Primerdesign is a UK-based biotechnology company that designs and sells products for quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (qPCR).

[2] The first shipment of rapid result tests was dispatched to Mexico in April 2009 and is now being used in more than 30 countries.

[7][8][9][10] The test was approved as eligible for procurement under the World Health Organization's (WHO) Emergency Use Listing process in April 2020,[11] meaning that the test can be supplied by the United Nations and other procurement agencies supporting the COVID-19 response.

[13][14] Among their product ranges are lines for: Primerdesign's customers include academic institutions, pharmaceutical companies, independent diagnostic laboratories, hospitals, and official government health agencies.

In 2006, Primerdesign initiated a sponsorship program for PhD students and provide further assistance to the PCR component of their study.