FDA expanded Emergency Use Authorization for Veklury (remdesivir) to include all hospitalized patients for treatment of COVID-19

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On Aug. 28, 2020, the FDA issued an emergency use authorization (EUA) to Yale School of Public Health for its SalivaDirect COVID-19 diagnostic test, which uses a new method of processing saliva samples when testing for COVID-19 infection. SalivaDirect does not require any special type of swab or collection device; a saliva sample can be collected in any sterile container.

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Source: U.S. Food and Drug Administration
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