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Home » Report: Feds to send Abbott’s rapid tests to states for school reopenings

Report: Feds to send Abbott’s rapid tests to states for school reopenings

September 3, 2020 By Sean Whooley

Abbott's BinaxNow COVID-19 Ag Card COVID-19 corona virus
Abbott’s BinaxNow COVID-19 Ag Card [Image courtesy of Abbott]
The U.S. government is reportedly set to use rapid COVID-19 tests it purchased from Abbott (NYSE:ABT) for school reopenings.

Reuters reported that the feds will send an “overwhelming majority” of Abbott’s tests to governors and state territories to support school reopenings and other critical tasks, according to a Trump administration official. The administration struck a $750 million deal with Abbott for 150 million of its tests last week.

A day before the deal was announced, Abbott received FDA emergency use authorization (EUA) for its BinaxNow COVID-19 Ag Card — a speedy antigen test for the virus that can be directly read off the testing card. The test is designed to display a result 15 minutes following a nasal swab: one line for a negative result and two for a positive result.

The test will be accompanied by a mobile app called Navica that allows people who test negative to display a temporary digital health pass that includes the date of the test result. The health pass is renewed every time they test again and the outcome is negative.

As of last week’s EUA announcement, Abbott said it plans to ship tens of millions of tests in September, ramping to 50 million tests a month at the start of October. They’ll sell for $5 apiece.

U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services assistant secretary Dr. Brett Giroir said other priorities for the Abbott tests include daycare centers, first responders and “critical infrastructure,” according to the Reuters report.

Filed Under: Business/Financial News, Contract Manufacturing, Diagnostics, Featured, Genomics/Molecular Diagnostics Tagged With: Abbott, coronavirus, COVID-19, Dept. of Health & Human Services (HHS)

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About Sean Whooley

Sean Whooley is an associate editor who mainly produces work for MassDevice, Medical Design & Outsourcing and Drug Delivery Business News. He received a bachelor's degree in multiplatform journalism from the University of Maryland, College Park. You can connect with him on LinkedIn or email him at [email protected].

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