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Editorial
. 2021 Mar;21(3):251-253.
doi: 10.1080/14737159.2021.1898950. Epub 2021 Mar 9.

Future potential of Rapid Acceleration of Diagnostics (RADx Tech) in molecular diagnostics

Steven C Schachter  1 , Denise R Dunlap  2 , Wilbur A Lam  3 , Yukari C Manabe  4 , Greg S Martin  5 , Sally M McFall  6
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Editorial

Future potential of Rapid Acceleration of Diagnostics (RADx Tech) in molecular diagnostics

Steven C Schachter et al. Expert Rev Mol Diagn. 2021 Mar.
No abstract available

Keywords: COVID-19; National Institutes of Health; Point-of-Care Technology Research Network; SARS-CoV-2; diagnostic tests; point-of-care technologies; public-private partnership.

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    1. Tromberg BJ, Schwetz TA, Pérez-Stable EJ, et al. Rapid scaling up of Covid-19 diagnostic testing in the United States - the NIH RADx Initiative. N Engl J Med. 2020;383(11):1071–1077.

      **First published overview of the RADx program.

    1. Van Norman GA. Drugs, devices, and the FDA: Part 2: An overview of approval processes: FDA approval of medical devices. JACC Basic Transl Sci. 2016;1(4):277–287. - PMC - PubMed

    1. Ford Carleton P, Schachter S, Parrish JA, et al. National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering Point-of-Care Technology Research Network: Advancing precision medicine. IEEE J Transl Eng Health Med. 2016. August 16;4:2800614.

      *Describes the research network upon which RADx Tech was based.

    1. Carleton PF, Schachter S, Lash TB, et al. Point-of-Care Technology Research Network: An evolving model for collaborative translational research in biomedical engineering. Curr Opin Biomed Eng. 2019;11:145–148.

      *Describes the research network upon which RADx Tech was based.

    1. Korte BJ, Rompalo A, Manabe YC, et al. Overcoming challenges with the adoption of point-of-care testing: from technology push and clinical needs to value propositions. Point Care. 2020;19(3):77–83.

      **Important description of the barriers when moving medical technologies from bench to clinical use.

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