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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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

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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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No, the CDC is not collecting your DNA from PCR test samples

COLUMBUS, Ohio — You've heard a lot of talk about genomic sequencing: It's the process used in labs to detect variants of COVID-19 from PCR test samples. Some social media users falsely claim it's ...