Q&M to invest S$3m to build Covid-19 testing business

Singapore

Q&M Dental Group is investing S$3 million to build a new Covid-19 testing business via a joint venture that includes local scientist Ong Siew Hwa, the company said on Thursday.

Dr Ong is the founder of Acumen Research Laboratories (ARL), a local biotech company developing rapid, polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-based, culture-independent molecular diagnostic tests, with a focus on infectious diseases.