Abbott has become the next major diagnostics company to receive an Emergency Use Authorization from the US FDA for a COVID-19 test.
The US Food and Drug Administration has issued Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) to Abbott Laboratories Inc. for a COVID-19 test, the company announced 18 March.
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