Benzinga | May 6, 2021 09:34AM EDT

Quidel Forms Retail Collaboration With Walgreens for Over-the-Counter Sale of QuickVue At-Home OTC COVID-19 Tests

Quidel Corporation (NASDAQ:QDEL) ("Quidel"), a leading provider of rapid diagnostic testing solutions, cellular-based virology assays and molecular diagnostic systems, announced today a retail collaboration with Walgreens to make Quidel's non-prescription QuickVue(r) At-Home OTC COVID-19 Test available to consumers at 7,600 Walgreens locations across the United States and Puerto Rico. The shelf-stable packages, each containing two of the self-administered rapid antigen tests, can also be ordered online at Walgreens.com for store pick-up or same day delivery.

"This retail collaboration with Walgreens will expedite in-store availability and over-the-counter sales of our QuickVue At-Home OTC COVID-19 antigen tests to consumers nationwide," said Douglas Bryant, president and CEO of Quidel Corporation. "The ability to pick up the QuickVue(r) At-Home tests at a trusted pharmacy like Walgreens and screen for COVID-19 in the privacy of their homes will give greater peace of mind to countless American families and give added confidence to schools and businesses seeking to fully reopen."

The QuickVue(r) At-Home OTC COVID-19 Test allows consumers to easily perform the test themselves without a doctor's prescription and get results in 10 minutes from nasal swab samples. The QuickVue(r) At-Home COVID-19 Test shows excellent performance, with positive results agreeing with PCR 83.5% of the time, and negative results agreeing 99.2% of the time, delivering confidence to individuals running the test and helping to prevent asymptomatic virus spread.