DiaSorin Gets FDA Emergency Use Authorization for Coronavirus Antigen Test

Apr 05, 2021

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NEW YORK — The US Food and Drug Administration last month granted Emergency Use Authorization for DiaSorin's Liaison SARS-CoV-2 Ag SARS-CoV-2 antigen test.

The chemiluminescent immunoassay is designed to detect SARS-CoV-2 nucleocapsid protein antigen in nasopharyngeal swab samples collected by healthcare providers using Copan Diagnostics' universal transport media and direct anterior nasal swab collected without transport media.

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