Morning Jolt: You Cannot Spin a Pandemic. You Can Only Deal with It.

This morning arrives: "Hey, I'm Friday the 13th, I'm scary, because bad things happen when I arrive."

Monday through Thursday respond, "You've got a heck of a bar to clear, kid."

The Morning's Good News Regarding the Coronavirus

Testing is going to get faster, thanks to smart minds in several important institutions.

One is Roche Holding AG, a Swiss pharmaceutical and diagnostic company:

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted an "emergency use authorization" to the test, which runs on Roche's cobas 6800/8800 systems. The tool also is available in Europe and countries that accept its CE marking for medical devices, Roche said.

The 8800 version is capable of testing 4,128 patients a day, and the 6800 can test as many as 1,440, the Basel, Switzerland-based company said.

"We are increasing the speed definitely by a factor of 10," Thomas Schinecker, head of Roche's diagnostics unit, said in an ...

WITH JIM GERAGHTY March 13 2020 WITH JIM GERAGHTY March 13 2020 You Cannot Spin a Pandemic. You Can Only Deal with It. This morning arrives: "Hey, I'm Friday the 13th, I'm scary, because bad things happen when I arrive." Monday through Thursday respond, "You've got a heck of a bar to clear, kid." The Morning's Good News Regarding the Coronavirus Testing is going to get faster, thanks to smart minds in several important institutions. One is Roche Holding AG, a Swiss pharmaceutical and diagnostic company: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted an "emergency use authorization" to the test, which runs on Roche's cobas 6800/8800 systems. The tool also is available in Europe and countries that accept its CE marking for medical devices, Roche said. The 8800 version is capable of testing 4,128 patients a day, and the 6800 can test as many as 1,440, the Basel, Switzerland-based company said. "We are increasing the speed definitely by a factor of 10," Thomas Schinecker, head of Roche's diagnostics unit, said in an ...   READ MORE

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