Tip of the spear testing & results in 15 minutes?
Abbott Labs has apparently just received accelerated FDA approval for their test.
Fox Business News had
the link - you can click past the fact that they don't like your ad blocker...
From the company itself:
Quote:
ABBOTT LAUNCHES MOLECULAR POINT-OF-CARE TEST TO DETECT NOVEL CORONAVIRUS IN AS LITTLE AS FIVE MINUTES
- The Abbott ID NOW™ COVID-19 test brings rapid testing to the front lines
- Test to run on Abbott's point-of-care ID NOW platform - a portable instrument that can be deployed where testing is needed most
- ID NOW has the largest molecular point-of-care installed base in the U.S. and is available in a wide range of healthcare settings
- Abbott will be making ID NOW COVID-19 tests available next week and expects to ramp up manufacturing to deliver 50,000 tests per day
- This is the company's second test to receive Emergency Use Authorization by the FDA for COVID-19 detection; combined, Abbott expects to produce about 5 million tests per month.
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The company's press release can be read
here in full.
Something to watch perhaps, with massive testing capability being one of the facets of the fight, insofar as my understanding goes.