2024/06/13
| CORPORATE
Sysmex’s PA-100 AST System for Rapid Detection of Antimicrobial Susceptibility Wins One of the UK’s Biggest Science Prizes “Longitude Prize on AMR”
Sysmex Corporation (HQ: Kobe, Japan; President: Kaoru Asano) is pleased to announce that its subsidiary Sysmex Astrego AB (HQ: Uppsala, Sweden) has been awarded one of the UK's biggest science prizes, the “Longitude Prize on AMR,” for the development of the PA-100 AST System, a rapid antimicrobial susceptibility testing system. The prize is designed to reward and support teams of innovators who have undertaken the challenge of transforming the conventional clinical workflows for infectious diseases, thereby making greatest contribution to tackling the global issue of antimicrobial resistance (AMR).1 Since the prize launched in November 2014, more than 250 teams from around the world have applied, with Sysmex Astrego AB standing out as the sole recipient.
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