Quest Diagnostics (DGX) Launches COVID-19 Rapid Antigen Test Through QuestDirect

Quest Diagnostics (NYSE: DGX), the world's leading provider of diagnostic information services, today announced the availability of an at-home COVID-19 rapid antigen test service for consumer purchase, available through QuestDirect™, the company's consumer-initiated testing platform. Through a collaboration with eMed™, the new service features proctored telehealth by which a trained technician observes proper sample collection, confirms identity, and certifies results reporting during a telehealth visit.

The offering enables the Abbott BinaxNOW™ COVID-19 Ag Card Home Test, a self-administered nasal swab antigen test that provides results in 15 minutes, to be used under observation from a certified telehealth proctor so that the user receives a laboratory report through eMed. The report may be used for international travel, leisure activities, verification of positive results to enable prescription treatment by a physician, and for return to work or school programs as proctored COVID-19 tests are required in some settings*, including under current CDC guidelines for international travelers coming to the U.S. Each test comes with certified telehealth proctoring already enabled for use 24/7, anywhere in the world. Adults and children aged four and up may use the test. Each test kit contains a two-pack of tests for $70 available for purchase through QuestDirect.

Quest is collaborating with digital health company Truepill for order fulfillment and delivery. Leveraging Truepill's API-connected digital health platform and nationwide pharmacy footprint, customers can expect to receive test kits within two to three business days of purchasing.

"Consumers and employers seek reliable, fast and easy testing solutions to help limit exposure to COVID-19 and ensure safer traveling and return to work. This QuestDirect offering complements our molecular laboratory testing services to increase access, convenience and flexibility to diagnostic insights," said Cathy Doherty, Senior Vice President and Group Executive, Clinical Franchise Solutions and Marketing, Quest Diagnostics. "As a leader in the nation's COVID-19 testing response, Quest Diagnostics is continually looking to broaden access to quality COVID-19 diagnostic insights, and this collaboration with eMed expands our ability to help individuals across the U.S. meet the challenge of COVID-19."

A Solution for Small EmployersThe COVID-19 At-Home Rapid Antigen Tests are also available for bulk purchase of up to 1,000 kits at a time through QuestDirect to qualified purchasers, making them a solution for employers seeking to encourage compliance and foster safer environments by limiting the risk of COVID-19 exposure in their workplaces.

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