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

'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) by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 30 2020, @06:10PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 30 2020, @06:10PM (#977297)

    Rumors are starting that doctors and nurses are being sent home around the country due to lack of patients.

    I don't know about that, but our local hospital still doesn't seem very busy yet. Except their new office building site, where construction activity seems to have resumed again.