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Point-of-care testing for coeliac disease antibodies — what is the evidence?

Evan D Newnham and Jason A Tye-Din, Evan D Newnham Jason A Tye-Din on behalf of the Coeliac Australia Medical Advisory Committee
Med J Aust 2015; 202 (8): . || doi: 10.5694/mja14.01397
Published online: 4 May 2015

To the Editor: The recent introduction of rapid point-of-care testing (PoCT) in Australian pharmacies to screen for coeliac disease has attracted controversy1 and provides an important opportunity to review the current literature.


  • behalf of the Coeliac Australia Medical Advisory Committee
  • 1 Eastern Health Clinical School, Melbourne, VIC.
  • 2 Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Melbourne, VIC.


Correspondence: evan.newnham@monash.edu

Competing interests:

Jason Tye-Din holds patents pertaining to the use of gluten peptides in therapeutics, diagnostics and non-toxic gluten for coeliac disease. He is a consultant to ImmusanT and a shareholder of Nexpep.

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