Recently, Xiaobu learned from 1 Yaowang, a digital medical and health platform located in Zhangjiang, Pudong, that the platform has reached a strategic cooperation with Shenzhen Huada Gene Co., Ltd., the latter’s new coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Antigen detection kits (fluorescence immunochromatography) will be supplied to the whole country through the 1 Drug Network digital platform, quickly covering the population in need, and helping the national epidemic prevention and control.
Among the 8 companies that signed a strategic cooperation framework agreement during the same period, 1 PharmaNet was the The only online platform will become the first online retail platform for BGI’s new coronavirus antigen detection kit.
On March 11, the State Council decided to study the joint prevention and control mechanism of the new coronavirus pneumonia epidemic, adding antigen detection as a supplement on the basis of nucleic acid detection, and organized the formulation The “New Coronavirus Antigen Detection Application Program (Trial)” (hereinafter referred to as “Program”) was issued. If community residents need independent testing, they can purchase antigen detection reagents for rapid testing through retail pharmacies, online sales platforms and other channels.
In just a few days, the State Food and Drug Administration has approved the registration application of a number of new crown antigen self-test products, and the products have been officially launched. This includes the change of the medical device registration certificate of the new coronavirus (2019-nCoV) antigen detection kit (fluorescence immunochromatography) of BGI, a subsidiary of BGI Holdings, which also means that the new coronavirus antigen self-test The product officially entered the market.
Xiaobu learned that 1pharmaceutical.com joined the product distribution competition after the release of the “Plan” and the approval of the new crown antigen self-test product. Quick fight. The new crown antigen detection kit has opened product pre-sale, consumers can purchase in advance by entering the 1pharmacy APP, and 1pharmacy will allocate product reserves more reasonably according to the pre-sale situation, so that consumers can quickly obtain products after the official release. .
At present, major e-commerce platforms have launched new crown antigen self-test products. Online pre-sale of relevant antigen detection products has been launched on Taobao’s “Ali Health Pharmacy”. The pre-sale product is the antigen detection product of “Beijing Jinwofu Bioengineering”. The unit price of the kit is 25 yuan for 1 person and 120 yuan for 5 people. After placing the order, Xiaobu asked the customer service for the delivery time, and the reply was that it would be shipped within 10 days after the photo was taken. As of press time, the current monthly sales of the product show more than 8,000 copies.
The new coronavirus antigen test is a direct detection of the unique proteins (ie antigens) in the new coronavirus, which can be used as a supplementary detection method for the screening of specific populations, and can be used to optimize the detection of the new coronavirus. Strategy and overall epidemic prevention and control play an important role.
According to the relevant plan, the applicable groups of antigen testing mainly include three categories: First, those who go to primary medical and health institutions for treatment, with symptoms such as respiratory tract and fever, and the onset of symptoms within 5 days The second is isolation observation personnel, including home isolation observation, close contact and sub-close contact, entry isolation observation, closed and controlled areas, and personnel in control areas; the third is community residents who need antigen self-testing.
Yang Zhenying