$11.6 Million Awarded to Expand Nasal Swab Production

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the U.S. Department of Defense announced on November 23, 2020, they have jointly awarded an $11.6 million contract to Puritan Medical Products Company, LLC, to expand the domestic production capacity of Cue Sample Wands, the nasal swabs used exclusively with the COVID-19 cartridge-based molecular testing system developed and manufactured by Cue Health, Inc.

This new coronavirus test generates results in about 20 minutes at the point-of-care.

The Cue COVID-19 Test received Emergency Use Authorization from the U.S. FDA on June 10, 2020.