virus infection. The collection kits include vital reagents provided for collecting samples and delivering them to the laboratory where the testing service will be performed on such samples. There are various types of kits available for diagnosing COVID-19, such as rapid antigen test and swabs collection kit for RT-PCR test.
As of 2021, the global COVID-19 Sample Collection Kits Market is estimated to be valued at U.S $12.0 Billion and expected to exhibit a CAGR of 4.1% during the years (2021-2028).
Major Players in the Covid 19 Sample Collection Kits Industry:
1) Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings
Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings commonly known as Labcorp, is an American healthcare company that was an early pioneer of genomic testing using polymerase chain reaction technology. It also does oncology testing, human immunodeficiency virus genotyping and phenotyping. The company was founded in the year 1978, and the headquarters are located in Burlington, North Carolina. The company was founded by Matthew Benger.
In November 2021, Labcorp announced it would acquire contract research organization Toxikon. In December of the same year, the company announced it would acquire Personal Genome Diagnostics Inc.
2) Bio-Rad Laboratories Inc.
Bio-Rad Laboratories Inc. is an American developer and manufacturer of specialized developer and manufacturer of specialized technological products for the life science research and clinical diagnostics markets. The company was founded in the year 1952, and the headquarters are located in Hercules, California, U.S. the company was founded by David Schwartz and Alice Schwartz.
In March 2021, Bio-Rad Laboratories Inc. announced it had partnered up with Roche, a Swiss Multinational healthcare company.
3) EKF Diagnostics
EKF Diagnostics (Entwicklung, Konstruktion und Fertigung) is a publicly listed Healthcare company. EKF Diagnostics specialises in the development, manufacture and distribution of point of care analysers for haemoglobin, HbA1c, glucose, lactate. The company was founded in the year 1990, in Barleben, Germany. The headquarters are located in Cardiff, United Kingdom. The company was founded by Berthold Walter.
4) Mylab Discovery Solutions Pvt Ltd
Mylab Discovery Solutions Pvt Ltd is an Indian biotechnology company that produces molecular ashish detection kits in the field of medical diagnostics, drug discovery, biomedical research and agricultural genomics. Mylab discovery solutions was the first company in the country to make ID-NAT screening kits for quantitative HIV, Hepatitis B vaccine and Hepatitis C vaccines. The company was founded in the year 2016.
As of May 2021, The ICMR approved Mylab Discovery Solution’s COVID home testing/self-testing kit.
5) Copan Diagnostics
Copan Diagnostics is the leading supplier of bacteriology swabs, viral transport media, VTM, and molecular transport systems in the world. Its innovations in pre-analytics include patented Flocked Swabs, which have been proven to advance the quality of traditional and contemporary microbiology assays through improved fluid-dynamics and which are incorporated within the new ESwab and UTM. The company was founded in the year 1994, and the headquarters are located in Murrieta, California.
As of January 2022, the company announced the FDA clearance of Colibri, an automated processor that is a complementary part of WASPlab.
