Supply of Blood Analyser to MHRA Virology Department for Plasma Pool Testing

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MEDICINES & HEALTHCARE PRODUCTS REGULATORY AGENCY awarded a contract to Roche Diagnostics Limited for the purchase of a Blood Analyser for use in the agency's Virology Department to assist with batch release testing of plasma pools.

The analyser will perform HCV individual tests (3,800 tests/year, 19,000 over 5 years), HBV/HCV/HIV collective Triplex assay (300 tests/year, 1,500 over 5 years), B19/HAV collective Duplex assay (2,500 tests/year, 12,500 over 5 years), B19 individual tests (50 tests/year, 250 over 5 years), HEV individual tests (100 tests/year, 500 over 5 years), and West Nile Virus tests (100 tests/year, 500 over 5 years).

The contract value is £1,719,660.