COVID-19 LAB TESTS RECEIVING FDA EMERGENCY USE AUTHORIZATION ((s) = Serology Test (a) = Antigen Test (t) = Total Antibody Test (m) = Multi-analyte Test) Date Manufacturer(s) Test … [Read more...]
Emerging Tests
New Initiative Seeks to Standardize SARS-CoV-2 Antibody Tests
September 22, 2020
When the pandemic began, antibody testing was looked to as the kind of ace in the hole that would not only resolve the COVID-19 testing shortage fast and for good but also pave the way for society to … [Read more...]
COVID-19
New Study Shows Saliva-Based SARS-CoV-2 Test to Be at Least as Accurate as Swab Tests
September 22, 2020
Saliva-based tests could go a long way in relieving the supplies shortages that have hampered COVID-19 testing efforts. The question, though, is whether saliva samples yield results as accurate as … [Read more...]
Emerging Tests
COVID-19 Antigen Tests Are Ready for Mass Utilization but Antigen Test Reporting Is Not
September 22, 2020
It will take something on the order of 200 million COVID-19 screening tests per month, as opposed to the 25 million being performed currently, to safely reopen the U.S., estimates a new report from … [Read more...]
Reimbursement
Payors Gradually Increasing Coverage of Liquid Biopsies but Obstacles Remain
July 28, 2020
Gaining the acceptance of insurers and payors for new tests and testing technology is a perennial challenge for laboratories and test developers. This has been especially true with liquid biopsy … [Read more...]
Emerging Tests
New Study Supports Accuracy of COVID-19 Testing on Self-Collected Nasal Samples
June 25, 2020
At-home specimen collection for SARS-CoV-2 diagnostic testing requires a leap of faith, namely, that patients can do an adequate job of self-collecting the nasal and nasopharyngeal samples on which … [Read more...]
Diagnostic Breakthroughs
Researchers Develop Scalable Antibody Test to Detect COVID-19 Immunity
June 23, 2020
Scalable, accurate assays capable of not only COVID-19 detection but actual immunity to the virus will be critical for social distancing, virus surveillance and treatment. And now researchers at the … [Read more...]
