QIAGEN Releases QIAstat-Dx Test Kit as the First Syndromic Test to Detect COVID-19 Under New FDA Policy
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- QIAGEN has started the shipment of its QIAstat-Dx Respiratory SARS-CoV-2 Panel test to the US for diagnosing the patients infected with COVID-19 under a new FDA’s policy- announced on Mar 16- 2020
- The QIAstat-Dx test is a multiplexed nucleic acid test that assesses samples such as nasopharyngeal swabs obtained from individuals suspected of the respiratory tract and can differentiate the SARS-CoV-2 from 20 other respiratory infections
- The kit requires < 1min. for preparing the sample and delivers results in ~1hr. The company is expected to submit EUA to the US FDA this week
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