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COVID-19 test maker Cue Health adds virtual care, drug delivery

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COVID-19 test maker Cue Health adds virtual care, drug delivery

Anjalee Khemlani
·Senior Reporter
Tue, August 30, 2022, 4:01 AM·3 min read
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At-home COVID-19 test maker Cue Health (HLTH) is adding virtual appointments, treatment orders, and delivery services through its new Cue Care app, the company announced Monday.

The idea, according to Cue co-founder and chief product officer Clint Sever, is to provide same-day service to patients seeking access to treatments after testing positive, whether from a Cue test or other external test.

"It's a pretty complicated process to present a test result to the doctor and then go get the medication," Sever told Yahoo Finance (video above). "Cue Care unifies...that entire workflow."

A doctor in her office in Bari connected by videoconference with a positive Covid patient who has just installed the device for Telemedicine on May 6, 2021. The ASL Bari in collaboration with the Civil Protection, has launched an experimental project of Telemedicine. Remote medical visits and consultations to monitor the health conditions of positive Covid patients at home. The coordination of the Usca, directed by Doctor Felice Spaccavento, after the provision of portable ultrasound systems, has enhanced home care thanks to the use of additional devices capable of detecting the vital parameters of patients: saturation, temperature, heart rate and pressure. (Photo by Davide Pischettola/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
A doctor in her office in Bari connected by videoconference with a positive Covid patient who has just installed the device for Telemedicine on May 6, 2021. (Photo by Davide Pischettola/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Patients can use the app by simply uploading their results, consulting with a health professional, and getting a prescription filled. They can then choose to pick their prescription up at a participating pharmacy or get it delivered. Sever didn't reveal which delivery partners Cue is working with, but he noted that the availability of treatments at participating pharmacies would dictate where a patient can fill the order.

With treatments like Pfizer's (PFE) Paxlovid now more widely available, the company will be able to provide same-day prescriptions and delivery.

The new service is not covered by insurance and costs $79, Sever told Yahoo Finance, noting that the price point was aimed at making the service broadly accessible.

Cue is currently a single-product company, though it is planning to launch several other at-home testing options in the future, building on the success of its COVID-19 test.

Mendy McNulty swabs the nose of her husband, Joe, in their home in Mount Juliet, Tenn., Tuesday, July 28, 2020. The family is participating in testing done twice a month to help answer some of the most vexing questions about the coronavirus. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)
Mendy McNulty swabs the nose of her husband, Joe, in their home in Mount Juliet, Tenn., Tuesday, July 28, 2020. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)

The at-home molecular diagnostic test, which costs $250, plus a bundle of disposable test cartridges that cost another $200 have boosted revenue for the company. A majority of its second quarter income was based on the test alone, even though total sales were down from the same period in 2021 as cheaper antigen tests have become more widely available.

Cue plans to build on its proof of concept with other at-home tests for illnesses like the flu and incorporate them into the Care app. The strategy is premised on the idea of making health care more accessible.


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