FDA seeks to spur more development of at-home, self-collection COVID-19 tests
The Food and Drug Administration Friday took steps to encourage and streamline the development of COVID-19 tests whose specimens are collected at home by patients. To support this effort, the agency issued revised guidance for these tests’ development and also offers a voluntary template that developers can use to secure emergency use authorizations.
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