Question: Which pharmaceutical company has developed 5 min testing kit for COVID -19?
(a) Mylab India
(b) ABBOTT
(c) Getein Biotech
(d) BioMedomics
Answer:( b)
Related facts:
- Abbott laboratories successfully developed 5 min test kit for COVID- 19.
- This test kit received an emergency-use authorization by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
- This test based on the molecular point-of-care test is similar like flu test.
- The test kit is very small and portable that it can be used in almost any health-care.
Abbott Laboratories:
- Established in-1888
- Headquarters- Lake Bluff, Illinois, U.S.
- Abbott Laboratories is an American medical devices and health care company.
- Abbott India Ltd. is an Indian subsidiary of the Abbott Laboratories.
Links:
https://abcnews.go.com/Health/rapid-coronavirus-diagnostic-test-provide-results-minutes/story?id=69875037
https://www.businesstoday.in/sectors/pharma/coronavirus-green-light-for-16-companies-to-sell-covid-19-test-kits-in-india/story/399455.html