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FDA Approves Abbott's $5 COVID-19 Antigen Portable Rapid Test

Abbott Laboratories said Wednesday that it has received an Emergency Use Authorization from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for a COVID-19 portable antigen test that will deliver results within 15 minutes. It will be priced at $5.

The company's BinaxNOW COVID-19 Ag Card is about the size of a credit card and requires no additional equipment to operate. It uses lateral flow technology with demonstrated sensitivity of 97.1% and specificity of 98.5% in clinical study.

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