March 20 (SeeNews) - United States-based healthcare equipment distributor PreCheck Health Services said on Friday that it has signed distribution agreements for coronavirus (COVID-19) PCR test kits in Romania and Moldova.
PreCheck will distribute Co Diagnostics' qPCR infectious disease kits, Logix Smart COVID-19 PCR diagnostic test and Co-Dx Box instrument in Romania and Moldova, it said in a press release.
Co-Diagnostics has earlier announced that it is the first U.S. company to obtain a CE marking for a COVID-19 test. The CE marking indicates conformity with health, safety, and environmental protection standards for products sold within the European Economic Area.
Following distribution agreements for Russia, Ecuador and Panama, PreCheck's five combined distribution territories have an aggregate population of 188 million.
"Today marks a major milestone, the receipt of the first 7,500 of 37,500 test kits that we have purchased. Now we can commence filling orders. We are pleased to expand our relationship with Co-Diagnostics in working together to combat this global health crisis," PreCheck Health Services, Inc. CEO Justin Anderson said.
Texas-basd PreCheck Health Services, Inc. is a distributor of the PC8B, a medical screening device, which it purchases from a domestic supplier. The PC8B medical device is a screening tool for use by physicians in managing a patient's health.
Co-Diagnostics, Inc., is a molecular diagnostics company based in Utah, USA.