Hitachi, Toshiba, Miraca to set up line for antigen test kits

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese industrial conglomerates Hitachi Ltd and Toshiba Corp , as well as Miraca Holdings subsidiary Fujirebio, said on Friday they will jointly set up a facility to produce antigen coronavirus testing kits.The line would help double production of Fujirebio's testing kits, which received government approval in May, to 400,000 a week, the companies said. It would start operations by December in northern Hokkaido prefecture.Antigen tests scan for proteins found on or inside a..