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FDA Authorizes Abbott Labs' Portable, 5-Minute Coronavirus Test

posted by Fnord666 on Monday March 30 2020, @02:40AM   Printer-friendly
from the faster-testing dept.

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Bytram:

'A game changer': FDA authorizes Abbott Labs' portable, 5-minute coronavirus test the size of a toaster:

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued Emergency Use Authorization to Illinois-based medical device maker Abbott Labs on Friday for a coronavirus test that delivers positive results in as little as five minutes and negative results in 13 minutes, the company said.

The company expects the tests to be available next week and expects to ramp up manufacturing to deliver 50,000 tests per day.

"I am pleased that the FDA authorized Abbott's point-of-care test yesterday. This is big news and will help get more of these tests out in the field rapidly," FDA Commissioner Steve Hahn said in a statement. "We know how important it is to get point-of-care tests out in the field quickly. These tests that can give results quickly can be a game changer in diagnosing COVID-19."

Scott Gottlieb, former FDA commissioner, echoed Hahn's comments on Twitter, calling the development a "game changer." Gottlieb also said it's "very likely" that we'll see additional approvals of point-of-care diagnostics behind this one, extending testing to doctor offices across the U.S.

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  • (Score: 0, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 30 2020, @01:13PM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 30 2020, @01:13PM (#977186)

    The first post which was totally offtopic was a rant against Trump yet is moderated insightful. When AC posts an insightful reply noting Trumps wins against Corona, it is modded troll. Methinks that there are some people here with an agenda.

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  • (Score: 4, Informative) by DannyB on Monday March 30 2020, @03:14PM

    by DannyB (5839) Subscriber Badge on Monday March 30 2020, @03:14PM (#977224) Journal

    some people here with an agenda.

    I posted something, somewhere, about how the space aliens are responsible, and I was modded troll. I didn't cite a single reputable source for my outlandish claims -- which should have gotten me modded Funny Troll.

    If there is an article that supports such an important claim, maybe it should be a story submission, rather than an anonymous post with no supporting information.

    Or alternately, the punch line to the joke should be better crafted.

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  • (Score: 0, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 30 2020, @03:58PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 30 2020, @03:58PM (#977255)

    It is annoying, but we can at least set the threshold to -1 when opening a post to frustrate their attempted censorship. The democrats do this because they count on your laziness to acquire information. As they do in all aspects of our society.