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| Founded | 2003 |
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| Founder | Rosemary Tan |
| Headquarters | Singapore |
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| Parent | Sekisui Chemical |
| Website | vereduslabs |
Veredus Laboratories is a medical device company in Singapore specializing in developing portable diagnostic tool kits.
Veredus Laboratories was founded in 2003 by Dr. Rosemary Tan. The company released its first product in 2006. [1]
In July 2005, Veredus Laboratories launched a DNA- and RNA-based diagnostic kits for dengue, avian influenza and malaria. The kit is based on technologies licensed from A*STAR and the National University of Singapore. [2]
In January 2006, Veredus Laboratories and STMicroelectronics announced a joint effort in the development of a rapid diagnostic kit for avian influenza and other influenza viruses which could produces a result within an hour, based on Lab-on-a-chip (LOC) technology. [3] In July 2006, Veredus Laboratories set up an on-board avian influenza testing laboratory on USS Blue Ridge, the flagship of the United States 7th Fleet, and on the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk. [4]
Veredus Laboratories released VereTrop in April 2013, a biochip that can diagnose 13 different varieties of tropical diseases from a single blood sample. [5]
A year later in May 2014, the company released VereMERS, a lab-on-a-chip application capable of detecting the coronavirus that causes Middle East Respiratory Syndrome. [6]
In April 2018, Veredus Laboratories was acquired by Sekisui Chemical Co. [7]
