'It's also been cross validated on just about every popular platform for doing testing,' the former FDA chief told CNBC on Monday.
Beyond Yale's saliva test, Gottlieb said he anticipates other additional variants of coronavirus tests to be available in the U.S. "within the next month."
Specifically, Gottlieb said that lateral flow tests, which provide a readout on a device like a pregnancy test, could be coming onto the U.S. market soon. He said they are popular in other countries and, because they can deliver results in 10 to 15 minutes, could be used to test for the coronavirus in schools and offices. "You put a sample" on a piece of paper, and then you drop some liquid on paper, he explained.
"What you're going to see is a lot of this innovation come on the market all at once. This has been worked on for months, and it takes time to move this through the development process," Gottlieb said. "But I think we're coming at the point right now that you're going to see a real explosion in testing opportunities and you're not going to be do dependent on lab-based testing, which what has been in short supply," he added.
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