The urgency to ramp up coronavirus testing in the U.S. 'has eased the usual scrutiny' applied by the Food and Drug Administration before the release of a new test, according to the authors of the study.
Abbott Labs' rapid coronavirus diagnostic test could be missing nearly half of positive cases, according to a new study from researchers at New York University, which describes the test as "unacceptable."
Abbott disputed the findings of the study, adding that it has distributed about 1.8 million of the tests and the reported false-negative rate is 0.02%. The methodology and the study have not yet undergone critique from colleagues and have not been edited or published by an academic journal.testing in the U.S. "has eased the usual scrutiny" applied by the Food and Drug Administration before the release of a new test, according to the authors of the study.
Abbott disputed the findings of the study, adding that it has distributed about 1.8 million of the tests and the reported false-negative rate is 0.02%.
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