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Press news Biocartis Group NV: Biocartis Launches Idylla™ SARS-CoV-2/Flu/RSV Panel

PRESS RELEASE: 2 September 2021, 07:00 CEST

Biocartis Launches IdyllaSARS-CoV-2/Flu/RSV Panel

Mechelen, Belgium, 2 September 2021 – Biocartis Group NV (the ‘Company’ or ‘Biocartis’), an innovative molecular diagnostics company (Euronext Brussels: BCART), today announces the launch of its Idylla™ SARS-CoV-2/Flu/RSV Panel (CE-IVD). Building upon the success of its Idylla™ SARS-CoV-2 Test (CE-IVD), the new Panel is launching as a CE-IVD and detects, in one single cartridge, SARS-CoV-2, Flu A/B and RSV1 nucleic acids, with results in approx. 90 minutes.

The Idylla™ SARS-CoV-2/Flu/RSV Panel is a fully automated rRT-PCR2 test intended for the qualitative detection of SARS-CoV-2, Flu A/B and RSV nucleic acids in nasopharyngeal swab specimens from individuals suspected of respiratory infections by their healthcare provider. The nasopharyngeal swab specimens are collected in a viral transport medium3 and can be pipetted directly into the cartridge. The Idylla™ SARS-CoV-2/Flu/RSV Panel includes fully automated nucleic acid testing with the extraction, amplification and detection in a single-use cartridge, with less than 1 minute hands-on time.

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The Panel showed excellent performance in the clinical performance study4 with 98% overall concordance compared with other currently used methods.

Commenting on the launch of the Idylla™ SARS-CoV-2/Flu/RSV Panel, Herman Verrelst, Chief Executive Officer of Biocartis, said: “We take an important next step in strengthening our infectious disease menu by upgrading the Idylla™ SARS-CoV-2 Test5 (CE-IVD) to a Panel that now also includes Flu A/B and RSV. Ahead of a delayed flu season, this Panel is well positioned to guide healthcare providers in this complex landscape of respiratory infections in 2022.

The timing of the Emergency Use Authorization (‘EUA’) submission to the US FDA of the Idylla™ SARS-CoV-2/Flu/RSV Panel is still to be decided.

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More information:
Renate Degrave
Head of Corporate Communications & Investor Relations Biocartis
e-mail rdegrave@biocartis.com
tel +32 15 631 729
mobile +32 471 53 60 64

About Biocartis

Biocartis (Euronext Brussels: BCART) is an innovative molecular diagnostics (MDx) company providing next generation diagnostic solutions aimed at improving clinical practice for the benefit of patients, clinicians, payers and industry. Biocartis' proprietary MDx Idylla™ platform is a fully automated sample-to-result, real-time PCR (Polymerase Chain Reaction) system that offers accurate, highly reliable molecular information from virtually any biological sample in virtually any setting. Biocartis is developing and marketing a continuously expanding test menu addressing key unmet clinical needs, with a focus in oncology, which represents the fastest growing segment of the MDx market worldwide. Today, Biocartis offers tests supporting melanoma, colorectal and lung cancer, as well as for SARS-CoV-2/Flu/RSV and sepsis. More information: www.biocartis.com. Follow us on Twitter: @Biocartis_.

Biocartis and Idylla™ are registered trademarks in Europe, the United States and other countries. The Biocartis and Idylla™ trademark and logo are used trademarks owned by Biocartis. Please refer to the product labeling for applicable intended uses for each individual Biocartis product. The Idylla™ SARS-CoV-2/Flu/RSV Panel contains SuperScript™ III Reverse Transcriptase and is provided subject to a license under patents or patent applications owned by or licensed to Life Technologies Corporation, which license is limited to the human diagnostic field and research field and specifically excludes applications in forensics (including human identity testing). The SuperScript™ III trademark is owned by Life Technologies Corporation. This press release is not for distribution, directly or indirectly, in any jurisdiction where to do so would be unlawful. Any persons reading this press release should inform themselves of and observe any such restrictions. Biocartis takes no responsibility for any violation of any such restrictions by any person. This press release does not constitute an offer or invitation for the sale or purchase of securities in any jurisdiction. No securities of Biocartis may be offered or sold in the United States of America absent registration with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission or an exemption from registration under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

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1 Respiratory Syncytial Virus
2 Real-Time Reverse Transcription-Polymerase Chain Reaction
3 Of which 400 µl VTM is used in Idylla™
4 Performance was evaluated across two arms of a clinical evaluation, all samples were residual nasopharyngeal swab in viral transport media. In the first arm 322 specimens were collected to evaluate the performance of the Idylla™ SARS-CoV-2/Flu/RSV Panel compared to the DiaSorin Molecular Simplexa™ Flu A/B & RSV Direct. In the second arm 341 specimens were collected to evaluate the performance of the Idylla™ SARS-CoV-2/Flu/RSV Panel compared to the Luminex Aries® SARS-COV-2 Assay. More information here
5 The Idylla™ SARS-CoV-2 Test (CE-IVD) will remain available