Business · 09/02/2015

FDA Issues Emergency Use Authorizations for Ebola Virus Detection Devices

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued three Emergency Use Authorizations (EUAs) for in vitro diagnostic devices to detect the Ebola virus, following a determination by the Department of Homeland Security that the virus poses a material threat to national security, and a declaration by the Secretary of Health and Human Services that emergency use of these devices is justified.