Seegene Inc. announced the upcoming launch of the Allplex™ SARS-CoV-2 Fast PCR Assay, which can deliver PCR results in just 60 minutes. The company says that this assay is expected to reduce the total turnaround time to a third and expand testing capacity up to 3 times for hospitals and laboratories without additional instruments or compromise on accuracy. Reduction of the turnaround time was attributable to two primary reasons: 1) the application of a novel enzyme developed by Seegene, which reduces PCR process time to half. 2) Seegene's innovative extraction-free method, which can let Allplex™ SARS-CoV-2 Fast PCR Assay be available without the extraction of the sample preparation in PCR-based tests. This drastically reduces the total turnaround time for each result. As such, the new assay lessens the amount of hands-on processing time required, allowing facilities to triple their testing capacity in the same hour. The Allplex™ SARS-CoV-2 Fast PCR Assay targets three COVID-19 genes––E, RdRP, and N–– to reliably detect COVID-19 regardless of the variants. According to clinical research conducted by 17 laboratories in seven countries, this assay showed the same or better accuracy for the COVID-19 detection as other diagnostic tests available in the market.