4.08.2009

US regulator approves rapid test for bird flu

Oh gee whiz I bet the stock of this company just went up. I wonder who the investors are. - Ed.

WASHINGTON, April 7 (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Tuesday it had approved a fast test for H5N1 bird flu that can show in less than an hour if people are infected.

The test, made by Sunnyvale, California-based Arbor Vita Corporation, should greatly speed up diagnosis and treatment of people infected with avian influenza, the FDA said. Most current tests take hours.

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