The tests, which claimed to «diagnose COVID-19 in less than an hour,» were sourced from Ottawa company Spartan Bioscience Inc. «The Government of Canada has a procurement contract with Spartan to secure supply of these devices,» a Health Canada briefing note from May stated. «The contract is conditional on the Spartan test kit being Health Canada authorized for sale». «If successful, its diagnostic platform and COVID-19 test could be used in airports and clinics,» Industry Minister Navdeep Bains said of Spartan’s technology in March 2020. As of December 14, Spartan Bioscience had reapplied for a license to fulfill its federal contract, saying that they are «confident» that the deal will succeed this time.
Source: True North Wire
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