AbbotT, EUA, COVID-19 antigen test

Abbott gets EUA; COVID-19 antigen test

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Already in the antigen game - BD / Quidel / LumiraDx

Abbott`s USP = scale + price

scale

- Abbott: 50 M / month by October

- BD: 8 M / month

- Quidel: 7 M / month

price

- Abbott: 5 USD

- BD, Quidel: 20 - 25 USD

Specification (similar to that of competition)

- 98.5 % specificity (BD - highest)

- 97.1 % sensitivity (BD - 84 %)

Did you know:

- Sensitivity and specificity are two statistical measures of performance used widely in medicine?

- Sensitivity - proportion of positives

- Specificity - proportion of negatives

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Source: Medtechdive