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FDA approves emergency use of coronavirus diagnostic test

February 5, 2020

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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued emergency use authorisation (EUA) of a diagnostic test for the novel coronavirus, reported to infect more than 24,000 people and kill over 400 since emerging in China in December 2019.

Developed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the 2019-nCoV Real-Time RT-PCR diagnostic panel is a test that has previously been limited only to CDC laboratories.

The latest authorisation from the FDA will enable to use of the test at any CDC-qualified lab across the country.

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