ARTICLE | Product Development
COVID-19 crisis spurs innovation in rapid diagnostic technologies
A flood of new rapid diagnostic technologies is nearing the market to fight the COVID-19 pandemic
March 28, 2020 3:45 AM UTC
Updated on Mar 30, 2020 at 12:10 AM UTC
Companies across the world are mobilizing to answer the call for diagnostic innovation brought on by the COVID-19 crisis. The advances made during this time could change the course of this and future outbreaks, but investigators are justifiably concerned that the commitment will fade when the crisis subsides.
The pattern in diagnostics that has played out in the past is that innovation explodes when a public health crisis demands it, then comes to a halt when the emergency passes...