A Covid Test Targeting The Fast-Spreading XBB.1.5 ‘Kraken’ Variant Is Being Developed By Scientists

Topline Swiss pharma giant Roche on Thursday launched a new Covid test designed to help researchers find the highly contagious omicron offshoot XBB.1.5—unofficially nicknamed “Kraken”—a mutant that is...

Korea’s SD Biosensor, SJL Partners To Buy U.S. Covid-19 Test Maker In $1.5 Billion Deal

Cho Young-sik, founder of Covid-19 test maker SD Biosensor. Courtesy of SD Biosensor South Korean billionaire Cho Young-sik’s SD Biosensor and Seoul-based private equity firm SJL Partners said Thursda...