Oxford Immunotec Global PLC Enters into A Memorandum of Understanding Green Cross Medical Science Corp. to Market the T-SPOT Discovery SARS-CoV-2 Kit, for the Measurement of the T Cell Immune Response to SARS-CoV-2 Infection, in South Korea

Oxford Immunotec Global PLC announced it has worked with GC MS and MESDIA Co. Ltd. to enter into an MOU to market the research use only T-SPOT Discovery SARS-CoV-2 kit in South Korea. Under this agreement, GC MS will market/sell, MESDIA will import, and Oxford Immunotec Korea will provide overall support for the T-SPOT Discovery SARS-CoV-2 kit.

Based on the Company's T-SPOT technology, the only globally approved ELISPOT currently used clinically for the diagnosis of Tuberculosis infection; the T-SPOT Discovery SARS-CoV-2 kit is already available for research use across Europe and the USA. Study data recently released by Public Health England1 using the T-SPOT Discovery SARS-CoV-2 kit suggests that individuals with a SARS-CoV-2 specific T cell response, but without detectible antibodies may be protected from infection. Therefore, measuring the T cell response to SARS-CoV-2 may be an important adjunct to serological analysis.