Press release content from Globe Newswire. The AP news staff was not involved in its creation. Meridian Bioscience Expands Production Capacity with Support from NIH, JobsOhio, and the ... Meridian Bioscience Inc.February 3, 2021 GMT CINCINNATI, Feb. 03, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Meridian Bioscience, Inc. (NASDAQ: VIVO), a provider of diagnostic testing solutions and life science raw materials, today announced that it will increase production capacity of the company’s SARS-CoV-2 molecular diagnostic test on its Revogene® platform after receiving a $5.5M award from the National Institute of Health (NIH) Rapid Acceleration of Diagnostics (RADxSM) initiative and an additional grant from JobsOhio. The funding will help Meridian expand production of Revogene® test kits in the Quebec City facility and build a new semi-automated, state-of-the-art, two-line production facility near the corporate headquarters in the Village of Newtown (Cincinnati, OH). The expansion will be completed in phases over the coming months and is expected to yield a maximum capacity of 800,000 Revogene® tests per month by the end of calendar year 2021.