Toronto, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - August 16, 2020) - Relay Medical Corp. (CSE: RELA) (OTCQB: RYMDF) (FSE: EIY2) ("Relay" or the "Company"), and Fio Corporation ("Fio") jointly report that the Companies have extended the memorandum of understanding ("MOU" or the "Agreement") previously announced on May 15, 2020 and extended on July 19, 2020.
The MOU Agreement has been extended for 7 days with an expiry of August 22, 2020.
Under the terms of the agreement Relay will provide expertise in medical technology development and commercialization as well as the integration of compatible and complementary assets from its portfolio including HemoPalm Corp. and Pharmatrac technologies to enhance Fio's data-device platform for COVID-19 testing regimes using third-party rapid diagnostic tests (RDT). Fio's technology has been proven for community-based RDT testing, triage, and tracking to manage outbreaks of high-consequence infectious diseases, such as malaria, HIV, dengue, and others.
The objective of the MOU is for the companies to jointly form a plan and partnership for the rapid expansion of Fio's platform to encompass multiple emerging COVID-19 tests. The companies will assess and establish a collective infrastructure for the advancement and pursuit of commercial opportunities related to the project with the intent to execute a definitive agreement within the 30 day extension period.
During the MOU period both companies will continue to allocate resources to the project and Relay will provide development resources including expertise in medical device development, regulatory strategy, diagnostics, software and artificial intelligence, project management and its lab, workshop, and office space to support the growing operational requirements of the partnership.
**The Companies are not making any express or implied claims that its product has the ability to eliminate, cure or contain the COVID-19 (or SARS-2 Coronavirus) at this time.
About Fio Corp.
Fio Corporation, privately held and headquartered in Toronto, developed and markets the world's first integrated guidance & tracking IT platform for decentralized healthcare settings, a new category of solution that raises healthcare quality and lowers healthcare costs. The platform enables average healthcare workers in clinics to deliver a new level of quality-controlled diagnostic testing and case management. Simultaneously, as an automated by-product of its clinical use, the platform captures and provides unprecedented frontline data to remote supervisors and stakeholders, enabling real-time remote tracking, insight distribution, and intervention. Fio operates globally in partnership with local distribution, service, and support organizations and also partners with other companies that license its technologies.