US Food and Drug Administration clears Utah spin-out BioFire's technology.
BioFire, a medical devices spin-out of Utah University, has secured clearance from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its FilmArray Gastrointestinal Panel.
The device is a gastrointestinal test for a range of pathogens including Ebola and including several pathogens receiving clearance for the first time. The test can be set up in two minutes and analyses stool samples within an hour.
Currently, some 200 million to 375 million cases of gastroenteritis happen each year in the US alone,…
