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    • TAKING COVID-19 TESTING TO A NEW LEVEL

    BINAXNOW: TAKING COVID-19 TESTING TO A NEW LEVEL

    RAPID ANTIGEN TEST AND MOBILE NAVICA APP DESIGNED TO HELP RESTORE MORE CONFIDENCE IN DAILY LIFE.

    NAVICA APP SUPPORTING COVID-19 TESTING

    Purchased your BinaxNOW Home Test and now you need the integrated NAVICA app?

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    CLEARED FOR TAKEOFF: BINAXNOW, NAVICA AND UNITED

    OUR BINAXNOW HOME TESTS AND NAVICA APP ARE MAKING RETURN TRIPS FROM INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL EASIER.

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    OVER-THE-COUNTER RAPID COVID-19 TESTING, IN YOUR HANDS

    BINAXNOW AG IS NOW AVAILABLE OVER-THE-COUNTER, BRINGING ACCESSIBLE COVID-19 RAPID SELF-TESTING TO THE MASSES.

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    NO MORE BARRIERS. NO MORE INCONVENIENCES. ANSWERS, WHEN AND WHERE YOU NEED THEM.

     

    Even while vaccines are rolling out, COVID-19 testing will remain crucial to helping us all return to normal as we begin to engage in everyday life once again. The BinaxNOW COVID-19 Self Test card is identical to the professional-use test card, used since August 2020, and is the most studied and widely available rapid antigen test and is now available as a Self Test.

     

    Now, with BinaxNOW authorized for over the counter for frequent asymptomatic use, we are making testing directly available for fast results, when and where you need it. You can now access our BinaxNOW test in 3 ways: at your local retailer over the counter self-test, or proctored at-home or from your healthcare professional. This combination will help attack the pandemic on critical fronts – speed, simplicity, affordability, access and reliability.

     

    No more lines, no more wait times, no more barriers and no more inconveniences. Answers are now in your hands.

    Stay Up To Date
    Study from UCSF showed BinaxNOW can detect the vast majority of those infected, including kids, with the Omicron variant January 10, 2022
    BinaxNOW detects the Omicron variant at equivalent sensitivity as other variants December 28, 2021
    Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School found BinaxNOW detects Omicron at rates comparable to previous variants December 27, 2021
    We're currently producing 70 million BinaxNOW tests per month in the U.S. and are scaling up November 12, 2021
    More Details on BinaxNOW Performance










    THE BEST TEST FOR YOU
    READ MORE For myself or family member Find out about our BinaxNOW™ COVID-19 Antigen Self Test and where to buy.
    READ MORE For myself with a trained telehealth guide Learn more about BinaxNOW™ Ag Card Home Test.
    READ MORE I am a healthcare professional Learn more about the BinaxNOW™ COVID-19 Ag Card for professional use.
    READ MORE Tests for my K-12 schools Learn more about rapid COVID-19 testing at schools.
    READ MORE Tests for my university Learn more about COVID-19 testing for your college and university.
    READ MORE Tests for employees at my business Learn more about workplace COVID-19 testing.
    THE FUNDAMENTALS

    BinaxNOW Performance, From Studies in the Field

    Researchers at leading academic institutions find BinaxNOW is a reliable way to detect COVID-19 including variants.

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    READ MORE Diagnostics Testing Scaling Back Up To Make Rapid Tests Even More Available As we head into the winter months, we're continuing to deploy all of our resources to help meet skyrocketing test demand.
    READ MORE Diagnostics Testing COVID-19 Mu and R.1 Variants: What You Need to Know Like Delta and other strains of COVID-19, our tests can detect these so you can make plans to feel better. 
    READ MORE DIAGNOSTICS TESTING BINAXNOW: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW A step-by-step video guide to conducting a BinaxNOW Self Test in the comfort of your own home.
    READ MORE DIAGNOSTICS TESTING OVER-THE-COUNTER RAPID COVID-19 TESTING, IN YOUR HANDS BinaxNOW Self Test now available over-the-counter, bringing accessible COVID-19 rapid self-testing to the masses.
    READ MORE Diagnostics Testing Our Quick Guide to Rapid COVID-19 Testing Here's what to look for when choosing your rapid coronavirus test.
    READ MORE Diagnostics Testing As Variants Spread, Self-Reporting Can Provide Solace BinaxNOW Self Tests allow users to self-report, helping organizations and communities monitor COVID-19.
    USE THE NAVICA APP

     

     

     

    For the professional use and at-home versions of BinaxNOW, you can receive verified tests results to your phone via our NAVICA mobile app.

     

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    MORE INFO: YOUR NAVICA APP QUESTIONS ANSWERED HERE
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    BINAXNOW, NAVICA & UNITED: BOOK YOUR TRAVEL NOW

    Our BinaxNOW Home Tests and NAVICA app are making return trips from international travel easier.

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    READ MORE Rapid Testing, Giving it the Good Old College Try How universities and colleges are using rapid antigen testing to help bring students back to campus.
    READ MORE KIDS BACK TO SCHOOL? OUR TECH CAN HELP EASE YOUR MIND. With BinaxNOW COVID-19 rapid tests and connected diabetes care, feel better about the return to classrooms.
    READ MORE WITH BINAXNOW, COMPANIES TAKING CARE OF THEIR BUSINESS How frequent rapid testing can help companies return to in-person work.
    MAKING A DIFFERENCE

    FASTER ISOLATION, REDUCE SPREAD THE ROLE OF BINAXNOW IN COMMUNITY TESTING

    AFFORDABILITY, RELIABILITY, ACCESSIBILITY: THE IMPACT OF BINAXNOW IN COMMUNITIES.

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    READ MORE WITH BINAXNOW RAPID COVID-19 TEST, STUDENTS, STAFF ARE BACK IN SCHOOLS Rapid results are enabling in-person learning while helping contain coronavirus outbreaks.
    READ MORE PARENTS, SCHOOLS: BINAXNOW OFFERS COVID-19 ANSWERS With the prospect of kids returning to school, we’re here to help.
    READ MORE WE'RE UPPING THE ANTE ON COVID-19 ANTIGEN TESTING BinaxNOW: With a swab & a card, reliable results in 15 minutes for coronavirus.
    MORE COVID-19 TESTING QUESTIONS ANSWERED
    THE SCIENCE

    WITH COVID VACCINES, WHY HAVE TESTING? HERE'S WHY.

    AS DAILY LIFE OPENS UP, CORONAVIRUS IS THE GUEST THAT WILL CONTINUE TO OVERSTAY ITS WELCOME. THAT'S WHY WE TEST.

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    READ MORE HOW WE TRACK COVID-19 VARIANTS TO HELP CONTAIN THE PANDEMIC Our scientists use next-generation sequencing to analyze and detect COVID-19 variants.
    READ MORE RAPID COVID TESTS: MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER With much of the world calculating when "normal" will return, rapid tests will help us get and stay there.
    READ MORE DON'T EXHALE YET: COVID-19 ISN'T DONE TESTING US As the vaccine rollout continues, the necessity of preventative measures remains, including testing.
    PLAY VIDEO VIDEO: ATTACKING THIS VIRUS FROM EVERY ANGLE WE CAN BinaxNOW and NAVICA are strong tools to help us get back to daily life.
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    VIDEO: BINAXNOW CAN HELP LOWER RISK OF DISEASE SPREAD Explaining the trade-offs between rapid antigen tests vs. lab-based tests.
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    PLAY VIDEO VIDEO: KEY TO COVID-19 TEST IS COMMUNICATION OF RESULTS Expert says a test with an app improves efficiency of communicating results.
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    READ MORE A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE STARTS WITH HEALTH We're designing access and affordability into our products to reach one in three people every year by 2030.
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    The BinaxNOW™ COVID-19 Antigen Self Test is a lateral flow immunoassay intended for the qualitative detection of nucleocapsid protein antigen from SARS-CoV-2 from individuals with or without symptoms or other epidemiological reasons to suspect COVID-19 infection when tested twice over three days with at least 36 hours between tests. This test is authorized for non-prescription home use with self-collected direct anterior nasal (nares) swab samples from individuals aged 15 years or older or adult collected anterior nasal swab samples from individuals aged two years or older.

     

    The BinaxNOW COVID-19 Ag 2 Card is a lateral flow immunoassay intended for the qualitative detection of nucleocapsid protein antigen from SARS-CoV-2 in direct anterior nasal (nares) swab samples from COVID-19 symptomatic individuals tested twice over three days with at least 36 hours between tests within the first seven days of symptom onset.

     

    This test is authorized for use with direct anterior nasal (nares) swab samples from individuals without symptoms or other epidemiological reasons to suspect COVID-19, when tested twice over three days with at least 36 hours between tests. Testing is limited to laboratories certified under the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 (CLIA), 42 U.S.C. §263a, that meet the requirements to perform moderate, high, or waived complexity tests. This test is authorized for use at the Point of Care (POC), i.e., in patient care settings operating under a CLIA Certificate of Waiver, Certificate of Compliance, or Certificate of Accreditation.

     

    The BinaxNOW COVID-19 Ag Card 2 Home Test is a lateral flow immunoassay intended for the qualitative detection of nucleocapsid protein antigen from SARS-CoV-2 in direct anterior nasal (nares) swabs from individuals with or without symptoms or other epidemiological reasons to suspect COVID-19 infection when tested twice over three days with at least 36 hours between tests. This test is authorized for non-prescription home use with self-collected observed direct anterior nasal (nares) swab samples from individuals aged 15 years or older or adult collected anterior nasal swab samples from individuals aged two years or older. The BinaxNOW COVID-19 Ag Card 2 Home Test is to be performed only with the supervision of a telehealth proctor.

     

    The BinaxNOW COVID-19 Ag tests have not been FDA cleared or approved. They have been authorized by the FDA under an emergency use authorization. The tests have been authorized only for the detection of proteins from SARS-CoV-2, not for any other viruses or pathogens, and are only authorized for the duration of the declaration that circumstances exist justifying the authorization of emergency use of in vitro diagnostics for detection and/or diagnosis of COVID-19 under Section 564(b)(1) of the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, 21 U.S.C. § 360bbb-3(b)(1), unless the declaration is terminated or authorization is revoked sooner.

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