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December 10, 2020
Health Law Daily

FDA Grants Emergency Use Authorization For Over-The-Counter, Non-Prescription COVID-19 Test System For Home Use

  • December 10, 2020

CNN (12/9, Erdman) reports that the FDA “has granted an emergency use authorization for the first non-prescription, over-the-counter COVID-19 test kit for at-home use.” According to CNN, “The LabCorp Pixel COVID-19 Test Home Collection Kit allows anyone 18 and older to buy the kit and collect nasal swab samples at home, the FDA said in a news release.” Those “samples are then sent to a LabCorp facility for testing.”