Roche seeks fast-track US okay of Ebola diagnostic test

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Roche seeks fast-track US okay of Ebola diagnostic test

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/roche-seeks-fast-track-us-okay-ebola-diagnostic-153514549.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/YJtxw4YPGUHCq0KbSuUcmw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/afp.com/Part-GTY-457858972-1-1-1.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="A young man, dressed in a biohazard costume, stands on the corner of 546 West 147th Street on October 25, 2014 in New York City" align="left" title="A young man, dressed in a biohazard costume, stands on the corner of 546 West 147th Street on October 25, 2014 in New York City" border="0" /></a>Swiss pharmaceutical group Roche hopes to obtain fast-track US approval for a rapid diagnostic test for Ebola, its director general said in an interview published Sunday, amid the worst-ever outbreak of the killer disease. The diagnostic test is ready for use in scientific research but the company now wants to register it for clinical use. Roche has filed for European Union approval of the test and plans shortly to do the same with US health authorities, CEO Severin Schwan told the Swiss German SonntagsZeitung newspaper. More than 10,000 people have contracted the Ebola virus, according to the latest World Health Organization figures, mainly in the west African countries of Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea.</p><br clear="all"/>

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