Qiagen Gets CE Mark for Portable Tuberculosis Test Device

Hilden, Germany-based Qiagen has received a CE mark certification for its QIAreach QuantiFERON-TB portable testing device for tuberculosis (TB).

The device uses blood samples to test for molecules released from T-cells that have come into contact with Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the pathogen that causes TB infections.

Qiagen says it will focus its marketing of the device on regions that face a high burden of TB and where access to laboratories and resources for testing are limited.