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Apr 11, 2019
In April at Hotel Inter Burgo Daegu, the Korean Society for
Laboratory Medicine, Korea’s largest laboratory medicine society, held
its spring symposium under the slogan, ‘Laboratory Medicine in
Artificial Intelligence’.
Seegene had established its original
automated assay development system, called the “Seegene Digitalized
Development System (“SG-DDS”)”, that allows the users can design their
own oligo design for multiplex real-time PCR diagnostic products within 3
days.
This software automates real-time PCR assay development
utilizing big data of causative agents for diseases, Seegene’s novel
algorithms, and in silico oligonucleotide design with virtual
experiments by incorporating Seegene’s proprietary know-how and patented
technologies accumulated in MDx assay development. More than 20
products were launched in the past year through this system, it includes
the AllplexTM PneumoBacter Assay which was presented as the last puzzle
piece of the four panels of the AllplexTM Respiratory Panel.
This
product has long been recognized as a popular item in large test centers
in Europe. As the demand for real-time PCR type of full coverage test
for respiratory diseases has been increasing in Korea, Seegene has
completed its certification for domestic sales in March and introduced
to the Korean market for the first time. This allows full-panel testing
of a total of 25 different types of viruses, 6 strains of bacteria and
the subtype of the 3 Flu A, including the H1N1 virus, to be tested in
Korea simultaneously with the Real-time PCR method.
An employee at
Seegene expressed his happiness about Seegene’s growth by mentioning
“Not only new clients but also our customers who were using existing PCR
products have been sending inquiries to adopt this new product. Many
other participants also asked if we could launch more of products only
sold abroad in Korea. I could feel the world`s competitive edge with
global products throughout the show.”
On this day, Seegene used a
new booth exclusively made for exhibition and hosted the “Smart Pop
Event” for the newly released products to liven up the atmosphere at the
symposium.