On the 10th, SeaSun Biomaterials (hereafter, SeaSun Bio)'s COVID-19 diagnostic reagent was recognized as a 'Brand K' representing the country.

On the same day, SeaSun Biomaterials also released the 'SC V Extraction Kit', which helps extract nucleic acids, which is the key to diagnosing Corona 19, within 5 minutes from the previous 20 to 40 minutes.

Brand K is a representative co-brand of SMEs that symbolizes Korea's 'K' and Brand K', a strategy for luxury marketing. This is a project promoted by the Ministry of SMEs and Startups (hereinafter referred to as the Ministry of SMEs and Startups) in February last year to raise the awareness of SMEs and to enhance national competitiveness.

For Brand K, all processes and production must be carried out in Korea, and innovative technology products with global marketability are given to products that have passed the examination by an expert committee.

The Ministry of SMEs and Startups held a fair for the 2020 Brand K selection at COEX in April, and a total of 81 products were finally selected. On this day, 14 COVID-19 diagnostic products, including SeaSun Biomaterials, a molecular diagnostics company, Seegene, and Kogen Biotech, who are the main players in the prevention of COVID-19, were also exhibited, and these products were selected as 'preliminary brand K'.

Preliminary brand K was certified on condition that it would be promoted to official 'Brand K' after receiving official approval from the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety.

Currently, there are a total of eight companies that have received official approval from the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety among COVID-19 diagnostic products, and three of them have been promoted to official Brand K, including SeaSun Biomaterials, Seegene, and Kogen Biotech.

If it is certified as an official Brand K, it can be exported, promoted, and exhibited around the world with the certification mark of 'Korea's national brand, brand K'. In addition, there is an opportunity to jointly promote the project in conjunction with government agencies.

SeaSun Biomaterials's 'AQ-TOP COVID-19 Rapid Detection Kit Plus (AQ-TOP Plus)', which is drawing attention after the official approval of the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety, is a molecular diagnostic method applied with a real-time gene amplification method, and can check whether or not a person is infected with COVID-19 within 30 minutes. there is. In July, AQ-TOP Plus was approved for emergency use within an hour along with extraction equipment. As it received official approval from the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety in October, it can be used for both emergency screening and confirmation.

Here, the 'SC V Extraction Kit' released by SeaSun Biomaterials is drawing attention from the market as a product that shortens the time required for the nucleic acid extraction step, which is essential in the COVID-19 test, to less than 5 minutes.

One of the important things in PCR testing is the 'nucleic acid extraction' process in which genes are extracted from samples (samples) collected from patients. Currently, the 'manual method' is the most used method for extracting nucleic acids. The manual method generally requires additional reagents and a temperature device for protein removal, and it takes 20 to 40 minutes to extract a gene from one sample.

SeaSun Biomaterials's SC V Extraction Kit does not have a protease K treatment process and does not contain carrier RNA, an auxiliary material, so it can obtain faster and more accurate results in PCR tests.

In the current situation where the 3rd wave of severe COVID-19 with 1,000 confirmed cases per day is underway, SeaSun Biomaterials's 'SC V Extraction Kit' and 'AQ-TOP Plus' will be the best partners for rapid and accurate prevention of COVID-19. raise expectations SeaSun Biomaterials is currently promoting the establishment of a rapid molecular diagnostic test center in conjunction with a national institution.

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