FDA Authorizes Use of Pooled Samples With CDC Coronavirus Test

Dec 04, 2020

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NEW YORK — The US Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday reissued an Emergency Use Authorization for the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's PCR-based SARS-CoV-2 test to allow its use with pooled samples.

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