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BD launches COVID-19 antigen test that can produce results in 15 minutes

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Becton DickinsonBecton Dickinson (NYSE:BDX) announced today that it’s received an FDA emergency use authorization for its COVID-19 antigen test, which the company will start shipping this week.

BD plans to ramp-up manufacturing capacity to 2 million tests per week by the end of September, with 10 million tests produced by the end of September. The tests run on BD’s highly portable Veritor instruments; the company already has about 25,000 Veritor instruments installed at healthcare providers and pharmacies across the U.S.

The assay can produce results in 15 minutes, with 84% sensitivity (ability to exclude false negatives) and 100% specificity (ability to exclude false positives).

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