Industry | Health |
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Founded | March 2020 |
Headquarters | Toronto , Canada |
Area served | Canada |
Key people | Marc Thomson, CEO |
Services | Medical testing |
Website | www |
Switch Health is a Canadian company that provides COVID-19 testing services. The company was founded in Toronto in 2020.
The company is led by chief executive officer Marc Thomson.[1] Other key staff include Mary Langley and Olga Jilani.[1] Board members include politician and former federal health minister Rona Ambrose.[1]
The company was founded in Toronto in March 2020.[2] It provides services to enable home self-testing for COVID-19 and provides testing services for organizations including the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Air Canada,[3] Ontario Health,[4] and the Government of Canada.[5]
The company's reverse transcription loop-mediated isothermal amplification test was used as an alternative to Polymerase chain reaction tests.[6] In 2021, the company was criticised by Conservative Party of Canada leader Erin O’Toole who stated that "one in six of their tests have failed to deliver a test result within the 14-day quarantine period”.[7]
By February 2022, the company had 2,000 employees.[2] During 2022, the company was developing products for home testing for sexually transmitted diseases.[2]