Hitachi, Toshiba, Miraca to set up factory for coronavirus antigen tests

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese industrial conglomerates Hitachi Ltd and Toshiba Corp will join with Miraca Holdings to increase production of antigen-based coronavirus tests, aiding in the country's effort to screen more people for the new virus. The alliance will double production of Miraca subsidiary Fujirebio's testing kits, which received government approval in May, to 400,000 a week, the three companies said in a joint statement on Friday. A new plant to make the kits will be established in..