Calypte Biomedical Corp (fka CBMC)

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A good website to do research

http://www.aids-china.com/

If you click on shopping tab, you will see some HIV rapid blood testing kit on sale. In China, you can buy all approved hiv rapid blood testing kit in a local drug store or buy it online (price is vary). One unit of cheaper rapid blood testing kit is about 100 RMB (Chinese currency) or $12 U.S. Abbott determine HIV blood test sells 130 RMB (or $16 U.S. dollar) per unit. The website shows all the pricing info.

There are also aids news on the website that are very interesting.

bloodhound99 has questioned about OTC blood testing kits in China. This is a good site for him to do his DD-work.

By the way, I want to mention Orasure Oral hiv-1 testing kit which was approved by our FDA. If you go to Orasure website and check their worldwide sales offices, they do not sell any hiv blood or oral testing devices in China. Why? Because their products are only for testing HIV type-1 not type-2. Calypte's Aware OMT is for HIV 1+2.