{"id":3402,"date":"2021-05-18T18:08:16","date_gmt":"2021-05-18T18:08:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gilero.com\/uncategorized\/yukon-medical-granted-sell-cleartip-swa\/"},"modified":"2026-09-02T18:10:33","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T18:10:33","slug":"yukon-medical-granted-sell-cleartip-swa","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.sanner-group.com\/insights\/blog\/yukon-medical-granted-sell-cleartip-swa\/","title":{"rendered":"Yukon Medical Granted Formal Approval to Sell ClearTip\u2122 Swabs in the European Union"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section id=\"armstrong-block-editor-block_8f0a3741ab6f04f182df31985a44676a\" class=\"armstrong-block armstrong-block-editor\" >\n    <div class=\"container-fluid\">\n        <div class=\"row\">\n            <div class=\"col-lg-12\">\n                                <p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>Durham-based medical device company <a href=\"http:\/\/yukonmedical.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Yukon Medical<\/a> announced today that it has been granted formal approval to sell <a href=\"https:\/\/yukonmedical.com\/products\/cleartip-swabs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ClearTip\u2122 swabs<\/a> (specimen collection devices) in the European Union. The announcement comes four months after the domestic listing of ClearTip swabs with the US FDA.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>Yukon Medical\u2019s ClearTip swabs are manufactured from a medical-grade, biocompatible polymer molded in an ISO Class 8 medical cleanroom. The swabs have been designed to optimize the collection of upper respiratory samples while allowing the sample to be fully recovered without being absorbed into the swab. Over the past five months, the company has significantly increased manufacturing capacity for the swabs and can now supply millions of swabs per month.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>Yukon Medical partnered with medical device <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sanner-group.com\/capabilities\/industrial-design\/\">design<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sanner-group.com\/capabilities\/engineering\/\">development<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sanner-group.com\/capabilities\/manufacturing\/\">manufacturing<\/a> company Sanner to assist in the development and testing of the ClearTip swab project. Sanner handles swab packaging and manages sterilization at one of their manufacturing facilities in Pittsboro, NC.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>The company previously announced it was awarded funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Rapid Acceleration of Diagnostics (RADxSM) initiative to expedite the launch of the company\u2019s ClearTip swabs. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nih.gov\/research-training\/medical-research-initiatives\/radx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">RADx initiative<\/a> seeks to significantly increase the number, type, and availability of COVID-19 tests by millions per week. The technologies supported by the program are expected to make a significant contribution to expanding the nation\u2019s testing capacity. This project has been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sanner-group.com\/insights\/blog\/yukon-medical-nih-funding-cleartip-collection-swabs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">funded<\/a> in part by the NIH Rapid Acceleration of Diagnostics (RADxSM) initiative with federal funds from the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, under Contract No. 75N92021C00002.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>To learn more about Yukon Medical and the Yukon ClearTip Swab, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/yukonmedical.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.yukonmedical.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    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