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Watch Dr. Francis Collins, NIH Director, and Dr. Bruce Tromberg, NIBIB Director discuss the first seven technologies contracted with the NIH RADx program.
Watch Dr. Francis Collins, NIH Director, and Dr. Bruce Tromberg, NIBIB Director discuss the first seven technologies contracted with the NIH RADx program.

RADx: Rapid Acceleration of Diagnostics
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Rapid Acceleration of Diagnostics (RADxsm) initiative was formed to accelerate the development, validation, and commercialization of innovative point-of-care and home-based tests, as well as improvements to clinical laboratory tests, that can directly detect SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.
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