FDA revokes approval of COVID-19 test given to hundreds of thousands in L.A.
Curative’s mouth swabs should be administered only under strict protocols, federal regulators caution. Fred Turner, Curative’s 25-year-old founder, thinks otherwise.that the FDA was wrong to question the accuracy of the company’s test. Turner said then that he was working with regulators to change or eliminate the warning, yet the agency has not changed its position.
The company said in a statement that it believed Abbott’s test for multiple viruses would help patients. At that time, COVID-19 tests were hard to find because of shortages of materials such as nasal swabs and lab equipment. Masks and gowns needed by the health professionals administering the tests were also in short supply.
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