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Biocept Announces the Availability of 10,000 Specimen Collection Kits for RT-PCR COVID-19 Testing

SAN DIEGO, June 22, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Biocept, Inc. (Nasdaq: BIOC), a leading commercial provider of molecular technologies designed to provide physicians with clinically actionable information to ...
Business Wire

Walgreens and Labcorp Offer At-Home COVID-19 PCR Test Collection Kits At No Cost Nationwide

DEERFIELD, Ill. & BURLINGTON, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Walgreens and Labcorp, a leading global life sciences company, today announced the nationwide i availability of Pixel by Labcorp® ii COVID-19 ...
Business Wire

Novel SARS CoV-2 Saliva Collection Devices Address COVID-19 Testing Challenges, Improving Lab Efficiency and PCR Test Performance

PLEASANTON, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--GenTegra, LLC, a Pleasanton, California-based company, announced today a study on the development and characterization of two novel COVID-19 saliva sample ...
Pharmabiz

Vivera, OmeCare launche rapid RT-PCR specimen collection kits for COVID-19

Vivera Pharmaceuticals announced the launch of an exclusive partnership with OmeCare, a leading CLIA-certified global clinical laboratory provider. With results in less than 48 hours, the Vivera ...
MobiHealthNews

First COVID-19 diagnostic test authorized for home sample collection

Thanks to an updated emergency use authorization (EUA) from the FDA, LabCorp's COVID-19 RT-PCR test is now the first diagnostic test for COVID-19 that permits at-home sample collection. Now, patients ...
Pharmabiz

US FDA approves MJ Biotech’s nasopharyngeal specimen collection swabs RT-PCR test kit

MJ Biotech announced that Sterile and individually wrapped US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved nasopharyngeal (nasal) specimen collection swabs for the RT-PCR Covid test was added to the ...
MedCity NewsOpinion

Shifting Our Focus to Sample Sensitivity: The Metric That Deserves More Attention in Respiratory Care

The positive ripple effect of high specimen sensitivity influences the clarity of diagnoses, the timing of treatment and the ...
Nasdaq

PerkinElmer SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR Assay Receives CE Mark for Saliva and Sample Pooling to Test Symptomatic and Asymptomatic Individuals

WALTHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- PerkinElmer, Inc. (NYSE:PKI) announced today that its PerkinElmer® SARS-CoV-2 Real-time RT-PCR Assay received CE-IVD marking for the use of saliva as specimen type ...
iaea.org

Sample Collection and Preparation for RT-PCR

The second session of the ‘IAEA and WPRO Webinar Series to Support the COVID-19 Testing Laboratories in the Asia and the Pacific Region’, provides information on the proper sampling, sample packing, ...