Unfortunately we will be seeing a lot of this OTTAWA -- An Ottawa biotech company is voluntarily recalling a rapid test for COVID-19 after Health Canada expressed concern about its effectiveness, dealing a setback to expanded testing in the country.
Spartan Bioscience said Sunday that the concerns centre around the proprietary swab used in the test, but that the Health Canada report out Friday did not raise concerns about the accuracy of the test reagents and portable analyzer device.
The company said it would recall the 5,500 test shipped nationally and work on additional clinical studies to assess the sampling method and swab.