
Quest Diagnostics’ SARS-CoV-2 rRT-PCR Test Becomes First COVID-19 Diagnostic Test to Receive FDA EUA for Sample Pooling
The US Food and Drug Administration has reissued an emergency use authorization (EUA) to Quest Diagnostics (Secaucus, NJ, USA) to authorize its Quest SARS-CoV-2 rRT-PCR test for use with pooled samples. More...20 Jul 2020


BD’s Point-of-Care COVID-19 Tests and Instruments to Help US Government Increase Testing Capacity
The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has committed to purchase 2,000 BD Veritor Plus Systems and 750,000 SARS-CoV-2 antigen test kits for use on the system from Becton, Dickinson and Company (BD Franklin Lakes, NJ, USA). More...16 Jul 2020

First-in-Class COVID-19 Rapid Diagnostic Test for Neutralizing Antibodies Could Serve as Immunity Passport for Vaccine Developers
A new rapid diagnostic test for measuring levels of functional neutralizing antibodies that are believed to prevent SARS-CoV-2 from entering the host cells could serve as an ‘Immunity Passport’ for vaccine developers around the world as they begin larger Phase II and III clinical trials. More...16 Jul 2020


Metagenomics to Help Develop Targeted Respiratory Pathogen Panel for Identifying SARS-CoV-2 and 250 Other Pathogens
Metagenomics analysis is transforming highly sophisticated research-only laboratory tools into practical diagnostics tools for routine hospital use, such as allowing physicians to determine whether a patient has COVID-19 and use the same test to confirm whether that patient has other respiratory pathogens exacerbating the illness. More...16 Jul 2020

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