The  QuickVue® SARS Antigen test is a point-of-care rapid antigen test developed by  Quidel® Corporation, a leading manufacturer of diagnostic healthcare  solutions, that delivers test results in 10 minutes. The new rapid diagnostic received  Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) from the U.S. FDA in late Dec. 2020.
The visually  read test requires no supplemental instrumentation and offers expanded access  to affordable and accurate COVID-19 testing that will help meet the urgent  testing needs of the global economy, including for those in school systems and  rural areas.
To protect  the kit against moisture and other environmental conditions that could impact accuracy, the company integrated Aptar  CSP Technologies’ Activ-Film™ technology. As Aptar reports, “Activ-Film  leverages Aptar’s proprietary 3-Phase Activ-Polymer™ technology, which provides  a broad spectrum of custom-engineered protection in a variety of  configurations, such as Activ-Vial™ for housing diagnostics dipsticks and  Activ-Tab integrated within diagnostic cassettes.”
            
The active packaging technology is currently used to  protect a range of electrochemical, lateral flow, and molecular diagnostic test  kits on the market today. The company also offers systems to protect drug  delivery solutions and consumer products.