Nicoya Lifesciences Inc.
$2,000,000.00 CAD
≈ 26 Canadians' average pay for a year
- Department
- National Research Council Canada
- Program
- Innovative Solutions Canada
- Recipient country
- Canada
- Fiscal year
- 2020-2021
- Agreement period
- January 4, 2021 – January 3, 2022
- Reference
- nrc-cnrc:172-2020-2021-Q4 - 962045
Published purpose
The Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) and National Research Council (NRC) are seeking a solution that will diagnose individuals affected by COVID-19 within 3 days of the start of their symptoms using a sample, other than a nasopharyngeal swab, with a rapid single-use home testing kit analogous to a home pregnancy test.
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