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Channel 10’s new Advancing Australia series features Ellume CEO Dr Sean Parsons

12 June 2021 Ellume Founder, CEO and Managing Director Dr Sean Parsons appeared on Channel 10’s new landmark “Advancing Australia” documentary series which uncovers inspirational stories of ordinary people who are doing extraordinary things to make our country a better place. Episode 11 can be viewed on-demand at the 10 play Advancing Australia website.

More at-home COVID tests coming to the market, and made in Maryland

May 10, 2021 An Australian company that recently began selling a rapid at-home COVID-19 test plans to open its first U.S. production plant in Maryland later this year. Ellume plans to announce today that it will make the test kits in Ballenger Creek, just south of Frederick, and eventually employ 1,500 people to make up […]

What Role Will At-Home COVID-19 Tests Play in an Increasingly Vaccinated World?

The CEO of Ellume, the company behind the first at-home test, says next flu season will be very confusing. One year ago, when the coronavirus pandemic was first tearing through the United States, experts bemoaned the lack of fast, accurate, and portable tests to diagnose COVID-19. Now, finally, rapid at-home tests have started appearing on drug store shelves—these […]

U.S. strikes $230 million deal for over-the-counter Covid tests

The Biden administration announced a $230 million deal to ramp up production of the country’s first over-the-counter, at-home Covid-19 test. “These are over-the-counter, self-performed test kits that can detect Covid with roughly 95 percent accuracy within 15 minutes,” Andy Slavitt, the White House senior adviser for Covid-19 response, told reporters on Monday.

A fast, at-home coronavirus test will be available to Americans this year

The White House announced Monday it is buying 8.5 million rapid coronavirus tests that can be taken at home without a prescription and that yield immediate results. The $231.8 million contract will allow the Australian company Ellume, which manufacturers the tests, to quickly scale up its production and create a manufacturing facility in the United States.Once running, […]

U.S. Cuts $231 Million Deal To Provide 15-Minute COVID-19 At-Home Tests

The Biden administration has made a $231.8 million deal with an Australian company to boost availability of the first at-home rapid test for the coronavirus which causes COVID-19 that is available without a prescription. The test, made by Ellume, can send results to a smartphone within 15 minutes of receiving a sample.

US Government signs deal to produce Australian COVID-19 Home Test kits

Ellume Founder, CEO and Managing Director Dr Sean Parsons spoke with David Koch on Channel 7’s Sunrise program last week to discuss Ellume’s US$231.8 million contract with the U.S. Government to establish a U.S. manufacturing facility and deliver 8.5 million COVID-19 home tests across the U.S in the coming months.

BBC World Service Radio Brisbane Interview with Ellume CEO

17 December 2020, Victoria Craig Ellume Founder, CEO and Managing Director Dr Sean Parsons was recently interviewed by BBC World Service Radio’s Victoria Craig about our innovative Ellume COVID-19 Home Test receiving Emergency Use Authorization from the US FDA and how our products are responding to the COVID-19 pandemic.

ABC Radio “The Money” Interview with Ellume CEO, Dr Sean Parsons

29 October 2020, Richard Aedy Ellume Founder, CEO and Managing Director Dr Sean Parsons was interviewed by ABC Radio’s Richard Aedy on The Money program about how the company is scaling up its Brisbane manufacturing facilities as part of a US push to develop rapid COVID-19 testing technology. This interview originally appeared on ABC Radio […]

Ellume enlists Bosch Australia to automate manufacturing for high-performance COVID-19 Test

Highlights Ellume will collaborate with Bosch to create state-of-the-art automated production lines, to scale up manufacturing volumes of COVID-19 and other diagnostic tests. Bosch capabilities will build resilience and innovation into the local Ellume manufacturing processes. Bosch global automation and manufacturing know-how harnessed to ensure successful industrialisation of Ellume COVID-19 consumable test. New Ellume manufacturing […]

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