FDA Approves Rutgers Saliva Test for Home Use

May 8, 2020

Good Evening,

As you may already know, the Food and Drug Administration last night approved, for home and personal use, the Rutgers saliva test to detect COVID-19.  This test, the first of its kind, is by every measure a game changer as we confront the pandemic. 

The approval is generating worldwide coverage. Here is the story published a short while ago in the New York Times:

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/08/health/fda-coronavirus-spit-test.html

I can’t tell you how proud we all are of the work by our researchers at RUCDR and by every member of our community who has worked to address, in both personal and professional ways, the COVID-19 pandemic.

Sincerely,

Robert Barchi