HOW A CRISIS LEADS TO COLLABORATION
Ronny van 't Oever & Brigitte Bruijns
Recorded during: The 2020 TechMed Event | more info
Date recording: 28 October 2020
Abstract
Shortly after the first COVID infections in the Netherlands the Viralert initiative was born. Within this initiative multiple collaborations and consortia were created leading to various strategies to coop with the crisis. One of these collaborations is the VIRAPOC project, where 5 MKB partners from the (East part of) the Netherlands are collaborating to develop a point of care system. First focus is a fast test (< 30 min) for SARS-CoV-2, but the generic platform is suitable for different assays. With this development we would like to bring the lab to the patient!