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Thermo Fisher Signs COVID-19 Contract with US Govt.

Will expand capacity in Lenexa, KS with a new $40 million facility dedicated to viral transport media production and quality control

By: Contract Pharma

Contract Pharma Staff

Thermo Fisher Scientific has received a contract from the U.S. government to provide highly specialized viral transport media (VTM) for COVID-19 sample collection. The VTM is used during collection of patient samples for proper transport to laboratories that can test for the presence of the virus.   To ensure accuracy of COVID-19 test results, VTM must be manufactured and dispensed into tubes in an aseptic environment. Thermo Fisher currently produces VTM at its site in Lenexa, KS, which meets t...

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