FDA announced today that it has expanded the previous EUA it granted for the saliva-based COVID-19 test out of Rutgers University — allowing people to collect samples at home and return the samples to the Rutgers Clinical Genomics Laboratory in a sealed package for testing. The news comes just weeks after FDA authorized an at-home COVID-19 […]
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FDA approves first saliva-based coronavirus test
The FDA granted emergency use authorization (EUA) to Rutgers University’s RUCDR Infinite Biologics and its collaborators for an approach using saliva as test biomaterial for COVID-19. In tandem with Spectrum Solutions and Accurate Diagnostics Labs, RUCDR developed the saliva collection methods as an alternative to nose and throat swabs when testing for SARS-CoV-2, the virus […]