Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Dr. Stephen Hahn said Sunday he’s worried some “wildly inaccurate” coronavirus diagnostic tests that haven't gone through the proper scientific review.
In an interview on NBC News’ “Meet The Press,” Hahn said inaccurate tests that show people have antibodies to COVID-19 would be “much worse” than having no tests at all.
“I am concerned that some of the antibody tests that are in the market that haven't gone through the FDA scientific review may not be as accurate as we'd like them to be,” he said.
“No test is 100% perfect,” he added. “But what we don't want are wildly inaccurate tests.”
He said the FDA was “working with developers every day” and “innovators around the country to try to ramp up further testing.”
“So all hands on deck to try to get more diagnostic tests in. And we're seeing more people come forward with very novel approaches to getting more tests,” he said.
According to Hahn, there’ve been“vigorous debates” on reopening the economy on the White House coronavirus task force, and that “all the doctors are very free to express their opinion.”
“The doctors debate issues. We exchange issues. We all bring information to the table,” he said, adding: “There is an urgency around this, but I have not received political pressure to have the FDA make one decision versus another.”
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