Some antibody tests for the new coronavirus are a 'disaster,' Roche Chief Executive Severin Schwan said
ZURICH - Some blood tests being marketed to tell people if they have had the new coronavirus are a “disaster”, Roche Chief Executive Severin Schwan said on Wednesday as he prepares to launch the drugmaker’s own antibody test next month.
An erroneous false-positive result could lead to the mistaken conclusion that someone has immunity. In developing its test, Schwan said, Roche scrutinised some existing products for reliability before rejecting them. Roche also makes separate tests to determine if a person has an active coronavirus infection, with a sample taken via a swab from nasal passages.
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