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Swiss Pharma Giant Roche Plans to Start Selling Antibody Test in May

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Roche has developed an antibody test for Covid-19 that it plans to start selling early next month. The test joins a group of diagnostic tools that experts believe are required to remove the social distancing measures in place worldwide.

The test will screen blood samples for antibodies that show whether an individual has been infected with the novel coronavirus, the Basel-based company said. Monthly production could reach millions of units - in the double-digit range - by June.

"We will increase production very, very significantly," said Thomas Schinecker, in charge of diagnostics at Roche, in . . .

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