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FDA Issues Emergency Use Authorization for PerkinElmer's Euroimmun SARS-CoV-2 Test

Jun 09, 2020
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NEW YORK – The US Food and Drug Administration on Monday issued Emergency Use Authorization to Euroimmun's EuroRealTime SARS-CoV-2 molecular assay COVID-19.

The PCR-based test is for the qualitative detection of nucleic acid from SARS-CoV-2 in upper respiratory specimens, including nasal, nasopharyngeal, mid-turbinate, and oropharyngeal swabs, as well as bronchioalveolar lavage from patients who are suspected of having COVID-19.

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