Quidel

Now, the assay can also be used with the Applied Biosystems 7500 Standard from Thermo Fisher Scientific, Roche's LightCycler 480, and Qiagen's Rotor-Gene Q.

The EUA is the fifth in less than a week from the FDA for assays to detect SARS-CoV-2 as testing capacity in the US continues to ramp up.

The firm reports it had the highest flu revenue in the fourth quarter since the pandemic flu outbreak of 2009.

Quidel said that it expects fourth quarter 2019 revenues to be in the range of $151 million to $152 million, which would eclipse analyst expectations.

The firm saw a 36 percent increase in influenza product sales compared to the third quarter last year.

The FDA-cleared panel includes tests for salmonella, Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli, Shigella, Campylobacter, and Cryptosporidium.