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FDA gives Quest EUA for their at-home sample collection kit for COVID-19 testing; Plans to produce 500k units by end of June

William Feuer CNBC Author Healthcare HandoutPosted on May 29, 2020May 29, 2020Categories Commercial Labs, COVID-19, FDATags Quest Diagnostics Go Deeper
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Ginkgo Bioworks raises $70M to apply its DNA sequencing infrastructure to growing DNA-based COVID-19 testing to massive scale

Kristen V Brown Bloomberg Author Healthcare HandoutPosted on May 28, 2020May 28, 2020Categories Biotech, Commercial Labs, COVID-19Tags Ginkgo Bioworks Go Deeper
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CDC now saying antibody tests shouldn't be used for determining individual immunity; In certain scenarios 'less than half of those testing positive will truly have antibodies'

Tommy Beer Forbes Author Healthcare HandoutPosted on May 27, 2020May 27, 2020Categories COVID-19, Commercial Labs, Government Go Deeper
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As independent and research labs quickly pivoted to build COVID-19 testing capacity, established purchasing and EHR workflows prevented providers from utilizing them

Katie Thomas The New York Times Author Healthcare HandoutPosted on May 22, 2020May 22, 2020Categories Commercial Labs, COVID-19, Research Go Deeper
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Lab test volumes are slowly recovering to normal levels, with some labs seeing higher than normal volume due to COVID-19 testing

Adam Bonislawski 360Dx Author Healthcare HandoutPosted on May 19, 2020May 19, 2020Categories Commercial Labs, COVID-19
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ChromaCode raises $10M Series C extension; Continuing work on technology to improve efficiency and throughput of PCR testing, which includes COVID-19 testing applications

Release ChromaCode Author Healthcare HandoutPosted on May 19, 2020May 19, 2020Categories Startups, Commercial LabsTags ChromaCode
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Verily launches COVID-19 antibody study to examine immune response; Partnering with Rite Aid for sample collection, and offering tests to anyone who previously received a swab test via Verily

Elise Reuter MedCityNews Author Healthcare HandoutPosted on May 19, 2020May 19, 2020Categories COVID-19, Big Tech, Commercial LabsTags Alphabet, Rite Aid, Verily
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Florida lab botched 35,000 COVID-19 tests, forcing AdventHealth to toss results and ask to test patients again

Maia Anderson Becker's Hospital Review Author Healthcare HandoutPosted on May 18, 2020May 18, 2020Categories Commercial Labs, COVID-19
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Everlywell gets FDA authorization for standalone COVID-19 sample collection kit; Can be sent to numerous different labs for testing

Darrell Etherington TechCrunch Author Healthcare HandoutPosted on May 18, 2020May 18, 2020Categories COVID-19, Commercial Labs
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FDA warns that Abbot's rapid COVID-19 can return false negatives; Abbot claims test is being used improperly, launching new accuracy studies

Matthew Herper STAT Author Healthcare HandoutPosted on May 15, 2020May 15, 2020Categories COVID-19, Commercial LabsTags Abbot Labs Go Deeper
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CVS plans to open 1,000 'Self-Swab' coronavirus test locations by end of May; Targeting processing 1.5M tests per month

Bruce Japsen Forbes Author Healthcare HandoutPosted on May 14, 2020May 14, 2020Categories Commercial Labs, COVID-19, Retail HealthcareTags CVS
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Hims & Hers, Vault Health both receive FDA authorization to offer at-home COVID-19 testing

Dave Muoio Mobihealthnews Author Healthcare HandoutPosted on May 13, 2020May 13, 2020Categories Telehealth, Commercial Labs, COVID-19, Digital HealthTags Hims, Vault Health
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LabCorp makes at-home coronavirus testing kits broadly available to the public, with a physician authorization

Release BusinessWire Author Healthcare HandoutPosted on May 13, 2020May 13, 2020Categories Commercial Labs, COVID-19Tags LabCorp
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GoodRx launches tool to let patients compare lab testing prices across 10 different providers and 18 test types, including coronavirus

Laura Lovett Mobihealthnews Author Healthcare HandoutPosted on May 7, 2020May 13, 2020Categories COVID-19, Commercial LabsTags GoodRx
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LetsGetChecked raises $71M; At home diagnostics startup has expanded to offer in-home COVID antibody and PCR testing

LetsGetChecked raises $71M; At home diagnostics startup has expanded to offer in-home COVID antibody and PCR testing
Jonathan Shieber TechCrunch Author Healthcare HandoutPosted on May 6, 2020May 6, 2020Categories Startups, Commercial Labs
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LabCorp facing shareholder lawsuit alleging the company concealed two large patient data breaches

Zack Whittaker TechCrunch Author Healthcare HandoutPosted on May 1, 2020May 13, 2020Categories Commercial Labs, Health ITTags LabCorp
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Despite playing a critical role in pandemic response, commercial lab companies are seeing declining revenues and furloughing employees

Maia Anderson Becker's Hospital Review Author Healthcare HandoutPosted on May 1, 2020May 14, 2020Categories COVID-19, Commercial LabsTags LabCorp, Quest Diagnostics
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