KSDK

FDA approves Quest COVID-19 test for 'pooled' sample use

WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration has given emergency approval to a new approach to coronavirus testing that combines test samples in batches instead of running them one by one, speeding ...
JD Supra

FDA Approves First COVID-19 Test for Sample Pooling

On July 18, 2020, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued an emergency use authorization (EUA) for sample pooling of specimens when using the SARS-CoV-2 rRT-PCR diagnostic test from Quest ...
Nasdaq

PerkinElmer COVID-19 Test Kit Receives FDA Emergency Use Authorization for Sample Pooling

WALTHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- PerkinElmer, Inc. (NYSE: PKI) announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) to allow sample pooling ...
WRAL

FDA issues first emergency use authorization for Covid-19 pool testing

The US Food and Drug Administration on Saturday announced it has issued an emergency use authorization that allows the laboratory Quest Diagnostics to pool samples from up to four individuals to test ...
Labroots

Speed Up qPCR Sample Preparation for SARS-CoV-2 Detection

Amid the widespread outbreak of the COVID-19 caused by SARS-CoV-2, the development of test methods that can efficiently and precisely identify positive carriers is cited as one of the most important ...
The Daily Princetonian

Princeton’s COVID-19 lab approved to begin “pooling” samples

Last Friday, the University’s COVID-19 testing lab announced via email that it will be switching to a “pooling” method for some saliva samples. Pooling refers to the combining of multiple people’s ...