The FDA has given emergency use authorization to Diabetomics for its CovAb, a saliva-based COVID-19 antibody test that can deliver results within 15 minutes, FierceBiotech reported. CovAB is the first antibody test authorized by the FDA that uses mouth swabs instead of blood samples for detecting antibodies.
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SOURCE: https://www.fiercebiotech.com/medtech/fda-greenlights-its-first-saliva-based-covid-19-antibody-test
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