monkeypox
World Health Organization Adds Cepheid Mpox Tests to Emergency-Use List
The test is among three mpox in vitro diagnostics that have been reviewed and listed by the WHO so far.
WHO Approves Roche Mpox Assay
The automated real-time PCR-based test runs on Roche's high-throughput Cobas 6800/8800 systems.
WHO Approves Abbott Molecular Mpox Assay
The Alinity M MPXV test is a real-time PCR assay that detects monkeypox virus DNA from human skin lesion swabs.
Global organizations are calling for an increase in diagnostic tests — particularly point-of-care molecular assays — to meet the challenge of a new outbreak.
Labcorp Receives FDA Emergency Use Authorization for Mpox Test Home Collection Kit
The kit is the first mpox home collection kit authorized by FDA and is meant for the collection of specimens via lesion swab in patients suspected of mpox infection.
Mar 20, 2023
Cue Health Gets FDA EUA for Monkeypox Molecular Test
Aug 18, 2022