At-home STI test pulled from Australian shelves after failing to detect infections

Australia's only approved at-home test for chlamydia and gonorrhoea, made by Touch Biotechnology, has been removed from shelves after the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) determined it was unreliable and posed significant risks of false negative results. The company has received a six-month suspension following a regulatory review that found the self-testing kit failed to detect infections in an unspecified number of users. This action highlights concerns about the accuracy and safety of home-based STI testing kits.