Medtox's drugs of abuse test receives FDA clearance
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
The US FDA has granted 510(k) clearance for Medtox Scientific’s Profile-V MedtoxScan drugs of abuse test system. The system, which is intended for professional use in a hospital laboratory setting, provides results in 10 minutes. It is made up of test devices – one-step immunochromatographic tests for human urine – and a reader. The tests can detect one or more of nine classes of drugs: amphetamines, methamphetamines, barbiturates, benzodiazepines, cocaine, methadone, opiates, phencyclidine and cannabinoids. St Paul, Minnesota-based Medtox says that the reader is accurate, easy-to-use and cost-effective. It can also store 1,000 test results.
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