US plans to make ‘millions’ of ‘easy-to-use
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Americans need coronavirus tests “that do not require hours or days to determine results,” Collins told U.S. lawmakers, adding the new types of tests “need to be sensitive enough to flag asymptomatic individuals who have just become infected but may not know it.”
They must be reliable and have a user-friendly design, use various types of samples, integrate with mobile devices, transmit data seamlessly and be accessible to everyone who needs them, he added.
Promising early-stage technologies will initially move to Phase I, where NIH will make a modest award of funds while simultaneously supporting that inventor or company with technical and clinical experts, Collins said.
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https://www.cnbc.com/2020/05/07/coronavirus-u...ummer.html