Roche launches the first test to use its breakthrough TAGS technology for high throughput, simultaneous detection of 12 respiratory viruses

New TAGS (Temperature-Activated Generation of Signal) technology enables up to 15 targets to be detected simultaneously in a single patient sample on the high throughput molecular diagnostic analysers cobas 5800, 6800 and 8800. TAGS has the potential to revolutionise testing for other infectious diseases in the future, by bringing high throughput customised syndromic panel testing to the routine clinical laboratory. The first TAGS-based test to be made available, the cobas Respiratory flex, offers fast, eff ...