Sona Nanotech Inc C.SONA

From the New York Times - July 6th 2020

[NorthBayStreet]

So far, only two companies have received emergency authorization from the F.D.A. for coronavirus antigen tests. One is Quidel, which is, according to a representative, producing millions of tests each month, many of which have been distributed to urgent care centers and medical clinics in the United States. On Monday, a second firm, Becton Dickinson & Company, also entered the fray with a point-of-care antigen test that can reportedly produce results in 15 minutes. While speedy, both Quidel’s and BD’s tests may produce false negatives between 15 and 20 percent of the time.

Other antigen tests have made headway overseas, and experts estimated that several more will likely seek clearance in the United States in coming months.

[Cottrader]

not sure how either of them got fda approval; https://www.marketwatch.com/amp/story/fda-alerts-health-care-providers-about-false-positives-for-one-of-bds-covid-19-tests-2020-07-07

[gonnasee]

The Americans want the testing to remain inhouse.  They wont spend money outside of the country.   Can anyone explain why Sona testing results at 96% only had 30 samples.  (way too small).   Something not right.  

[bluebeard123]

You can calculate sample size that gives enough statistical confidence in the results. It's all math.

[NashDaSlash]

You don't know what you are talking about. Validation studies are set up by MRIGlobal, and SONA is continuing to bloster to their clinical data with in-field testing. Nothing sinister here. 

[gonnasee]

Im just looking for clarification.  Below is from company news release.  To me this looks like they only tested 30 samples where other companies used 1000's Validation studies were also conducted in-house to assess potential clinical performance of the test using 30 nasopharyngeal samples from healthy individuals who were presumed negative for COVID-19. Results from the study

[NashDaSlash]

Other companies used 1000s, why don't you list some links to these 3rd party validations using 1000s of samples?

[bluebeard123]

I know it sounds like a small sample size but minimum sample size to get a certain statistically confidence can be calculated. It's no different from polling.

[Findingmoney]

This was part of the last NR, so they are doing tests within the USA, this is all speculation.  To that end, the Company has engaged with a contract research organization ("CRO") based in the U.S. to conduct one such study and a university-affiliated laboratory outside of the U.S. to conduct a second. The Company has been informed that the results of these field studies should be