DnaNudge

{{Short description|British medical testing company, 2015–2024}}

{{Notability|Corp|date=October 2022}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{Infobox company

| hq_location_country = London, England

| industry = Healthcare

| website = {{url|dnanudge.com}}

}}

DnaNudge was a British company specializing in DNA testing. In late 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, it introduced COVID Nudge, a rapid RT-PCR test for COVID-19.{{Cite journal|last1=Gibani|first1=Malick M.|last2=Toumazou|first2=Christofer|last3=Sohbati|first3=Mohammadreza|last4=Sahoo|first4=Rashmita|last5=Karvela|first5=Maria|last6=Hon|first6=Tsz-Kin|last7=Mateo|first7=Sara De|last8=Burdett|first8=Alison|last9=Leung|first9=K. Y. Felice|last10=Barnett|first10=Jake|last11=Orbeladze|first11=Arman|date=2020-09-17|title=Assessing a novel, lab-free, point-of-care test for SARS-CoV-2 (CovidNudge): a diagnostic accuracy study|url= |journal=The Lancet Microbe|volume=1|language=English|issue=7|pages=e300–e307|doi=10.1016/S2666-5247(20)30121-X|pmid=32964211|pmc=7498257|issn=2666-5247|doi-access=free}} The device uses a disposable sample capsule that is placed into a sample processor box, and gives results in 90 minutes.{{Cite news|last=Gallagher|first=James|date=2020-09-18|title=Simple Covid test gives results in 90 minutes|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/health-54190434|access-date=2020-09-18}} As of August 2020, the British government had ordered 5000 of the sample processor boxes.{{Cite web|title=Roll-out of 2 new rapid coronavirus tests ahead of winter|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/roll-out-of-2-new-rapid-coronavirus-tests-ahead-of-winter|access-date=2020-09-18|website=GOV.UK|language=en}}

Sir Richard Sykes joined its board in 2021.{{cite news |title=Sir Richard Sykes Appointed Chairman Elect of Genetic Testing Innovator DnaNudge |url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20211215005547/en/Sir-Richard-Sykes-Appointed-Chairman-Elect-of-Genetic-Testing-Innovator-DnaNudge |access-date=29 December 2021 |work=www.businesswire.com |date=15 December 2021 |language=en}}

The company went into administration in 2024.{{cite news |title=Appointment of Administrators In the High Court of Justice |url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/notice/4773110 |access-date=15 April 2025 |agency=The Gazette |date=13 December 2024| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250415095651/https://www.thegazette.co.uk/notice/4773110 |archive-date=15 April 2025}}