FDA grants Roche coronavirus test emergency green light within 24 hours

Re:FDA grants Roche coronavirus test emergency green light w... by tic_tac on Saturday March 14, 2020 @12:02PM (#22576259)

At least one company in South Korea, Seegene, has produced many tests and it is this aggressive private sector production that is largely reasonable for South Korea's effective testing. There is also a large demand for Seegene's tests around the world indicating that WHO tests are definitely not in sufficient supply.

The private sector stepping in is the best way to get enough tests out to everyone who needs them.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/12/asia/coronavirus-south-korea-...

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Re:FDA grants Roche coronavirus test emergency green light w... by robocat on Saturday March 14, 2020 @01:47PM (#22577067)

4 SK companies: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22572121

See rest of that thread for background - maybe Seegene is doing better PR?

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Re:FDA grants Roche coronavirus test emergency green light w... by dba7dba on Saturday March 14, 2020 @09:12PM (#22580226)

I read about 80% of the tests in S. Korea are done with Seegene test kits.

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Re:FDA grants Roche coronavirus test emergency green light w... by sanxiyn on Saturday March 14, 2020 @09:32PM (#22580350)

This is March 1st press conference from South Korea: https://news.v.daum.net/v/20200301162614985. It says Seegene accounts for 37.8% of test volume. The context is that Seegene (and only Seegene, other companies have other supply chains) had supply chain problem. As I understand problem is now resolved.

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