Re:Bosch develops rapid test for Covid-19
by khjklehti on Thursday March 26, 2020 @06:22AM
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How expensive is this machine? $1k, $10k?
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Re:Bosch develops rapid test for Covid-19
by pauljurczak on Thursday March 26, 2020 @06:34AM
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Certainly not $1K! BTW, at current U.S. hospital billing levels, $1K buys you a small bottle of Tylenol. Think big, my friend!
Re:Bosch develops rapid test for Covid-19
by dna_polymerase on Thursday March 26, 2020 @06:44AM
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Sorry, German source only, but reportedly: Device is 15.000€ and a single cartridge runs between 50 and 100€ [0].
[0]: https://www.handelsblatt.com/unternehmen/industrie/pandemie-...
Re:Bosch develops rapid test for Covid-19
by pauljurczak on Saturday March 28, 2020 @06:00AM
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That makes sense. There seems to be a better option available in the U.S.: Abbott ID NOW, which produces results in 5 to 13 minutes. The cost was $8K before the acquisition of Alere by Abbott:
https://serfinitymedical.com/products/id-now-instrument-us-a...