The board of trustees of Brazil’s national drug authority, Anvisa, (January 28) unanimously approved the use and sale of COVID-19 self-test kits in the country.
The move comes after the Ministry of Health provided information requested through Anvisa on Jan. 19 about the inclusion of self-test kits as a component of the country’s testing policies.
It is now expected that the company will find a solution so that companies interested in promoting the kits in Brazilian pharmacies can submit the products for registration and demonstrate that they meet the established requirements.
This means that the self-test kits should not be immediately available to the public, as producers and importers must be individually licensed by Anvisa following assessment.
Among the criteria established is that the kits must contain transparent and accurate data that informs the public about the proper way to collect the sample and carry out the test, under pressure from the director of Anvisa, Cristiane Rose Jourdan Gomes.
The kits will also need to have at least 90% susceptibility to the coronavirus and 97% specificity to detect the virus, he added.
The self-test kits were approved after ministry officials pledged to add a section on the topic in Brazil’s national plan to expand COVID-19 testing. To keep track of positive cases, test producers will be required to build a dedicated platform accessible through QR codes.
Yesterday (27), Health Minister Marcelo Queiroga stated that the self-tests will not be made available at Brazil’s Unified Network of Public Hospitals (SUS). The idea, he declared, is to have them sold at drugstores, “for whoever is interested in purchasing them.”
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