Emma Ashcroft, Author at Abingdon Health plc

Building Resilience through Manufacturing Optionality

Case Study: Leading Global Animal Health Organisation

A leading global animal health organisation has contracted Abingdon Health since 2019 for end-to-end CDMO solutions. The project focused on optimising, transferring, and scaling up manufacturing processes, delivering a high-quality, market-ready lateral flow diagnostic device for animal care. Following successful delivery, Abingdon Health was retained for routine manufacturing spanning multi-deal… Read More

Case Study: Find Out From Home STD Tests Development Project

US-based Find Out From Home LLC ("FindOut"), formerly known as MyMark and Devyn, is a US-based biotech company focused on providing accessible, user-friendly at-home diagnostic testing, empowering people to manage their health proactively through easy-to-use at-home health tests. In 2022, FOFH awarded Abingdon Health the contract for developing a range… Read More

Analytical Performance and Clinical Evaluation: synchronised for success

Read the latest blog from Abingdon Health’s Quality & Regulatory Director, Candice Vendettuoli on the importance of managing your analytical performance and clinical evaluation together. Creating a robust technical file for medical devices requires mastering two fundamental pillars: analytical performance studies and clinical evaluation. These components work in… Read More

Case Study: MiraVista Diagnostics Assay Development for Systemic Mycoses

A leading US-based clinical testing authority specialising in human medical and veterinary diagnostic testing of fungal infections approached Abingdon Health to optimise, transfer and scale up the development of two new lateral flow tests (LFTs) in their suite of IVD test devices, over the course of a complex, multi-year project… Read More

Breaking Down Analytical Performance Studies under IVDR: Methodologies and Best Practices

Read the latest blog from Abingdon Analytical Director, Candice Vendettuoli, who will be attending the upcoming Clinical Innovations EXPO in Nottingham on 15 May 2025. In this blog Candice provides a detailed overview on analytical performance studies under IVDR, a key part of your regulatory plan, and outlines… Read More

Lateral Flow Development: Efficient Product Design and Development Processes

Lateral Flow Development: Efficient Product Design and Development Processes Read the latest blog from Abingdon Health's Chief Technical Officer, Nina Garrett, who will be speaking at the Merck 2025 Rapid Diagnostic Test Development Conference in Vancouver, Canada, 1 — 2 April 2025. Introduction Lateral flow testing has… Read More

Contract Manufacture of Lateral Flow Tests

Contract Manufacture of Lateral Flow Tests — why an integrated approach is essential In this blog, Abingdon Health’s COO Mark Jones and CTO Nina Garrett outline the benefits of working with a contract development and manufacturing organisation (CDMO) such as Abingdon Health and why an integrated scientific… Read More

Welcome to Lateral Flow Market 2.0

Welcome to Lateral Flow Market 2.0 — How Innovation is Driving the Expansion in Lateral Flow Technology Use In our latest blog, Mark Jones, COO of leading-lateral flow CDMO Abingdon Health plc outlines the emergence of Lateral Flow Market 2.0 driven part by reduced barriers to adoption of… Read More

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