FDA Authorizes First Direct-To-Consumer COVID-19 Sample Collection Kit

LabCorp's Pixel COVID-19 test home collection is the first COVID-19 test sample collection kit available in the US without a prescription. The US Food and Drug Administration granted the kit an emergency use authorization on 9 December.

The Pixel kit allows any adult to self-collect a nasal swab sample at home and send it to LabCorp to be tested with LabCorp’s a real-time reverse