Hibergene chief executive Seamus Gorman has been chosen as The Irish Times Business Person of the Month for April, an award run in association with KPMG. Irish diagnostics company Hibergene made a breakthrough in testing for Covid-19 last month when it secured European Union approval to market a highly accurate, low-cost, rapid test for coronavirus. The test promises to deliver results for patients who have the Covid-19 virus within 30 minutes, enabling rapid diagnosis of the disease at the early and highly infectious stage of infection. It can determine, within an hour, if patients have no sign of the virus. Reopening economiesRapid accurate testing is seen as critical for governments if they are to succeed in reopening economies and getting people back to work.

Source: The Irish Times June 19, 2020 04:18 UTC