BRANFORD, Conn. — Senator Chris Murphy will travel to Tangen Biosciences, a biotech company in Branford, to highlight the work they are doing on developing a crucial flu/COVID-19 test.
Murphy will be joined by State Representative Robin Comey and will tour the facility with CEO Richard Birkmeyer and other members of the Tangen team.
Tangen is working on a flu/COVID-19 testing panel that can detect Flu A, Flu B, and COVID-19 simultaneously from one patient sample in a single processing run. The goal is to have patients with flu-like symptoms know whether they have flu or COVID-19 infection. In July, Tangen closed $12.2 million in Series B financing, which was used to scale up the manufacturing capacity for its COVID-19 test. Last month, Murphy highlighted the company as his “Innovator of the Month.”
