Abbott labs id now covid 19. It is used on our id now platform. It has been authorized by the fda under an emergency use authorization for use by authorized laboratories. Abbott received emergency use authorization eua from the us.
The id now covid 19 assay is now available for use on the id now platform under us. Id now covid 19 is a rapid 13 minutes or less instrument based isothermal test for the qualitative detection and diagnosis of cov sars2 from nasal nasopharyngeal and throat swabs. Find out more about this innovative technology and its impact here.
Then on may 21 abbott issued another statement highlighting an interim analysis of an ongoing multisite clinical study demonstrating id now covid 19 test performance is 947 in positive agreement sensitivity and 986 negative agreement specificity when compared to two different lab based molecular pcr reference methods. An update on abbotts work on covid 19 testing aug 14 2020 abbott is continuing to ramp up production of our covid 19 tests across our five platforms and ship to more customers in the us helping healthcare providers on the front lines battle this pandemic. The binaxnow covid 19 ag card eua has not been fda cleared or approved.
Combined with id now abbott expects to produce about 5 million tests in april. The portable rapid molecular id now covid 19 test has emerged as a critical part of this arsenal allowing fast diagnosis with results in 13 minutes or less in a variety of locations such as physicians offices urgent care clinics and other point of care locations. Food and drug administration fda for the id now covid 19 test in march 2020.
Continuing to supply healthcare providers with new technologies to help curb the spread of infection is a top priority for public health officials and healthcare providers. The test has been authorized only for the detection of proteins from sars cov 2 not for any other viruses or pathogens and is only authorized for the duration of the declaration that circumstances exist. In less than a month abbott laboratories has shipped 566000 of its highly touted rapid molecular tests for the coronavirus strain covid 19 to all 50 us.
The id now covid 19 test is a rapid molecular point of care test that detects covid 19 in 13 minutes or less.
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