NEW: U.S. drug regulator grants emergency use authorization to Siemens Healthineers’ at-home Covid-19 tests.
The test, which is expected to be available starting January, can be used for self-testing in people as young as 14 or adult-collected samples from individuals aged 2 to 13 years, Siemens said on Wednesday.The authorization was granted under Biden administration’s accelerated review program that aims to bring tens of millions of new tests per month to the country, the Department of Health and Human Services said.distributed for freeIn October, the HHS said the U.S.
Last week, Roche said the FDA had granted emergency use authorization to its Covid-19 at-home rapid test that can be used by people as young as 14.
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