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Diagnostics Firms Rush to Develop Rapid Point-of-Care Tests for Novel Coronavirus

Feb 12, 2020
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Madeleine Johnson
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NEW YORK – Rapid near-patient and point-of-care testing could help more efficiently triage suspected cases of novel coronavirus, helping to focus limited resources on enabling appropriate use of quarantine. A handful of diagnostics developers are now striving to bring rapid 2019-nCoV tests to market as soon as possible, with hopes of ultimately assisting with the growing number of cases in China.

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