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Pink COVID-19 Vaccine Trial Blood Sample Testing Box, Oxford, 2020

Inventory Number 18768


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.18768

Brief Description
Handwritten with COV002 showing use in second COVID-19 vaccine trial. MSD provided a multiplexed antibody detection assay, capable of testing for antibodies to multiple different Covid variants in a single test. The samples were stored specifically for this test which was carried out in Newcastle.
Item type
Object
Primary inscriptions
MSD COV002 Newcastle [Handwritten top left] box13 [Handwritten top right]
Physical material
plastic
Object type
Box
Dimensions
Height: 55mm Width: 140mm Depth: 140mm Weight: 0.17kg
Inventory No
18768

Description

Transparent pink box used to transport and store blood samples taken to undergo tests during the COV002 vaccine trial. This particular box contained samples for testing by the company MSD (Meso Scale Discovery).