BIOQUAL announces the development of programs for in-vivo testing of COVID-19 candidate vaccines. BIOQUAL’s efforts to develop animal models for COVID-19 began in February 2020 in collaboration with Dr. Dan Barouch at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and the Ragon Institute, both affiliated with Harvard Medical School. For a number of years, BIOQUAL has been engaged in development of in-vivo testing programs and has been extensively involved in research efforts to develop vaccine and therapies against emerging diseases including AIDS, Hepatitis, Zika, Chikungunya and many others. The company is now focused on COVID-19 research and is positioned to play an important role in the development of successful vaccines and therapies against this epidemic.
Bioqual, Inc. is engaged in performing contract research services, which is focused on in vivo models of human diseases, including COVID-19, acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS), influenza, Mpox, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection, Flavivirus infections, including zika and dengue, malaria, hepatitis, and cancer. It is involved in the evaluation of vaccines, vaccine therapeutics, microbicides, and drug therapies. The Company also performs in vitro contract research services. The in vitro services include sample processing, virus stock generation, quantitation of infectious virus, virus neutralization assays, hemagglutination inhibition assay, quantitative PCR, antigen and antibody ELISA detection assays, flow cytometry, lymphocyte proliferation and other cell-based assays. It also provides research services in herpes simplex in rodents, filariasis in rhesus macaques, chikungunya in rodents and macaques and dengue in rodents and macaques.