Sarasota biotech firm hires 164

SARASOTA — Rapid Pathogen Screening Inc. will hire 164 new employees over the next five years, according to a release from the Economic Development Corp. of Sarasota.

The state of Florida and Sarasota County government approved $820,000 in performance-based incentives to support RPS' hiring efforts, the EDC says.

RPS develops diagnostic tests to help identify conditions and diseases in patients. Its main product, called Adeno Detector, is a test kit that can be used to identify “underlying source[s]” for cases of conjunctivitis, or pink eye.