ZEN Graphene Solutions Ltd. announced that it has signed an exclusive agreement with McMaster University to be the global commercializing partner for a newly developed aptamer-based, SARS-CoV-2 rapid detection technology, developed by a team of researchers under the guidance of Drs. Yingfu Li, John Brennan and Leyla Soleymani, who are recognized as global leaders in biosensing technologies, and their applications as point of care (POC) diagnostics. This patent-pending technology is validated with clinical samples from patients recruited under the supervision of two clinicians, Drs. Deborah Yamamura and Bruno Salena, who also work at McMaster University. The project was funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR). This technology is exceptionally accurate (similar to current PCR tests), saliva-based, affordable, scalable and provides results in under 10 minutes. The Covid-19 virus has demonstrated the ability to mutate rapidly as evidenced by the discovery of the UK, South African, Brazilian and now Indian variant of the virus. As societies around the globe continue to open-up, the need for accurate, rapid testing that can be adapted to new variants will always be in demand to prevent future lockdowns. The rapid detection technology developed by McMaster University can be quickly optimized to accommodate such new variants.