Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. will launch the Helicobacter pylori test kit QuickNavi™- H.pylori to medical institutions across Japan on April 14, 2021. It is the latest product in the QuickNavi^TM series of in vitro diagnostics. The kit, manufactured domestically by Denka Company Limited, will be co-marketed by the two companies from April 14.　

QuickNavi^TM- H.pylori is a diagnostic kit that utilizes the immunochromatography method to confirm the presence or absence of Helicobacter pylori antigens in a stool sample. The test kit will be used in medical institutions and enables a rapid evaluation in eight minutes by the addition of three drops of sample liquid to the kit.