November 23, 2021 1 min read

Available for purchase at many drug stores, this test provides results in minutes. Pinnacle BioLabs is a privately held company certified by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to manufacture various medical test kits for use at home. The company was founded in 2011 and started producing consumer tests in 2016. The FIT test can be ordered over-the-counter for use in testing for blood in the stool. Pinnacle BioLabs indicates that its test detects globlin (proteins found in blood) levels at 50 ng/mL (50 billionths of a gram) with 98% sensitivity and 96% specificity.