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GBS Priced, Nasdaq: GBS

Developing saliva-based tests for SARS-CoV-2 and diabetes management in China.

Industry: Health Care

First Day Return: -35.2%

GBS is developing and commercializing a range of Biosensor based Point of Care (“POCT”) diagnostic tests that are developed in the modalities of clinical chemistry, immunology, tumor markers, allergens and endocrinology. Our flagship product candidate is the Saliva Glucose Biosensor, a POCT expected to substitute the finger pricking invasive blood glucose monitoring for diabetic patients. On May 1, 2020, our parent company filed a submission with the FDA for the Saliva Glucose Biosensor Diagnostic Test, currently in development as a point-of-care test intended to replace blood glucose testing for diabetes management. Pre-COVID-19, our objective was to introduce and launch the Saliva Glucose Biosensor, the first of our diagnostic tests that stem from the Biosensor Platform that we license, across the Asia Pacific Region. Given the COVID-19 pandemic, the superior analytical characteristics of the biosensor technology and the advanced development stage, the company decided to expedite a collaboration with the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University (Wyss) in order to develop a more accurate and real time SARS-CoV-2 test for diagnostic, point-of-care screening and pre-vaccination screening. The launch of the Saliva Glucose Biosensor, or “SGB” will now follow the SARS-CoV-2 Test.

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