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How this young Caboolture doctor cracked a worldwide COVID breakthrough
Wednesday December 16, 2020
Brisbane biotech Ellume has made a major breakthrough in the fight against COVID-19 with a rapid test kit given emergency use authorisation by the US Food and Drug Administration.
Scott Parsons, Ellume.
And thanks can be given to a smart young doctor, Scott Parsons, who was working at Caboolture hospital in 2009-10 when the swine flu pandemic hit Asia.
He understood then how important a fast, accurate virus test kit was. After 10 years and millions in developmentas well as support from US authorities, Ellume has cracked the massive American market with a kit that…
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