Year: 2019
Fecal specimens have been utilized in the microbiology laboratory for years in order to detect bacterial gastrointestinal (GI) pathogens by culture. More recently, molecular assays have been developed to detect not only bacterial GI pathogens, but viral and parasitic causes…
Read MoreCOPAN continues to innovate and is leading the field of Artificial Intelligence (A.I.) and digital culture plate reading in clinical Microbiology. A groundbreaking study titled “Automated Detection of Streptococcus pyogenes pharyngitis using COLOREX Strep A CHROMagar and WASPLab™ Artificial Intelligence Chromogenic Detection Module Software” was recently published on the Journal of Clinical Microbiology (JCM). The study is the first-in-its class peer-reviewed publication on PhenoMATRIX™ used with COLOREX Strep A culture media for the automatic detection of Group A Strep (GAS).
Read MoreCOPAN and Alverno Laboratories Partner to Successfully Validate PhenoMATRIX™ for Detection of Group A Streptococcus Using CHROMagar’s COLOREX™ Media
Read MoreCOPAN Announces FecalSwab® Stool Collection and Transport Device Certified Free of Nucleic Acids
Read MoreCOPAN is focused on the industry standard quality of its innovative products and remains actively committed to protecting its intellectual property rights globally, including the patent infringement and unfair competition lawsuit that COPAN filed in U.S. federal district court last year.
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