Ellume, an Australian company that makes a widely available at-home coronavirus test, has recalled nearly 200,000 test kits because of concerns about a higher-than-expected rate of false positives. That represents about 5.6 percent of the approximately 3.5 million test kits Ellume has shipped to the US.

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From the Texas Trial Lawyers Association news release.

Company recalls 200K at-home COVID-19 tests over false-positive results

The New York Times reports Australian company Ellume, “that makes a widely available at-home coronavirus test, has recalled nearly 200,000 test kits because of concerns about a higher-than-expected rate of false positives,” representing nearly “5.6 percent of the approximately 3.5 million test kits Ellume has shipped to the United States.” Ellume, “which detected the problem in mid-September, traced the issue to variations in the quality of one of the raw materials used in the test kit, Dr. Sean Parsons, Ellume’s chief executive, said in a phone interview.”

USA Today reports, “The company has recalled 43 lots shipped from April through August to retailers, distributors, and the Department of Defense.”

From the news release of the American Association for Justice.