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• The US FDA has granted approval for Roche’s cobas Babesia Test on the cobas 6800/8800 Systems for individual blood donation testing following May 2019 FDA updated industry guidance recommending screening and testing for Babesia- thus reducing the risk of transmitting the parasite via transfusion
• The approval follows the launch of the cobas Zika test- leading to an expansion of Roche’s menu of tests for the cobas 6800/8800 Systems for use in donor screening laboratories in the US
• The cobas Babesia test detects parasite living in RBCs- enable to detect 4 species of Babesia and employs the new whole blood collection tube- simplifying preparation by consolidating steps within the tube itself providing an efficient solution for testing laboratories

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