Companies Collaborate on IVDs for Crops
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TwistDx Ltd., a developer of point-of-use nucleic acid diagnostics, have made strong progress toward developing rapid, DNA-based field tests with Monsanto Company. Monsanto plans to use the tests to enhance the efficiency with which biotechnology crops are delivered across the globe.
To develop the tests, the companies are using TwistDx’s proprietary recombinase polymerase amplification (RPA) technology. RPA is a novel DNA amplification technology that enables the tests to produce results faster than other DNA detection tests available today, while maintaining a very high level of specificity and sensitivity.
Under the collaboration agreement, TwistDx received an undisclosed upfront payment. Additional payments could come in the form of research funding, payment upon reaching specific development milestones, and royalties from net sales resulting from commercialization of any test resulting from the collaboration.