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RAM Group Germany Awarded XPRIZE for Rapid COVID Testing Using Sensors Instead of PCR Tests Ushering in New Age of Digital Diagnostics
April 20, 2021 GMT
RAM Global s second-generation ThEA rapid Covid diagnostics platform currently being piloted.
ZWEIBRUCKEN, Germany - April 20, 2021 - ( Newswire.com )
RAM Group DE GmbH (RAM Group), a German sensor company that is part of RAM Group Global PTE LTD, has been selected from more than 700 companies as one of nine winners of the $6M XPRIZE Rapid COVID Testing Competition; a global challenge to develop faster, cheaper, and easier to use COVID-19 testing methods at scale with the potential to open up schools, offices and the broader economy. RAM Group was awarded the prize in the Open Innovation Category for their Terahertz-based digital diagnostic platform (ThEA) that identifies the COVID-19 virus and other pathogens via direct, electronic dete