This pregnancy detection method is described as cost-effective, non-invasive, providing accurate results in just minutes.
Salignostics - an Israeli medical startup - is about to launch the world's first and only rapid saliva pregnancy test kit. Expected, SaliStick test strips will appear on store shelves from the beginning of 2022.
SaliStick saliva pregnancy test. (Photo: jpost.com).
According to the Jerusalem Post, Salignostics has successfully conducted clinical trials with more than 300 women in Israel, both pregnant and non-pregnant, and completed thousands of analytical trials.
This company is in the process of applying for the European Union (CE) certification mark.
Saliva contains more than 5,000 identified proteins that mirror a person's blood physiological state. Salistick can detect pregnancy hormone β-hCG in saliva and offers high accuracy rate in early pregnancy.
Dr Guy Krief, Co-Founder and Deputy CEO of Salignostics said: 'Saliva is key to rapid diagnosis for many medical reasons. In essence, it is the only non-invasive, easy and hygienic means of detecting hormones, viruses and even diseases.
Mr. Krief emphasized that Salignostics is bringing a pregnancy test product that completely replaces blood and urine testing methods.
The global market for pregnancy test kits is estimated at more than $2 billion annually, with hundreds of millions of test kits sold each year.
In addition, Salignostics has also launched a test kit for Covid-19 antibodies in saliva. This product has been properly licensed for use throughout Europe. So far, the company has supplied hundreds of thousands of Covid-19 test kits to Europe and Africa.
The results are collected based entirely on saliva analysis and the same underlying technology. Since the technology is not a specific biomarker, it could be replicated and used for a variety of purposes, such as finding the SARS-CoV-2 virus and even detecting malaria.
